Triton(tm) Software Development Kit User's Manual

Thanks for using Triton from Sundog Software! Triton is a C++ and C# library for real-time water rendering, featuring easy integration with OpenGL 2.0+, DirectX9, and DirectX11 based Windows applications. It provides realistic visuals of waves for any given wind conditions or a specified Beaufort scale, and takes advantage of general-purpose GPU (GPGPU) computing on systems that support OpenCL, CUDA, or DirectX11 Compute Shaders (DirectCompute.) This allows us to compute Fast Fourier Transforms on thousands of waves at once at rates of over 100 frames per second on most modern systems.

Triton also features the ability to seamlessly integrate with geocentric coordinate systems in addition to flat coordinate systems. The surface of Triton's sea may be configured to conform to a WGS84 ellipsoid, or a spherical model of the Earth.

This manual will get you started - you should be surprised at how quickly you can be up and running. We also provide a detailed class reference for our public interfaces; licensed users of Triton will receive Triton's full source and full documentation of our internal classes as well.

• Obtaining a license for Triton, or how to evaluate it for free
• Triton System Requirements
• Getting started with Triton
  • Overview of the sample projects
  • Using Triton with osgEarth
  • Configuring your project
  • Intializing Triton
  • Integrating environment cube maps with Triton
  • Rendering each frame
  • Multi-threaded rendering with Triton
    • DirectX 11 multi-threaded rendering:
    • OpenGL multi-threaded rendering:
  • Shutting down
• Simulating specific sea conditions with Triton
• Simulating ship wakes with Triton
• Spray effects and breaking waves
• Rotor wash effects
• Simulating impacts on the water
• Applying decals to the water surface
• Integrating Triton with terrain and shallow water
• Intersection tests with Triton
• Underwater rendering with Triton
• Synchronizing Triton across multiple viewports or channels
• Using Triton with No Rendering (Physics Only)
• Performance tuning tips
• Troubleshooting tips
• Redistributing Triton with your application
• Obtaining support
• Advanced topics
  • Integrating with your own resource manager
  • Integrating with your own memory manager
  • Using bindless graphics in OpenGL 4.5
  • Adding your own effects to the water
  • Building Triton from source
  • Integrating planar reflection maps with Triton
  • Restricting Use of Computing Resources
  • Using linear color space with Triton
• Third-party license notices