Intro to Cascade: Creating a Beam Emitter | 07 | v4.2 Tutorial Series | Unreal Engine

[@tangerian319]

I LOVE this guy's energy! he's so fun! I would love to see more tuts from this particular guy

[@goodvibrato]

For anyone interested, here is the video he was talking about where the beam attaches to a user set target: Introduction to UE4 Programming - 12 - Overriding C++ Functions with Blueprints - Part 1

[@Rogue-ww2nw]

Set to private 😢

[@dogbreth7]

I like this guys voice...

[@hanyiwu9654]

dogbreth7 ye,me 2, great teacher ,and have nice voice ~:)

[@AirRicDo]

Man, you have by far the clearest English I ever listened to! For me as a non-native speaker, it's just brilliant. You should dub EVERY tutorial video on KZbin :D

[@officialtanktopviolinist289]

It's my first time editing on Unreal Engine4, it's such a great experience, thank you for your tutorial!

[@waseemhaji2372]

The main key to make a student loves the subject is by the teacher....so I love it...good job

Most hilarious UE tutorial so far...

[@Fmjgames]

I'm beaming with excitement seriously this is so helpful! I really didn't get beams until just now. O_o

[@crybabbyyyy]

I love listening to this man

[@areebraza8262]

having moved from from unity to ue, the biggest takeaway for me has been that this tutorialist guy is 10000x times better than the unity one

[@matthewpapageorge8441]

Just in case anyone else was trying to understand why the sine function had this effect at 2:01, the default period is 1 and not 2pi. Thus, the default equation is y = sin(2pi * x)

[@duongson7138]

Man, you are funny :D I like you.

[@hasher22]

THANKYOU! I made straight lightning bars for jail!!!

[@vikinggameprogrammer7233]

Is the mask broken for anyone else using 4.24? Un-checking the Red channel in the Mask node after connecting it to the TexCoord node yields a red mask instead of B&W :/

[@minpan1066]

It is red now with newer versions. But It's not broken. the result is still the same.

[@kiddhkane]

@@minpan1066 It's not the same if you want colors other than red. Any other color becomes bleak or even invisible.

[@nitroneonicman]

So, I don't have a Distribution Source Tangent option anywhere in cascade...

[@Okhaj]

Beautiful, great tutorial, thanks!

[@Rhiggins5173]

@1:38 Might be something that' doesn't really matter but my gradient is red. I can't see what I'm doing differently. I know there should be a quick fix and that it won't matter because I can change the color down the line but still. Great tutorial btw! Super helpful

[@Shepherd1234]

Great introduction!

[@Tharilyon]

You may not take a beverage break but I will! >:D

[@michaellewis1332]

meee too

[@michaellewis1332]

ahem.. brb guys

[@neomuler4958]

Hey, i've got an issue "NO ASYNC TICK" when i put a Beam module, I learn UE anyone can help me?

[@andresestevez2701]

Me acuerdo q esto estaba en español de Latam, ya no lo encuentro, me hubiera gustado q no lo quiten, buenos tutos 100 porciento en castellano

[@RandallsDiversion]

Is there a way to have the beam follow a spline?

[@CyberWolf755]

Why is the target tangent's Z-axis upside down? Is it because the source and target are facing each other and the target point rotated itself upside down to face the source?

[@Arcess727]

thx I integrated it in my exam

[@spikebor]

i want to change the noise speed but nothing i input in there can do, anyone in the same boat ?

[@LynxWatcher]

DistributionStartColor is gone in the newest UE4 version, how would I create an emissive glow to the colour now?

[@ambercrowngames]

I cnat get the noise module to work...Nothing happens regardless of what numbers i type in :( Please help thanks alot

[@derago-dev]

I wish there were some kind of formula on how to calculate tangents for those beams... i want to create a beam to show a projectile trajectory but i just can't find a way to find a tangent based on velocity and angle...

[@grimmreaper6567]

Nice tutorial but I have a problem it is showing no async tick in my cascade what can i do to fix it thanks

[@delbertdoppler]

Great tutorial, very efficent! However, UE4.22 is... Well. As soon as I add a Target or Source module, there's the error message "NO ASYNC TICK" displayed in the cascade viewport (and then the PS doesn't move). If someone has a solution, please do tell :)

[@Satutu772]

2021 and i still need this answer

[@SuperLufkin]

I can't use the material I created for some reason. I can put any other material but this one. It just goes to "None". Not sure why?

[@RandallsDiversion]

Can this be done in Niagara?

[@zachansen8293]

Tried to figure out how to track an actor. I set the source and target "target type" to "actor" but can't find a method called "set beam target actor", just "set beam target position" Any suggestions?

[@chilli1472]

what happened to this guy? I remember watching these just because of him

[@bellarose4816]

Does anyone know how to make the ends of the beam not comeback and connect at a single point

[@Alistair]

yes

[@JosePabloMongeChacon]

@@Alistair you suck

[@samnater]

Good stuff!

[@boz9370]

When I try to attach this to my character nothing shows up, but when I drag the Particle System into my scene it shows fine.

