Unreal Engine 5 - REALISTIC OCEAN - Fluid Flux 2.0

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Hello guys welcome back to another video. In this video we will be checking out Fluid Flux 2.0 - which is a real time water simulation plugin for Unreal Engine 5. It has the most realistic water simulation that you can find on the Unreal Engine marketplace. They just updated their demo to showcase some of the new updates to the plugin, and so I thought we'd take a look.
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[@SmartPoly]

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[@rustyneedles3743]

Is this course you have linked finished, are all the lectures available or are they still being added to? oh ... I just have to know ... why are you liking your own comments? lol

[@widowmaker7831]

Fluid Ninja? verses this?

[@AllahomAnsorGaza]

please upload on udemy please

[@codepeas]

I have been working with fluid flux for the last few months, I thought the price was too high but it is the best and most refined Asset I have found on the marketplace. It's definetely on the voxel Plugin Level!

[@Rehd66]

I have no idea why Epic hasn't bought this guy out yet

[@Growmetheus]

I think i seen the original head in an interview and he was saying free resources reap better progress than restricted, so that probably why.

[@cumibakar10]

@@Growmetheus “free resources” as in what? Lmao they’d have way better resources and money to develop this in a big company like Epic with other industry leading experts. It’s just copium excuse because the real reason is Epic is not impressed and doesn’t want them.

[@CosmicComputer]

Man... that looks incredible, I can't believe that runs in real time.

[@virtualfilmer]

This is such a massive leap forward from the previous version!! I can’t believe it. Can’t wait to get the real thing when it releases.

[@CrossWindsPat]

Wow thats incredible... Lives my whole life in Florida and the more I look at it the more blown away I am! Its so far beyond anything before it.

[@GES1985]

Looks good. Needs slightly more foaminess and persistent wet sand on the waters retreat. Also, physics for slowing the player movement based on depth in water (until swimming animation is transitioned to)

[@NR-rv8rz]

It's definitely gorgeous. But there is still some thing of an uncanny valley to the breaks. It looks like the water is of a thicker, gel like substance than sea water.

[@Mr.Cheeseburger24]

thicc

[@shrektheogrelord6435]

i know this sounds stupid, but realistic oceans are a feature iv wanted for a while. id like to see it in the next Subnautica game

[@hicarodestrui]

Yeah, for now, it's impossible to we have a real time fluid like real life fluid that not look "Uncanny", this is a aspect that even CGI pre-rendered footage have A LOT of trouble. To we have a fully realistic fluid, we need to have a Water that it's 100% particle and not mesh, and this is humanity impossible with our current hardware for real time. To tell you the truth, even without-real-time a GPU + CPU can take easily WEEKS to render only few seconds.

[@mnomadvfx]

Same, it lacks a good foam layer to add that finishing touch. Back to the drawing board for v3 I guess.

[@mnomadvfx]

@@hicarodestrui "To we have a fully realistic fluid, we need to have a Water that it's 100% particle and not mesh, and this is humanity impossible with our current hardware for real time" Actually no - you need both. Particles for the foam at the leading/breaking edges of the wave, and mesh for the rest. It might be possible using ML augmented methods to simulate at lower step levels and have the neural net generate the higher quality version dynamically at playback time.

[@trainhairs1403]

god damn! this is beautiful. I would love to see surfing, skim boarding, water skiing, and wakeboarding video games with water as good looking as this.

[@shoryu2]

*baywatch song* it's playing in my head while the slow motion is on... just amazing

[@grodkowski]

For those wondering - Fluid flux is $350 on the epic store.

[@exhydraboy2429]

Yeah I fucking figured. Nothing is affordable

[@lukafi]

@@exhydraboy2429 I can get you it for free if you want

[@200percentmicky]

id still buy it.

[@Iconmuse]

@@exhydraboy2429for $350 they’re being generous asf, I’d charge this shi for a $1,000 tf!?💀

[@user-uk1zl9ir5u]

I like your work mate , you Blueprints begginer videos are really helpful . You have a new sub buddy ❤

[@SmartPoly]

thanks

[@gopherchucksgamingnstuff2263]

5:18 fluid dynamics, that really is cool

[@mayday2011]

Most realistic water i have ever seen

[@notbuster126]

Battlefield 1 had amazing oceans, specially stormy weather oceans, with the DLC maps featuring naval fights.

[@TUKMAK]

Breathtaking man

[@-_Nuke_-]

Ah man, looking at this ocean feels so good for my brain!

[@jeremymoon2]

I got to say this unreal engine 5 looks Awesome and cool video

[@ShadyRonin]

It looks really good. Just needs more splash and foam!

