How to... Localized Volumetric Fog in Unreal Engine 5

[@X-Prime123]

For those newbies wondering what he did at 2:47, he put in a Constant3Vector.

[@Mokkero]

One more information, in case someone needs it - Press three and left mouse button to insert the constant3vector. :)

[@cadenshriver930]

MVPs of this whole video

[@Josevku]

saved my life

[@andreichitu3675]

Thanks !

[@oudphase2488]

Thanks, I was just searching in google what was that for last 30 mins then realized you commented xD

[@robmulally]

For anyone who can't see Fog you need to also have ExponentialHeightFog added as well and the Checkbox "Volumentric Fog" in its properties ticked, then your Cube should show fog.

[@Nak.nupschie2233wiki]

its still not working

[@N00BleSouP24]

this fixed it for me, thank you

[@rktjrb5930]

you save me

[@robmulally]

@@rktjrb5930 welcome

[@benikeler]

@@Nak.nupschie2233wiki You might have two in your scene/outliner and one is overriding the other. Happened with me :)

[@Vangriffeth]

RIGHT, if like me you are wondering why this isin't working for you, at 0:28 in the video he specifically says TURN ON VOLUMETRIC FOG...yeah...make sure to do that.

[@loregnrJP]

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[@azilbersher]

Holy crap, I thought I was going insane. THANK YOU

[@gregsmith80]

If anyone else is wondering what happened at 2:47, you can hold down the number 3 and then left click on the background to add a Constant3Vector. 1, 2, and 4 work respectively.

[@Lorecastapendragon]

what the value thing called at @3:00 i cant find it anywhere, its a constant, hold down one then left click mouse on the graph

[@TIGER-KHAN]

If you're going to use hotkeys, can you at least say what hotkeys you're using?

[@bikacaartproductions4163]

for real

[@simviz_net]

It's pleasing to see some of the models that I'm made and also selling on Unreal Marketplace in some tutorial on KZbin ;D Great tutorial btw ;)

[@asiangreg8209]

it only works when shadows are set to high

[@nucleardrifting3864]

Life saver

[@ploutre8793]

what do you mean ? beacause in my case it doesn't work :(

[@mattlox3981]

They can also double as Dark souls fog gates lol

[@ArranAsh]

Many thanks!

[@MrMOTDIT]

the simplest solutions are always the best, it's hard to beat that!

[@OnTR4]

Thank you for the tutorial Ryan, I was trying to find A way to make a scary area in my game, that was very helpful. It will be nice for the future to tell us if this is going to be a high cost. Is it going to effect frames, what is rely on, ram or GPU etc. :) for the frame sake. As I know Volumetric Fog is very costly for frames. A grate video as always. Thank you

[@tonyshoulders_]

You’re a life saver thank you

[@B4NTO]

Will take a look through this soon, seems very handy. I was using the Local Height Fog and it causes insane amounts of crashes with it in 5.3.2 sadly, heard the bug was fixed in 5.4 but not tried .

[@B4NTO]

5.4 just released, hoping for the best with the Local Height Fog changes

[@ArtandAllThat]

How do you do this when your only option is substrate materials now?

[@betterForm]

@RyanLaley Thank you for the lesson! How to make a fog area in the shape of a mesh? Not a square? :)

[@N00BleSouP24]

apply the material to whatever you're workin on!

[@Glowbox3D]

Thank you for the vid. I'd love a tutorial on fog cards or particles--so you can have some animated slow rolling fog that isn't perfectly flat. Cheers!

[@kristoferus6]

Thanks!

[@davidcroucher6262]

Great tutorial, thanks. Anyone have an idea how to do the opposite? Have the fog fill the whole map except for one area? I'm doing a level with interior and exterior gameplay. I want the fog outside, but not inside.

[@ioanafleancu4389]

perhaps this will help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j37MqnmoiqZ4h80si=tbFV3t1cA3IXt58O

[@CrimsonWoods]

Very informative. Are there ways to make specific points dissipate the fog?