[@rabmoray1705]

the gay's voice is funny, I like this, so happy :D

[@andrasi_gyula]

Dear Mr. Parrish! Would you be so kind, and make some tutorials for Niagara as well? Preferably with the same energy, if we may ask. A few hundred of these bite sized videos would be enough about scratch pad modules for starters ...

[@TeoZarkopafilis]

What is he using for hand drawing?

[@NicholasWheelerSPC]

Any way to make the noise speed wobble slower? I tried a few of the parameters under noise speed, but it didn't seem to chance what I wanted.

[@deimosplays9188]

Question: Why does mine not emmit light?

[@monalumamonanana]

So far so good. Would anyone know how to make this a projectile? Not as a bullet, but as a constant beam when you hold down the trigger?

[@jaznime2901]

Beams are pretty cool- I don't quite understand what the 'sheet' setting does though. I tried messing around with it and set it to a huge number and crashed unreal (I saved beforehand, so it was all good).

[@yghtim]

Is it hard to make so that the eviroment can break the laser? so it doesnt go through walls?

[@IllusionEDM]

add a collision to the effect, easy.

[@LARADEKA]

_Does this work if I put on some character? It will be fun to see the character getting lightning surges..._

[@benjaminswanson1585]

I was following along and when you selected Particle Color is where I got lost. I don't have that node. Any other options?

[@benjaminswanson1585]

Nevermind. Found it. Just an FNG!

[@Tiogar60]

Mine is not emitting light :(

[@johanpruys]

add 20 where you thought 2 In the particle color or 2000000 to have a lightning blast, or check if the material emisssive color is hooked.

[@xzesstence]

zak parish is so exciting

[@matheusbica]

Could i attach it to a weapon, that when i press right mouse button, targetting my structure like a collector of energy and create that beam while im pressing the button as a way to charge the structure? How would i do that if you dont mind explain =)?

[@AntiAnti]

+Matheus Bica wiki.unrealengine.com/Beam_Particle_%28Tutorial%29

[@sandervandermeiren1470]

awesome tutorial, any clue how to use sub uv's with the beam data? i cant seem to make it work

[@rjpluhar8894]

how do i make the beam bigger at the end?

[@emmicd11]

change the vector in the size module

[@flash3621]

Hello. Is there any tutorial to make lightning of The Flash? Or something smiliar?

[@deimosplays9188]

No but i just made the flash trail and it works really good

[@squareff255]

My Beam doesn't glow...

[@ByterunnersGS]

+McKenzie Warren Particle and other emissive objects glow depends mostly on Your camera Bloom settings. Take in mind that the bloom will effect every emmisive object in scene, so don't go to high on this :)

[@squareff255]

+Byterunners thanks!

[@ChimeraProd]

+Byterunners Is there any way to make bloom not fade away in the distance? I notice no matter what I tried I cant get bloom to be visible when I go a little farther away, the bloom is only visible when the camera is close!

[@ByterunnersGS]

ChimeraProd - When You set up Your bloom, and the bloom is still not bright enough, go to the beam material, and use a multiply node on the emissive property. We do that. Multiplying by 1.5 or 2 should give You what You want, higher values will get unnatural but still cool looking bloom and a very bright glow. Go end experiment with that. You attach the current emissive node to the multiply, and then to the material slot. Try it out and let us know if it helped!

[@ChimeraProd]

Byterunners Yeah I know how to change the brightness by multiplying, I meant the bloom/glow does not stay rendered on screen until you get close to it. If you pull the camera back you notice it starts to fade out completely, and if you have a long object its like it half fades out and looks odd. Theres someone who made a tron material that said its pretty complicated to keep bloom in the distance and gave me an experimental method though. But aside from bloom I have another problem I notice, My emissive materials seem to fade out in the distance completely. Not just the bloom, but the whole material / texture! What causes this? How can I keep it from dissapearing? In unlit mode the object/textures are still visible, but then in lit mode they fade away! I have long hallways that I need to see from up high and I have emissive textures on them but I cant even see them at all when the camera is far, no color, nothing!

[@roastman9753]

Ah yes, I see you too like to make star wars podracers in Unreal.

[@cannabis7619]

This doesnt work because we dont have the "DistributionSource" as you do @UnrealEngine.

[@singingvikram]

12:50 did he fart ?

[@nikolabozin9509]

Vikram Singh rofl

[@hirkdeknirk1]

With 4.24 this do not work at all.

[@erikamoya8373]

It worked for me on 4.24

[@brandoncameron5328]

My color will not change no matter what I do

[@zdzakk4165]

Same here!

[@emmicd11]

I made a rainbow beam emitter using this tutorial, it wasnt perfect but at least its a start: prnt.sc/egcolx

[@pylbetajv]

Sounds like you were getting a little tired in this video.

[@Shepherd1234]

I found that fun and entertaining. :) With this voice, and the communication and entertainment skills, he would be able to have his own KZbin channel. I think I would be able to be a middle/top KZbinr depending what he would do.

[@thaerathandel]

A WE SO ME

[@Demnus]

This shit is broken in every possible way...

[@alexaleksandrov9682]

Still works in UE 4.21

[@DolanDuking]

NO ASYNC TICK still not fixed?