mBoatWaves v1.0 (fake)

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Testing realtime boat waves..very much a “fake system”, but its a concept demo : )

Should be possible to:
– Boat to react on waves
– Have multiple boats (additive waves)

Source is now available, I’ll give up on this for now..its quite bugged and slow, but got some ideas tested atleast.

Webplayer:
http://unitycoder.com/upload/demos/mboatwaves/

Download source: (not much comments there, but the idea is, vertices are pushed/pulled by the shader, based on their color)
mBoatWaves.unityPackage
*download link fixed (12.2.2012)
** Note this is horrible way to make waves.. try something like this instead: http://unitycoder.com/blog/2012/02/10/2d-waves-vertex-displacement-shader/

Links:
Proper wakes, but needs pro versions: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/4285-quot-Sweet-arse-quot-water
Interesting ideas: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=939889#post939889
Real data: http://www.wikiwaves.org/Ship_Kelvin_Wake