Interaction between incoming waves and the coast.

[thomastc@mastodon.gamedev.place]

Interaction between incoming waves and the coast. The effect is based purely on local depth. As the waves approach the shallows, they get shorter and taller, until a point where they suddenly lose a lot of amplitude.

If the wind blows away from the shore, though, this becomes a mess. I'll need to check the gradient of the distance to the coast and inhibit the effect.

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[toerror@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@thomastc Looks really good.
Has me wondering if I've ever seen waves going away from the shore; I seem to remember they reorient themselves to approach the coast line as a refraction effect as the depth reduces... Might be mis-remembering though.

[thomastc@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@toerror It's also because waves grow under the prolonged influence of wind (called "fetch"), so waves coming off the shore haven't had a chance to grow yet.

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@thomastc this looks*amazing* holy smokes!

[thomastc@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva Thanks 😊 Just some subpixel stuff to be sorted out... quantizing a varying is hard.