[@itsmebvg]

You could add a sphere mask in the material with the correct coordinates where the fog needs to dissipate.

[@CrimsonWoods]

@@itsmebvg Thank you I thought of that, but I'm not sure how to dynamically add more than one vector variable for that material to keep track of.

[@MatthewGDunlap]

I did a lot of testing with this trying to make a dust cloud for an asteroid belt. Even using a sphere mask on a solid shape will cause a fog effect within the masked area, I ended up using a dynamic mesh to create a torus, with sphere masks on the material. Are there any ways to have shadows affect the fog, like an object passing between the light source and the fog area?

[@notinuse9999-c3y]

4:08 how did you make that moving fog?

[@shaishavpathak]

Pretty sure that’s a particle effect

[@sayrusan2127]

can you make a lesson about volumetric fog of war for large maps

[@snook-official]

managed to get it work but it disappears at certain viewing angles

[@JeffStark-uz6cd]

bro what is "into here" supposed to be? 2:40

[@buffalosoldier-br1mi]

when i place the cube still appear no fog what i am doing wrong @ryan Laley

[@guillermo3dcode]

hi! Maybe you are using a low profile engine scalability setting, try to switch it to high or make a render

[@buffalosoldier-br1mi]

@@guillermo3dcode whats that i solved already thanks anyway

[@guillermo3dcode]

@@buffalosoldier-br1mi you are welcome!

[@kyleowens6132]

@@guillermo3dcode MVP

[@guillermo3dcode]

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[@miloszgierczak4806]

whatws the better solution? To use volumetric fog with static cube volume or to use a particle system with volumetric material aplied? I have seen hey use both methods and im wondering with is better

[@dreadtrain2846]

I would imagine a particle system would be more costly.

[@miloszgierczak4806]

THANK YOU!@@dreadtrain2846

[@ytsmurfy]

if fog isnt showing make sure the volmentric plugin is installed

[@Yarogor]

Ryan, thx for tutor. In my case this fog culling in ~100m radius. I've didn't find setting for enlarge this radius. Maybe you know how to tweak it?

[@varkvaran7356]

Go to the ExponentialHeightfog actor, under "Volumetric fog->View Distance" This controls view distance of all volumetric fog effects including local

[@limandjung4545]

Hi i have a question I want to record my game screen. I know there is a 'TAKE RECORDER' function, but I wanted to ask if you know of a blueprint node that allows this to be executed by pressing a button in the UI. can you answer me?

[@gladiyit6771]

ty

[@psikosen]

Extinction is no longer there?

[@rudyisrad]

I just noticed that right now - looking for its replacement/alternative.

[@amyflanagan9048]

Did you double check that the Material Domain is set to "Volume" instead of "surface" ? And the blend mode needs to be "Additive"? I'm using 5.3.2 and it's there :)

[@martinberge9237]

Anyone know how to use heightmap for determining the position and shape of the fog?

[@res0lve]

Is the performance cost of this type of fog a lot higher than regular fog? If I have a lot of them in my scene will it kill performance?

[@wesjgae]

way way way lower lmao, normal fog is MUCH more performance hitting than just a material lol

[@simsim-i7w]

not working ☹️ I even tuned on volumetric fog

[@Brodison]

I figured out the issue for me was that I was using medium scalability settings instead of high

[@simsim-i7w]

@@Brodison the scalability😦

[@trexor67]

I made exactly as you but the fkn cube becomes totally invisble.

[@robmulally]

same

[@Bloooodyfog]

Your answer on second 25

[@trexor67]

@@Bloooodyfog it doesn't work.

[@Bloooodyfog]

​​@@trexor67 this guide is working i tried that fog , you just need to add ue exponential fog in scene first - and just repeat what he do next

[@kyleowens6132]

turn on fog in the show button drop down

[@JayGee1]

That's awesome. Will use this in my music stream project 👍

[@FPChris]

Doesn't work.