Variables¶

trueSKYActor Settings¶

Variable	Definition	Value
Render Water	If Water should be rendered.	Bool
Water Resolution	Resolution of the Water.	Half or Full
Enable Reflection	Enable or Disable Reflections.	Bool
Reflection Resolution	Resolution of the Water Reflections.	Half or Full
Reflection Steps	How many steps that reflection rays will take	Int
Reflection Pixel Step	The maximum pixels in screen space that reflection rays can move	Int
Reflection Distance	The furthest distance that reflection rays will travel	Int
Water Cubemap	Use a custom cubemap for non-dynamic water reflections	Cubemap

Variable	Definition	Value
Render	If the water should be rendered.	Bool
Boundless Ocean	Render a full Ocean. Use this for large scale scenes.	Bool
Custom Mesh	Use a given custom mesh for bounded objects	Static Mesh
Beaufort Scale	Easy to use scale to determine the type of wave you require.	0.0 to 12.0
Wind Direction	Direction of the wind.	0 to 1.0
Wind Dependency	How dependant the wave direction is on the wind.	0 to 1.0
Use Colour Presets	Should colour presets be used.	Bool
Colour Presets	Select a colour preset to quickly change the colour of your water.	Preset Selection
Scattering	Amount of light scattering. Vec3	0 to 1.0
Absorption	Amount of light absorption. Vec3	0 to 1.0
Profile Buffer Resolution	Buffer resolution. Increase this if you water appears to “shimmer”	512 to 4096

We also have Advanced Water options, to allow for further customization of the water surface

Variable	Definition	Value
Advanced Surface Options	If Advanced surface options should be used. (Will disable beaufort)	Bool
Wind Speed	Speed of the wind. This will affect the size of the waves.	0 to 40
Wave Amplitude	Amplitude of the waves.	0.01 to 2.0
Max Wavelength	Minimum Wavelength of waves.	1.01 to 100
Min Wavelength	Maximum Wavelength of waves.	0.1 to 1
Enable Wave Grid	Enable to use Buoyancy and wave physics.	Bool
Wave Grid Distance	Furthest distance from the camera to calculate the wave grid	64 to 256
Enable Foam	If foam should be rendered on the waves.	Bool
Foam Strength	Strength of the foam effect.	0 to 0.5

Shore Effects can be used to reduce the waves splashing unevenly over the water’s edge.

Variable	Definition	Value
Shore Effects	If shore effects should be enabled or not.	Bool
Shore Depth Scene Capture	The Depth Scene Capture camera that should be used.	SceneCapture2D
Shore Depth Width	Width of the Shore depth effect.	1000.0 to 10000.0
Shore Depth Extent	Depth of the Shore Depth Effects.	1000.0 to 10000.0