[@bigblack2295]

That looks amazing

[@winstonackermann6391]

they just need to polish up the terain where the shoreline is, and the water needs white caps and especially by the waves close to the land for a much better looking effect but what it has already is amazing

[@N1ghtR1der666]

very cool, definately still looks like an ocean of jelly so I think they need to dial up the foam a lot

[@NorseGraphic]

3:00 building looks very similar to Conan Exiles (placing walls, furniture). I just wished Funcom would move to UE 5.2 or newer on their next survival game. The water looks absolutely amazing in your video.

[@Phoenix_VR]

Mindblowing, does it work with Forward Shader or only Deffered? Once they update it, please do a VR test :) Always with amazing new stuff SmartPolly :)

[@MR3DDev]

Finally a decent water system that can be used for virtual production

[@arthemos4627]

this is so cool! With rivers there is still work to do about realism

[@michaeleber4752]

I'm writing a game that is a Water World. So having a great ocean will be important. The effects and the cost put this plugin on my shopping list. (And, yes, I signed up for your class)

[@mae2309]

will most defo buy it!!

[@Soheil2030]

Very realistic very good Amazing❤

[@Phoenix_VR]

5:30 this is insane!! the flow is actually pushing a water wheel.....absolutely insane.....I wish if I can test my naval vessels with it someday......

[@mnomadvfx]

2 way coupling physics for fluid and solids has been around for a while - it's more of an achievement that they got it working in real time, though likely at low resolutions.

[@smittyvanjagermanjenson182]

The art style of sea of thieves may be cartoony, but i remember starting that game up and just staring at how good the water looks

[@jasemali1987]

This thing brings tears to my eyes, I already bought it yesterday, and I was just 4 days into game development 😂

[@mckayle456]

no way lol i am i am just starting and i want it my game goal is make a natural disaster game this would be perfect

[@erizzt586]

Looks good to me. Awesome

[@ianskinner1619]

I remember using the very first ' real water ' simulator plug in that was used on the 5th element.. what a pain in the ass that was to set up and refine, wish we had something like this 25 years ago.

[@MaD-Studios]

We must have this! We must.

[@lancemarchetti8673]

Beautiful

[@backyardgarage8726]

I'm so happy I found this channel, I have been learning so much on how to use the Unreal Engine.

[@mengchaoli1133]

Amazing.

[@aaronvalentinalferez2306]

Holy shit this is beautiful! This should be made an UE standard!

[@PatrickTheDM]

Mind boggling.

[@pacifik91]

c'est super, reste plus qu'à ajouter les traces de pas sur le sable et ça sera parfait

[@johnshepard8556]

Horizon forbidden west, assassins creed oddysey and sea of thieves all have the most impressive water physics for released AAA games but this is definitely the next step and i hope thjs is featured in unreal 5 games but improve howthewater interacts with the player and the environment like rocks so it makes everything wet

[@tomchu1985]

Wow!

[@Dhrazor]

if they add a bit more foam for the crashing waves, a bit more splashing somehow and make it a little bit more random it will be almost indistinguishable from reality... but even as is it is far better than anything I've seen in games...

[@Chucksanddown]

Would this work on current generation consoles, PlayStation 5, and XBOX series x or would this only work on a PC?

[@sirbughunter]

Very impressive. But imho, it's still not perfectly realistic. It's still in the uncanny valley. But it's almost good enough now to not feel artificial anymore! Way to go for sure! 🎉❤

[@raven_glass]

What camera settings are you using for that nice distance DOF?

[@jasonsebring3983]

Can it apply physics to the characters? Meaning it should slow the character down as the water is deeper etc.

[@maiwandhimmat4808]

At the first level that you are in my character slide and dose not interact with water any fix for that? Im using the new fluid flux and ue 5.2

[@DiogoManteu]

It is amazing how little performance impact this simulation has. is it possible to alter wave size and customize foam, etc? maybe get closer to a Sea of Thieves ocean sim

[@robatkins]

How do you get the landscape to block the ocean? So the Ocean doesn't spawn under the landscape?

[@AMildCaseOfCovid]

Unreal Engine doesn't simulate the Raleigh scattering effect when you make the sunset?

[@raymond1269]

That is insane talking ai npc and realistic water what a time we live in i need a game like that

[@LanciaSiluri]

Can you do a deep dive on this plugin, esp creating rivers and canals

[@adhdGameDev]

Why blueprints instead of writing c++? Wouldnt abmlre hands on tutorial give more flexibility to the course?

