Expand Your World With Volumetric Effects | Inside Unreal

This week on Inside Unreal we'll explore different volumetric effect options like volumetric fog, particles, and volumetric clouds. Technical Artist Asher Zhu will demonstrate how to sculpt believable clouds using volume textures and materials. We'll also learn how to create Editor Utility tools to enhance our art-directed workflows, and how to implement environment-aware Niagara systems with ease!
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[@cosmotect]

I am not sure if I may be too dumb to understand this, or they actually didn't show how its done

[@diegoba10]

X2

[@rysone3173]

He showed how to do it but it is for more advanced users for sure. Im still trying to wrap my head around it.

[@Odey555]

So clearly this dude didn't release the project files. Whaaat a surprise.... Was anyone able to reproduce the effects in the video and able to upload the file someplace?

[@h.g.p.7989]

Another time, please step by step...

[@legendarywolf2372]

please make more tutorial's for creating volumetric effects with volume texture , thank's!

[@loverschoice885]

Ha ha, "will make you feel like a pro immediately" :P

[@vovainzhenerik]

where is step-by-step explaining since empty scene !? any another teaching does not have meaning. most likely, in such videos as this, the authors, under the guise of supposedly learning, are simply bragging.

[@kaizendigital_id]

hey, where I can get that cloud demo? the island cloud and dry ice demo

[@fast_harmonic_psychedelic]

"If its behind the cloud it just commits sedoku" lmao

[@julianriise5618]

That superman movement is everything, where do I get it?? :D

[@Eternal_23]

Also clouds self-shadowing would be nice (like it was in RDR 2)

[@Eternal_23]

@Alexis Rios Cabrera There's none

[@vasilebrescanprimarul9369]

The one used in RDR2 is called trueSKY.

[@Eternal_23]

Zeddy joking?

[@ambientinclusion]

@@vasilebrescanprimarul9369 Red Dead Redemption 2 is not using trueSKY.

[@Eternal_23]

@@VladimirOnOccasion How does that solve the problem?

[@Stylescape]

Glad to see this being used with Stylescape, looking great!

[@KingofBuilders]

Your packs are awesome!

[@Stylescape]

@@KingofBuilders Thanks mate!

[@windflier1684]

Where do I get the Worley texture?

[@blackwingdias]

You enable the 'Volumetrics' plug-in. Then in the content browser, view options, tick on 'show engine content' + 'show plugin content'. Then go back to your content browser, scroll all the way down to the 'Volumetrics Content' folder, search for 'worley'

[@JamesKellyWickerman123]

"i9 is low for Epic standard. Compiling the engine is so slow, it's painful" Pain is using a 6 year old i7 and waiting an hour just for starter project shaders to compile. Or all day to compile from source.

[@AsherZhu]

the painful part was supposed to be a joke :) compiling time within 1 hour is usually enough for us who don't frequently change engine code. btw if you ever decide to invest in a new machine, consider get a nvme SSD to go with the CPU. the difference in UE4 compiling time is huge with nvme SSD vs normal SSD.

[@JamesKellyWickerman123]

@@AsherZhu it's okay dude I got the joke. I'll definitely add an NVME to my list, didn't realise they could provide such a benefit over normal SDDs!

[@RwanLink]

Well I still have a gtx 960 btw.

[@jonzie24]

@@AsherZhu Yeah, that's one of the reasons why I'm investing in Zen 3 and probably Samsung 980 Pro this year. I'm running Virtual machine on my 5 years old PC, and compiling Angular can be painful at times...

[@TheTruthIsGonnaHurt]

I have an i9, and recently got UE4 and I was like, "Why is my computer taking forever to compile, did I DL a virus !?" Now that I read your comment, I can take comfort in the fact I am doing better then many, yet I gotta say, for the price I paid for my i9, I am pissed its considered "low".

[@supremebeme]

Blender user here: I really need to learn unreal

[@SlayerDUDE1993]

as Shia LaBeouf said just do it

[@RyleyStorm]

@@SlayerDUDE1993 old meme. But appreciated nonetheless.

[@nyankrauss]

yes.

[@MichaelTilson]

You will love it. I promise!

[@gursimransingh8726]

pls choose the engines according to your projects i have made a mistake by not researching properly for example if you are making an open world project go for cryengine , if aiming for photorealistic small scenes with baked lighting go for example a room , furniture stuff go for ue4 and if for mobile or 2d games then unity is the option

[@rysone3173]

On his website he uses the noise node instead of the "real" 3D texture. You think there would be a huge difference in quality if we use the 3D texture? If so then where do I get one?? lol

[@extrathicc78]

I want so badly for someone to explain this more clearly, I've done some deep digging, thru his blog and twitter, carefully transcribed this episode, and it's still just not enough. If anyone out there sees this and can make a tutorial clarifying, that would be a goldmine

[@paradigmpsi37]

where can I get that volume material to follow along with the video? Is it available?

[@loxtata5304]

Can player Character Interactive with this clouds???

[@Sparkle_Wizard]

I would like more information on creating the Volume textures if possible

[@UnrealEngine]

Hi Tim, We have some documentation pertaining to creating & using volume textures, which can be found here: docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Content/Types/Textures/VolumeTextures/index.html Also if you are interested, there is a good blog post about this topic here: www.overdraw.xyz/blog/2019/11/16/working-with-volume-textures-in-unreal-engine-4 Hope this helps, and good luck with your projects! :)

[@bernhard.design]

it doesn't looke like any of the volumetric shaders cast or receive any shadows. Any solution for this?

