Wave cresting?

[rifz]

how can I make really big waves that crest over?, like ones you see people surfing on. Where is the setting to disapate a wave, so it gets smaller as it runs up the beach?

[joojaa]

the waves rely on displacement (and normal directional displacement in that), and such shapes cant be done...

but hnothing states that you must use fluid textures on the default plane you could use the fluid for secondary othin and then use expressions particle dybamics manual animation for the waves.

altough to be honest this is ajob for a full fluid sim if you need extreme closeup!

[jtk77]

Joojaa, any commercial available software to make cresting crashing waves?

[joojaa]

well realflow could do this but it would be a super painfull operation to do something you could animate by hand pretty easily....

its like using sledge mapper when the palm of your hand will do for most parts. and it doesent make your life any easier. good for some effects tough.

what are you doing!

if hwoever you just need to scale the waves just multiply the displacement with a texture. but making c shaped waves is not possible.

[rifz]

http://www.cmistudios.com/lessons/oceanTut/index.htm

try this

[jtk77]

interesting , yea using blend shapes I have done in the past.. but its the wave crash that you don't have much luck with doing it that way.

[joojaa]

well you could by nifty use of particles and comp. no one would notice!

[jtk77]

very true.