# Ocean

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/ocean/55987>\
**Category:** Public\
**Tags:** phoenix-fd, ocean, waves\
**Created:** [November 16, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ocean/55987 "2015-11-16T16:55:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sinnmeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sinnmeister](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Sinnmeister)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ocean/55987/1 "2015-11-16T16:55:05Z")

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I’ve managed to create a realistic ocean with Phoenix FD, but in my scene it’s just a plane. When I render, it looks amazing.  
I want to make large waves and have a ship passing through them, but it’s going to be difficult animating the ship if I can’t see the waves and how / when they pass by.

Is there any way to do this?  
Note, I am using the V-Ray displacement.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Ivaylo\_Katev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/ivaylo_katev/32/3695_2.png) [@Ivaylo\_Katev](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ivaylo_Katev)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ocean/55987/2 "2015-11-16T18:39:12Z")

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in the nightly builds you can see the displacement in the viewport, beside this you can use the wave force to have waves interacting with the ship

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**Author:** ![Sinnmeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sinnmeister](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Sinnmeister)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ocean/55987/3 "2015-11-16T19:55:58Z")

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Every time I try to register on the ChaosGroup website (not the Forum) it gives me an error .. Will I find the nightly builds in the downloads section, or are they available elsewhere?  
If I can simulate the waves crashing against the ship without having to see the displacement in the viewport, I’ll figure it out without any problems -- I’m new to Phoenix FD so I’ll have to look into this ‘wave force’ thing.

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**Author:** ![Ivaylo\_Katev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/ivaylo_katev/32/3695_2.png) [@Ivaylo\_Katev](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ivaylo_Katev)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ocean/55987/4 "2015-11-17T04:29:11Z")

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you have to ask the support, not to register in the site, they will explain you what to do

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**Author:** ![Zdravko.Keremidchiev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/zdravko.keremidchiev/32/48745_2.png) [@Zdravko.Keremidchiev](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Zdravko.Keremidchiev)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ocean/55987/5 "2015-11-17T07:57:10Z")

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> Every time I try to register on the ChaosGroup website (not the Forum) it gives me an error  
> Please send us an e-mail to [support@chaosgoup.com](mailto:support@chaosgoup.com) with your username for our website as well as the error message that you get.