[@jamesford1426]

they can now, if you use the heterogenous volume material

[@fuzzyhenry2048]

Can't wait for this volumetric everything!

[@scaredyfish]

For anyone hesitant, building from source is not too difficult. Just follow the instructions step by step and you’ll be fine.

[@loverschoice885]

And, it will make u feel like a pro. U can not loose on this one!

[@lpnp9477]

yes. But it does take a while, fyi. For me on a Razer Blade 2021 It takes about 90 minutes.

[@sudipassassin9843]

Waiting for blade and soul unreal engine 4 remastered

[@Ben_CY123]

Actually, they already did. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2O8qqx-rb-Xo5o

[@JamesGascoyne]

sup

[@6FingerGames]

13:20 - To skip Blah Blah blah and save your time.

[@MartinBerge-p7q]

Where can i find this cloud material? Volumetrics plugin?

[@reinohvp]

33:03 Hi, where can I buy that volumetrics clouds system?

[@W1ngSMC]

Did she just call STEM Steam?

[@spectrewashere]

heard it too. Thought maybe STEM has been 'updated'?

[@UnrealEngine]

Yes, the acronym includes arts; Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.

[@spectrewashere]

Unreal Engine thank you!

[@vanessavalente2350]

I am new in this field. me and other friends are creating an open world game. I would like to ask a few things about unreal engine. I am using blender for creating objects and more and unrel for the graphics engine. When I import the mesh from blender (fbx) to ue4, the textures are not read or are badly placed on ue4. Is there an alternative way to have textures read on ue4?

[@vanessavalente2350]

@@VladimirOnOccasion they are not bullies or screws but like a chair. But anyway every object that I import doesn't read the textures .. and we don't create a war game but of another kind

[@vanessavalente2350]

@@VladimirOnOccasion This game not war XD

[@Potatinized]

If only they add a fluid physics with it...

[@artemaung5274]

Still in 4.26.1 doesn't work in VR :/ At least water works with stereo instancing off

[@DamielBE]

as of 5.0.3, is it possible to key the cloud parameters in Sequencer, in order to animate how a sky become stormy, for example?

[@UnderfundedScientist]

Seriously how are we supposed to see what's going on with such a high frame rate I now see it's how to weed out the weak

[@Szaboo92]

@@VladimirOnOccasion Haha I see what you did there

[@보리타작-x9s]

In the pack that he uploaded, I figured out LOD like some limit sight to allowing camera .. how can I fix it as to Any angle dosen't matter with LOD.

[@kaizendigital_id]

where did you get the pack?

[@gurgel1746]

Cant wait for ue5!

[@ty_teynium]

Is this a plug-in? And has this been optimized for use in the current version? I remember it was not ready yet until the release of 4.26. Edit: nevermind I got my answer.

[@reke9942]

What was the answer ? plugin or wait til 4.26??

[@JamalPennant]

He said you can download the Dev build of unreal from gitgub and compile it. It has the volume cloud built in. He didn't how how to enable it must be a plugin.

[@reke9942]

@@JamalPennant ok Thanks!

[@SoufianChadli]

Look it's in a book

[@freddyfozzyfilms2688]

yesss!

[@Eternal_23]

Awesome, but how about integrating blue noise natively? For dithering, sampling and everything else?

[@Eternal_23]

@@Xperto_ ye, that's exactly why i typed "natively"

[@angius]

@@Eternal_23 Add it and submit a PR!

[@harleyracer2005]

This sounds like a good topic

[@chiusan1528]

I have copied your cloud materialfunction and instead of showing any clouds whatsoever I instead get a dense fog wall, no matter how much I adjust the scale the fog prevails.

[@christopheravina456]

use scalar parameters for scale and Bias vs a 1D parameter and it works ;)

[@fast_harmonic_psychedelic]

I cant find the github for ue

[@hewhoisme4343]

Oh damn did they add this already?

[@Potatinized]

since .16. If you're using UE for cinematics, you'd be familiar with it. usually games wont really use it because of the hit on performance.

[@breakofrite]

hey

[@romakii7601]

second

[@xomifla8737]

i love ue4

[@kuraiwolf4047]

Now I want to make a project that uses volumetric clouds for a dynamic weather system. You could see a storm in the distance slowly moving in your direction and as it gets closer, the lighting starts to change and eventually you start getting rain and lightning.

[@drapoel120]

RDR2 and Flight Simulator 2020 has volumetric clouds.

[@ishitrealbad3039]

@@drapoel120 weather system in RDR2 is fucking amazing, especially the lightning impacts that you can see in the distance (or nearby)

[@alih84411]

very good 👍👍👍

[@BeamNGhack]

C’est magnifique ✨

[@TrippyMango]

First

[@yantingye1677]

云做得真好，nice

[@BestAnimations]

Can't understand what he's saying

[@RNDM-nd7tj]

Put subtitles on then

[@BestAnimations]

@@RNDM-nd7tj The subtitles can't understand what hes saying.

[@michailmarkou1995]

amazing tut

[@brentonjoseph]

😍

[@shinminho100]

죄송한데 파일좀 주세요 ㅜ,.ㅠ

[@petarstoyanov8976]

So when are we getting a good Superman game to fly around the planet? Need to beat out that new Microsoft Flight simulator. :D Looking great!

[@JohnRiversOfficial]

i cant understand a fuckign word he's saying.