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by Archelaos 637 days ago
The demo looks unrealistic. The waves never break. Increasinlgy steeper slops with pointy peaks travel from left to right until they just sink down towards the left.
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This is explicitly a simulation of ocean waves, and ocean waves do not break.
Okay. That makes sense. What about the steep elevation? Shouldn't it be smoother at the top?
As someone who has done offshore sailing… the waves also look unnaturally steep/tall/pointy to me. It’s very cool, but needs some tweaking still.
it should curve at the top, its too pointy. this example looks like mountain peaks and not wave peaks. also the color should be patchier somehow when zoomed out, with darker blue gradient. otherwise I like it/ its almost convincing