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Water volume and VSE water shader#1808

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  • Added Jolt water volume component that adds a buoyancy force to all submerged dynamic actors (Needs a trigger component besides it to work). A buoyancy factor can be specified on each dynamic actor to determine whether an object should float (>1) or sink (<1). This makes it much simpler to configure than dealing with densities.
  • The water volume can also have a surface resource to specify an "impact/splash" effect.
  • Refactored and simplified the shader refraction calculation since the "physically based" version produced too many artifacts. It is now possible to create a decent water shader in VSE.
  • Added a pool with a water shader created in VSE and a water volume to the Physics scene in the Testing Chambers (image above).
  • Fixed alphabetical shader parameter sorting, it is now only done for VSE shaders.

@jankrassnigg jankrassnigg added this to the Next Release milestone Feb 4, 2026
@C-Core C-Core merged commit 5ad89f2 into dev Feb 4, 2026
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