Ocean MaxScript

Hey everyone!

Its been a while, been very busy at work but have had a bit of extra time in the past week. So I proposed a side project to a fellow co-worker (Ali), in which we undertook the challenge of creating a maxscript that generates an ocean. We wanted a water surface that represented "Choppy waters". Thus, we chose to use the Gerstner Wave.

My Duties:

• Re-Create (Gerstner Wave Formula) using 3ds max standard tools (NOT EASY FOR ME)
• Create Geometry
• Create Shader
• Create Animation
• Map Development
• Displacement Creation

What we have accomplished so far:

• Ocean Plane - Generates new geometry procedural to maintain base polygon resolution
• Camera Based Tessellation - 3 levels of tessellation based upon camera position and FOV for large scale ocean scenes
• Strong base (Gerstner Formula) <--- Took me a while and a lot of testing "Still Work in Progress"
• Wind Speed
• Wave behavior
• Wave Height
• Wind Direction

End Capabilities:

• Fully functional and scalable ocean

HOPE YOU LIKE IT! This is the first time attempting something like this, so its been a challenge and a learning experience.

Btw - Sorry for the bad Video quality... "dang youtube" hehe.

-Jeremy-