[@brazwen]

Quite possibly the most realistic ocean I've seen. Just needs some foam and splash.

[@ibrahimakca8628]

wave yess

[@ingemar_von_zweigbergk]

have you noticed that tap water bubbles differently when you pour it, compared to in the 1980s

[@3102nzain]

I remember a very cool game I played years ago its name is battle bay can you make a more realistic version of it also make the boats with weapons on top metallic glossy or anything that looks good with big waves. Just a suggestion

[@ruzanmuhammedasher3263]

Live avatar way of the water reaction:👽

[@OneMoreTime-ws9zs]

Imagine making ship sinking animations without hours of rendering in blender.

[@IIIQZAIII]

I press LIKE

[@Jasonnex2010]

That water looks like jelly

[@sowsow6677]

GTA 6 gonna be crazy

[@123thedman1]

thanks

[@weatherataglance6075]

I always hoped they would one day be able to simulate waves breaking in games.

[@STRICKLE]

how do you use the breaking waves

[@absfinal]

The sand is too smooth

[@hokumexpress8511]

Hopefully ARK ASA and ARK 2 will look like this.

[@grayfox206]

Is it possible to try it without paying full price? I m not a dev, i just want to check it on my own pc. I dont need the resources and nothing. Just a executable.

[@AdamWoolnough1981]

Wish I could run that fast in water xD

[@FreeD00M]

Multiplayer is not supported. Any idea how do get around that?

[@TJPet2]

1. how does it look during a thudnerstorm! :D 2. how would it look if Giant monsters were fighting in the ocean! 3. can you surf those waves :D

[@SHADOWJAGO-mb8kn]

fluid flux is for videogames ?

[@DorestantDan]

Can you please make this a full game. I need a polished Stranded Deep

[@screenapple1660]

wow. UE graphics looks freak insane... truly insane. look at that shit!

[@rafaeldspereira]

Hey smart, what your pc specs?

[@jasonlewis3257]

Invidia Waveworks and I believe it was used in Atlas.

[@vila4cev187]

This is on par with RDR2, very cool

[@anismuhaj4495]

Yes yes ! Now create and entire videogame pleas not only a face or Sea or this D.

[@SnaptrixGaming]

Oh my fucking lord

[@AQUASURF]

Could this be made and exported to xbox ?

[@MrJohnni9999]

Everyone making these videos.. "I´m running this on my 4090" Me: My apartment goes up in flames!

[@Thornscale]

I've been researching this plugin, and it seems the limitations wouldn't work for the stuff I'm interested in. It can't be used in an open-world setting, and it can't be used with multiplayer. (according to it's own marketplace listing) Seems it's mostly just a fun project to play with, but not to actually use in a game. --Here's the list of limitations (from it's marketplace listing) for those interested-- open-world is currently not supported simulation can't be replicated simulation is calculated in a 2d grid projected on the heightfield (captured ground) system cant simulate wave breaks and splashing water VR and mobile are not supported currently non-tesselated plane mesh for rendering fluid surface there is no integration with Water Plugin for now

[@Empathia2k7]

It can be used in multiplayer but the gameplay systems cant depend on simulation replication.

[@SmartPoly]

hopefully will change in the future

[@457Deniz457]

Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit 👌👌👌👌

[@ToTaLoVeR]

Hey, maybe showcase how realistic can be ue5 water system?

[@Renchaku06]

I would've thought it was real if there wasn't i, robot guy

[@edujavon9257]

how to change resolution?

[@GeorgeKarmas]

AMAZING ! Make a surfing game

[@damislav]

pretty water

[@uomunumerous2350]

Well hold the camera still the first sec's in, for fs 😉

[@gopherchucksgamingnstuff2263]

I am building a giant map werewolf hunting VR game. I am struggling to get the forest to run in VR. Your stuff has been helpful. but it seems no one has done what I want to do.

[@ElishaBradley]

I feel the trick is that this is not real time water simulation, I think it’s is pre baked and very versatile water planes with prebaked water displacement maps. What’s really amazing though is they make it look very convincing, and with the real time raytracing and caustics it’s undeniably beautiful. But not technically real-time fluid simulation

[@FPChris]

Looks nearly as good as Forbidden West.

[@rcadenow7543]

what gpu need for this?

[@DrZou28]

are not MP ready :(

[@kingthehacker9061]

Red Dead Redemption 2 is ahead of its time

[@ZealousAvenger]

ARK Ascended is getting FluidNinja Live xP

[@Mimic634]

I wonder if you could make a surfing game with this🤔

[@MrVisualDesine]

This is available now. It has demo with it