When copying the code for Water/Ocean object examples, the water is rendered black

Hello, I’m a bit of a beginner, so I apologise for the noob question.
I’m trying to test the water and ocean examples from the website on my machine, but I can’t get it not to look black, despite copying the code exactly as it is on the website (only changing the three directory path).

Not sure if related, but I’m getting this error on the console:

THREE.Water: WebGLRenderer must use NoToneMapping as toneMapping.

How it was supposed to look:
https://threejs.org/examples/?q=ocean#webgl_shaders_ocean

How it looks:

My code:

three.js webgl - shaders - ocean
	<div id="container"></div>
	<div id="info">
		<a href="https://threejs.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three.js</a> - webgl ocean
	</div>

	<script type="module">

		import * as THREE from './node_modules/three/build/three.module.js';

		import Stats from './node_modules/three/examples/jsm/libs/stats.module.js';

		import { GUI } from './node_modules/three/examples/jsm/libs/dat.gui.module.js';
		import { OrbitControls } from './node_modules/three/examples/jsm/controls/OrbitControls.js';
		import { Water } from './node_modules/three/examples/jsm/objects/Water.js';
		import { Sky } from './node_modules/three/examples/jsm/objects/Sky.js';

		let container, stats;
		let camera, scene, renderer;
		let controls, water, sun, mesh;

		init();
		animate();

		function init() {

			container = document.getElementById( 'container' );

			//

			renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
			renderer.setPixelRatio( window.devicePixelRatio );
			renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
			renderer.toneMapping = THREE.ACESFilmicToneMapping;
			container.appendChild( renderer.domElement );

			//

			scene = new THREE.Scene();

			camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 55, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 20000 );
			camera.position.set( 30, 30, 100 );

			//

			sun = new THREE.Vector3();

			// Water

			const waterGeometry = new THREE.PlaneGeometry( 10000, 10000 );

			water = new Water(
				waterGeometry,
				{
					textureWidth: 512,
					textureHeight: 512,
					waterNormals: new THREE.TextureLoader().load( 'textures/waternormals.jpg', function ( texture ) {

						texture.wrapS = texture.wrapT = THREE.RepeatWrapping;

					} ),
					sunDirection: new THREE.Vector3(),
					sunColor: 0xffffff,
					waterColor: 0x001e0f,
					distortionScale: 3.7,
					fog: scene.fog !== undefined
				}
			);

			water.rotation.x = - Math.PI / 2;

			scene.add( water );

			// Skybox

			const sky = new Sky();
			sky.scale.setScalar( 10000 );
			scene.add( sky );

			const skyUniforms = sky.material.uniforms;

			skyUniforms[ 'turbidity' ].value = 10;
			skyUniforms[ 'rayleigh' ].value = 2;
			skyUniforms[ 'mieCoefficient' ].value = 0.005;
			skyUniforms[ 'mieDirectionalG' ].value = 0.8;

			const parameters = {
				inclination: 0.49,
				azimuth: 0.205
			};

			const pmremGenerator = new THREE.PMREMGenerator( renderer );

			function updateSun() {

				const theta = Math.PI * ( parameters.inclination - 0.5 );
				const phi = 2 * Math.PI * ( parameters.azimuth - 0.5 );

				sun.x = Math.cos( phi );
				sun.y = Math.sin( phi ) * Math.sin( theta );
				sun.z = Math.sin( phi ) * Math.cos( theta );

				sky.material.uniforms[ 'sunPosition' ].value.copy( sun );
				water.material.uniforms[ 'sunDirection' ].value.copy( sun ).normalize();

				scene.environment = pmremGenerator.fromScene( sky ).texture;

			}

			updateSun();

			//

			const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry( 30, 30, 30 );
			const material = new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial( { roughness: 0 } );

			mesh = new THREE.Mesh( geometry, material );
			scene.add( mesh );

			//

			controls = new OrbitControls( camera, renderer.domElement );
			controls.maxPolarAngle = Math.PI * 0.495;
			controls.target.set( 0, 10, 0 );
			controls.minDistance = 40.0;
			controls.maxDistance = 200.0;
			controls.update();

			//

			stats = new Stats();
			container.appendChild( stats.dom );

			// GUI

			const gui = new GUI();

			const folderSky = gui.addFolder( 'Sky' );
			folderSky.add( parameters, 'inclination', 0, 0.5, 0.0001 ).onChange( updateSun );
			folderSky.add( parameters, 'azimuth', 0, 1, 0.0001 ).onChange( updateSun );
			folderSky.open();

			const waterUniforms = water.material.uniforms;

			const folderWater = gui.addFolder( 'Water' );
			folderWater.add( waterUniforms.distortionScale, 'value', 0, 8, 0.1 ).name( 'distortionScale' );
			folderWater.add( waterUniforms.size, 'value', 0.1, 10, 0.1 ).name( 'size' );
			folderWater.open();

			//

			window.addEventListener( 'resize', onWindowResize );

		}

		function onWindowResize() {

			camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
			camera.updateProjectionMatrix();

			renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );

		}

		function animate() {

			requestAnimationFrame( animate );
			render();
			stats.update();

		}

		function render() {

			const time = performance.now() * 0.001;

			mesh.position.y = Math.sin( time ) * 20 + 5;
			mesh.rotation.x = time * 0.5;
			mesh.rotation.z = time * 0.51;

			water.material.uniforms[ 'time' ].value += 1.0 / 60.0;

			renderer.render( scene, camera );

		}

	</script>
</body>

Do you mind trying this again with the latest release from today (r127). Something related to Water and encoding/toneMapping has been fixed.

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Yes, that did work! Thanks for such a quick answer!

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Had the same issue. Same solution. Thank u guys :]