Crest Ocean System

About

• 1. Introduction
  • Assets
  • Sponsorship
  • Social
• 2. Known Issues
  • Unity Bugs
  • Unity Features
  • Prefab Mode Not Supported
• 3. Roadmap
• 4. Release Notes
  • 4.16
  • 4.15.2
  • 4.15.1
  • 4.15
  • 4.14
  • 4.13
  • 4.12
  • 4.11
  • 4.10
  • 4.9
  • 4.8
  • 4.7
  • 4.6
  • 4.5
  • 4.4
  • 4.3
  • 4.2
  • 4.1
  • 4.0 HDRP
  • 3.8 URP
  • 3.7 URP
  • 3.6 URP
  • 3.5 URP
  • 3.4 URP
  • 3.3 URP
  • 3.2 URP
  • 3.1 URP

User Guide

• 1. Getting Started
  • 1.1. Requirements
  • 1.2. Importing Crest files into project
    • 1.2.1. Pipeline Setup
    • 1.2.2. Importing Crest
  • 1.3. Adding Crest to a Scene
  • 1.4. Frequent Setup Issues
    • 1.4.1. Errors present, or visual issues
    • 1.4.2. Compile errors in the log, not possible to enter play mode, visual issues in the scene
    • 1.4.3. Possible to enter play mode, but errors appear in the log at runtime that mention missing ‘kernels’
    • 1.4.4. Ocean framerate low in edit mode
    • 1.4.5. Ocean reflections/lighting/fog looks wrong HDRP
    • 1.4.6. Changes made in prefab mode are not reflected in the scene view
• 2. Configuration
  • 2.1. Material Parameters
    • 2.1.1. Normals
    • 2.1.2. Scattering
    • 2.1.3. Subsurface Scattering
    • 2.1.4. Shallow Scattering
    • 2.1.5. Reflection Environment
    • 2.1.6. Add Directional Light
    • 2.1.7. Procedural Skybox
    • 2.1.8. Foam
    • 2.1.9. Foam 3D Lighting
    • 2.1.10. Foam Bubbles
    • 2.1.11. Transparency
    • 2.1.12. Caustics
    • 2.1.13. Underwater
    • 2.1.14. Flow
  • 2.2. Lighting
    • 2.2.1. General
    • 2.2.2. Reflections
    • 2.2.3. Refractions
  • 2.3. Orthographic Projection
  • 2.4. Ocean Construction Parameters
  • 2.5. Advanced Ocean Parameters
• 3. Ocean Simulation
  • 3.1. Animated Waves
    • 3.1.1. Overview
    • 3.1.2. Simulation Settings
    • 3.1.3. User Inputs
  • 3.2. Dynamic Waves
    • 3.2.1. Overview
    • 3.2.2. Adding Interaction Forces
    • 3.2.3. Simulation Settings
    • 3.2.4. User Inputs
  • 3.3. Foam
    • 3.3.1. Overview
    • 3.3.2. User Inputs
    • 3.3.3. Simulation Settings
  • 3.4. Sea Floor Depth
  • 3.5. Clip Surface
    • 3.5.1. Simulation Settings
    • 3.5.2. User Inputs
  • 3.6. Shadows
  • 3.7. Flow
    • 3.7.1. Overview
    • 3.7.2. User Inputs
  • 3.8. Albedo
    • 3.8.1. Overview
    • 3.8.2. User Inputs
• 4. Wave Conditions
  • 4.1. Wave Systems
  • 4.2. Authoring
  • 4.3. Wave Splines
  • 4.4. Custom Shader
• 5. Shorelines and Shallows
  • 5.1. Setup
  • 5.2. Shoreline Waves
  • 5.3. Troubleshooting
• 6. Oceans, Rivers and Lakes
  • 6.1. Oceans
  • 6.2. Lakes
  • 6.3. Rivers
• 7. Collision Shape for Physics
  • 7.1. Collision API Usage
  • 7.2. Compute Shape Queries (GPU)
  • 7.3. Baked FFT Data (CPU)
  • 7.4. Gerstner Waves CPU (deprecated)
• 8. Underwater
  • 8.1. Underwater Renderer
    • 8.1.1. Setup
    • 8.1.2. Parameters
    • 8.1.3. Detecting Above or Below Water
    • 8.1.4. Portals & Volumes
    • 8.1.5. Underwater Shader API
  • 8.2. Underwater Curtain BIRP URP
    • 8.2.1. Setup
  • 8.3. Underwater Post-Process HDRP
    • 8.3.1. Setup
• 9. Time Control
  • 9.1. Supporting Pause
  • 9.2. Network Synchronisation
  • 9.3. Timelines and Cutscenes
• 10. Other Features
  • 10.1. Floating Origin
  • 10.2. Buoyancy
    • 10.2.1. Adding boats
• 11. Rendering
  • 11.1. Transparency
    • 11.1.1. Transparent Object In Front Of Ocean Surface
    • 11.1.2. Transparent Object Behind The Ocean Surface
    • 11.1.3. Transparent Object Underwater
  • 11.2. Render Order BIRP URP
• 12. Performance
  • 12.1. Quality parameters
• 13. Technical Documentation
  • 13.1. Core Data Structure
  • 13.2. Implementation Notes
• 14. Q & A
  • 14.1. Why does the ocean not update smoothly in edit mode?
  • 14.2. Why aren’t my prefab mode edits not reflected in the scene view?
  • 14.3. Is Crest well suited for medium-to-low powered mobile devices?
  • 14.4. Which platforms does Crest support?
  • 14.5. Is Crest well suited for localised bodies of water such as lakes?
  • 14.6. Can Crest work with multiplayer?
  • 14.7. Errors are present in the log that report Kernel ‘xxx.yyy’ not found
  • 14.8. Can I push the ocean below the terrain?
  • 14.9. Does Crest support multiple viewpoints?
  • 14.10. Can I sample the water height at a position from C#?
  • 14.11. Can I trigger something when an object is above or under the ocean surface without any scripting knowledge?
  • 14.12. Does Crest support orthographic projection?
  • 14.13. How do I disable underwater fog rendering in the scene view?
  • 14.14. Can the density of the fog in the water be reduced?
  • 14.15. Does Crest support third party sky assets? BIRP URP
  • 14.16. Can I remove water from inside my boat?
  • 14.17. How to implement a swimming character?
  • 14.18. Can I render transparent objects underwater?
  • 14.19. Can I render transparent objects in front of water?
  • 14.20. Can I render transparent objects behind the ocean surface?

Developer Guide

• Contributing