Ocean and Boats Simulator
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1.0.0 (first release)#

• Ocean: The same wave maths runs on the GPU and the CPU.
  • wind-driven sea from a flat calm to a hurricane (Beaufort 0-12, and two forces past the scale), with swells;
  • twelve sea areas (zones) with their own swells and depth;
  • five named wave forms: Long ocean swell, Cross sea, Giant shoal waves, Distant hurricane swell, Breaking bar;
  • rogue waves;
  • shoaling and breaking over shallow water.
• Water look: Single Layer Water with clear-water absorption and scattering, whitecaps and foam, wakes and hull wash. Colour, clarity and foam can be changed in the material instance.
• Wind: a wind subsystem: the ocean's own wind, an override, wind source components, any actor through a wind interface, or Ultra Dynamic Weather's (optional, no hard dependency). The sea can follow the wind.
• Boat physics:
  • per-triangle buoyancy, slamming and drag on a simple hull;
  • planing;
  • resistance;
  • propellers, outboards, pods, tunnel thrusters and trim tabs;
  • a helm with throttle levers or an engine telegraph, wheel and autopilot;
  • fuel that weighs.
• Boats of any mesh: a boat definition holds the meshes, sockets, moving parts, options, configurations, upgrades and the interface data. No code is needed for a new boat.
• Four boats: a centre console, a planing yacht, a yacht support vessel and a power catamaran, each with configurations and upgrades.
• Interface:
  • start screen;
  • boat picker with configurations and upgrades;
  • a multifunction helm display (engines, rudder, autopilot, radar, echo sounder, chart, roll, switches);
  • skins, and parts that can be switched off.
• Maps: NA_Map_Demo (island and harbour), NA_Map_OpenOcean and NA_Map_WaveTank (regular waves with a live panel).
• Sounds from a data table, with a ready-made set included and an import script for your own sounds.
• Tools: a procedural foam texture generator; the sea's colour, clarity and foam in material instances.
• Languages: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese.