This worked perfectly - thank you!!

For anyone else looking here later, the final shader code (confirmed working Godot 4.2) is:

shader_type canvas_item;

uniform sampler2D screen_texture : hint_screen_texture;
uniform vec4 water_color : source_color;
uniform sampler2D wave_noise : repeat_enable;

void fragment() {
	vec2 water_wave = (texture(wave_noise, UV * TIME * 0.02).rg - 0.5) * 0.02;
	vec2 uv = vec2(SCREEN_UV.x , SCREEN_UV.y - UV.y) + water_wave;
	vec4 color = texture(screen_texture, uv);
	float mix_value = 1.0 - UV.y;

	float avg_color = (color.r + color.g + color.b) / 3.0;
	avg_color = pow(avg_color, 1.4);
	mix_value += avg_color;

	mix_value = clamp(mix_value, 0.0, 0.7);
	COLOR = vec4(mix(water_color, color, mix_value).rgb, texture(TEXTURE, UV).a);
}

Credits to Single-mindedRyan for creating this shader in the first place.

Something about the former Primarch really reminds me of Sarris from Galaxy Quest.

Did anyone else notice that the alien statues in 5x02 looked remarkably similar to the Batarians from Mass Effect?

As an open source alternative, I prefer a Jellyfin server and then using Feishin as a client. Nicer UI and options. Plex is a major no-no for me since they’ve started emailing people what they’ve been watching on their own servers. Privacy issues and required online login/plex-owned accounts for my own media? No thank you.

Is Vulkan still broken on Linux for everyone, or is it just me?

Mesa 23.1 (thanks for nothing Manjaro for not releasing 23.2 until point update) and Radeon 7800XT

Agreed! At first I wondered if they had mixed Lanter’s voice in there somewhere, to blend with Hayden’s during the initial transition. Don’t believe they did, but it was so nice to see a live version Anakin that wasn’t all petulant doom and gloom teenager. A bit of redemption for Christensen here too, which is well deserved in my opinion. The Obi-Wan show didn’t really give him much to work with, but this episode did a lot more.

Aw, I feel honoured that my little threads are called “official”! Thank you! 😀

Honestly, Wednesday was a very busy day for me, so didn't get to watch it until yesterday evening. Thanks for opening the discussion up. My thoughts for the week.

Overall feeling I felt this episode was an improvement over last week's, but to be honest, given my somewhat scathing thoughts about that one, that wasn't difficult. There was actually something happening in this one. I'm still feeling conflicted about the overall tone of the show. Ahsoka hasn't really shown her fun side yet. It's all very dour and stilted still.

What show am I watching? Are we a Rebels Reunion show or an Ahsoka show? I would love the series to commit to one or the other. We have Hera, Jacen, Sabine, Ahsoka. But, we nearly got them together this episode, for them to be pulled apart yet again. And if we're going to bring the gang back together, where's my buddy Zeb? I refuse to believe he's just hanging around in that bar Mando met him whilst all this stuff is going down. It would've felt very natural to bring him into the fold as Hera flew off to go and help her friends.

“Anakin spoke highly of you.” “Funny, he never mentioned you.” This show needs to stop already with the “this person is a mystery reveal”. Who is this evil Sith? How did he know Anakin? Where did he suddenly come from in an era where Luke and Leia were the last hope? Filoni stretched the lore to its limits by sending Ezra to another universe and making Ahsoka a not-Jedi-Jedi to stay faithful to Obi-Wan & Yoda's conversations. Also, just, enough with the whole “mystery reveal”.

Those plot points have been done to death. In this episode, quite literally because, did Ahsoka just kill Mystery Helmet Guy? And he just… turned to dust? If he was being sustained to such a degree by the Dark Side, then, erm, hello? If this is indeed the end for that baddie, then, that's disappointing. I have faith in Dave Filoni, but we're halfway into the season and I feel like we're still busy getting started.

We're finally going places Took half the season, but it seems like we're travelling. Disappointed that Thrawn still hasn't appeared though, when the trailer first launched I thought we were in for an exciting season. It may still turn exciting, but can't escape the feeling we've wasted a lot of time to get there.

Anakin? I would love for Ahsoka to have a proper character moment with Anakin, aka the child-murderer. Which, erm, not sure how we're going to gloss over that one. But this very mystical World Between Worlds seems to be letting all sorts of people in lately. Maybe some Loth Wolves installed a revolving door somewhere?

We'll see where this goes, though. It's probably the way for Ahsoka to make it to the other universe.

Agency I think my main problem with the show so far, similar to the Kenobi one before it, is that a lot of stuff happens to Ahsoka. She doesn't take control of the situation or carve out her plans. She's responding to people, attacks, schemes, but her plan so far hasn't gone beyond “Let's go fly there and have a look.”

It feels very inconsistent with her character from before.

Also. Sabine handing over the map just like that? Cartoon-Sabine would've kicked her ass over that. No WAY, would she go against Ezra's sacrifice in that manner? Ezra did everything to get rid of Thrawn and helped end the war. Sabine, with her strong moral compass and iron will, would suddenly go, “Oh yeah, screw it, I miss Ezra so let's help out these baddies get Thrawn back.”

Unless this was part of the plan she made with Ahsoka all along….

….would've been great if there had been even a HINT of that, though, if it were the case.

6 / 10 for me.

Which, is painful. I love these characters, but they all seem to be wandering around looking for the plot. I hope they find it soon.

Amended the title to also include Ep 2, since they aired at the same time. Good call. 😃

As far as I can tell, it’s all there. Team Hide is definitely there. Loving the controller support, Larian knocked it OUT of the park. Changes the game into a 3rd person behind-the-player RPG yet somehow mapping all the complexities of KBM isometric RPG play onto the game pad? Heaven! Can strongly recommend this way to play.

8bitdo owner here - I’m having exactly the same issues. I’m playing on Linux, so I thought that might’ve been the issue but probably not then. As long as the controller is connected before starting the game, and I keep it awake during the game, all is good. Awkward, but I suppose we’ll have to manage for now.

I love his stuff - thanks for sharing this one! I’ve been trying to put a build mode together for a looooong time and this helped quite a bit.

Ah, thanks! I had indeed noticed the new transporter chief this season, wasn't sure if Kyle was going to make a surprise come back or not.