1. Create a new "dielectric_material" by selecting and Right Clicking on the "waterSurface" polygon plane and choosing "Assign New Material" from the menu. You'll find the "dielectric_material" in the Mental Ray nodes in the window that has popped up..

2. Open up the shading group for the "dielectric_material" by clicking on the "go to output connections" button in the attribute editor

3. Click the chequered box next to "Displacement mat." and select the "Ocean" texture from the "2D Textures" Category. the attributes for the texture should now show up.

4. Use the settings as shown in the image below. See figure 2.1


figure 2.1

5. If you want to animate the ocean attribute then Right Click on the "Time" attribute of the ocean and select "Create new expression" and type the following in to the MEL Expression area at the bottom:

ocean1.time = time/2;

Thats it for the water surface. On the next page we will be dealing with the Spot Light Attributes...