Water Simulation

A 3D water simulation application built with OpenGL 4.6 and CUDA acceleration for Windows with NVIDIA RTX graphics cards.

Features

• Gerstner Wave Physics: GPU-accelerated ocean wave simulation
• Dynamic Ripples: Interactive ripple system with mouse input
• Post-processing: Bloom, depth of field, and volumetric lighting effects

Prerequisites

• GPU: NVIDIA RTX series
• OS: Windows 10/11 with latest NVIDIA drivers
• Tools: Visual Studio 2019+, CUDA Toolkit 11.0+, CMake 3.18+
• RAM: 16GB+ recommended

Building

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64

Open the .sln file in Visual Studio and build.

Running

cd bin
WaterSimulation.exe

Controls

• W/A/S/D: Move camera
• Mouse: Rotate camera (right button) / Zoom (wheel)
• Left Click: Create ripples
• G: Toggle gravity
• R: Add random wave
• C: Reset simulation

Architecture

• WaterSurface: Gerstner wave implementation
• PostProcessManager: HDR bloom, depth of field, volumetric lighting
• Shader System: Located in shaders/ directory

Troubleshooting

• OpenGL issues: Update NVIDIA drivers
• CUDA not found: Install CUDA Toolkit 11.0+
• Low performance: Disable post-processing effects

Project Report

COMP 410 - Interactive Water Simulation
Group Members: Kaan Altaş (79855), Zeynep Öykü Aslan (79731)
Date: June 4, 2025