UE4 Tutorial: Night Scene with Moon

[@2eea5y70]

Best toturial about moon in ue4 thank you man

[@allashama]

2022 and still effective! thank you for that. Even if using UE 4.26, it's working perfectly fine.

[@underscore00]

Thanks for letting me know :) Its good to hear that these videos still work in the latest version

[@betraid]

A little bit fast explanation in some points that make go back and rewatch, but still very nice tutorial, Thank you sir

[@underscore00]

Yeah I know I sometimes speak really fast, sorry about that! It's something Im trying to work on for future videos :)

[@Joshua_Pratt]

Great tutorials bro! Glad you're still smashing them out now! :)

[@jamescoates2968]

just what i was looking for. thanks

[@HelloDapp]

Around 4 minutes, you fed append into "0". I was wondering what that 0 is called or how you get it up

[@cookie32o]

hold 1 then left click

[@TheGrimmy]

@@cookie32o Thank you so very much! I was going nuts trying to figure this out, lol

[@huguesdaguet6720]

@@cookie32o doesn't work for me

[@alexjohnson1169]

@@huguesdaguet6720 I just replicated this in the newest version of Unreal, he does a few things kind of fast but the main thing here is you need to hold the number 1 then left click anywhere in the Blueprint that doesn't have anything in it.

[@mydiastardream]

@@cookie32o Thanks! Wish he didn't use so many shortcuts for a tutorial x.x

[@egemen261]

It looks absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing the information with us. I love this channel.( Also, you've gained a follower)^^

[@underscore00]

Thanks so much! :)

[@Xnix_]

@@underscore00 how do i change my thing to -1.0? mine resets to the original position

[@joannelecocq765]

@@Xnix_ You probably already figured it out but for other people seeing this, to get the -1.0 to work when you are adjusting the SkysphereBlueprint - Reset the Directional Light Actor to the default (click the yellow arrow to the right so it goes back to default) then it should work.

[@SeanSilas_IronWrath_GTR]

Awesome! Even 3 years later still helpful! :)

[@pck_projectsmotion2518]

amazing perfect tutorial

[@AkumaVenomUnrealDev]

fantastic tutorial mate thanks

[@marc-unreal]

Good watch.. enjoyed.

[@DIYEigenKreationen]

Thank You ! you are the best.

[@occupationalhazard]

When I add the ColorLUT, everything goes dark, and my lit moon looks like a negative. If make it unlit, everything looks more normal. Anyone know how I can fix the Lit coloring and lighting?

[@GG.Playground]

Same, did you find a solution?

[@mydiastardream]

@@GG.Playground Inside the ColorLUT texture, you have to set Texture group to "ColorlookupTable". That fixed it for Mydia~

[@SpiritedVT]

@@mydiastardream Thank you!

[@darksilvergames5692]

@@mydiastardream thanks a lot

[@TheXEskiimo]

First of all, Thanks for this tutorial. Secondly, you should by some O-rings for your keyboard if the noise bothers you. I did the same and it's a noticeable difference.

[@underscore00]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching :) The sound bothers me a bit, but its more for the benefit of the viewer - I cant imagine its a nice sound to listen to while youre watching the video. I've heard of the o-ring solution, I'll see if I can find some to fix the issue

[@malickdk]

Thank You so much for the tutorial, lol added a bit more coolness factor to my video

[@SafaAlkan]

Thanks man, that helped me!

[@thellamaamanda1246]

Works in UE5, Great video! keep it up.

[@GrantCraftGames]

Easy to add in UE5 also.... just need to add the BP for the sky atmos in order to get the sun to -0.1

[@redhood6690]

not sure if i did something wrong, the moon doesn't snap to location like how you showed maybe since im using a newer version of UE4?

[@WeylKiozor]

It works perfectly ! Can you make a Light Shafts (God Rays) tutorial ? thanks ;)

[@underscore00]

I have a few ways, to do god rays (no rhyme) ;) stay tuned!

[@morgans4977]

Yay! thanks!

[@SurRealistRecordsTV]

Amazing video, but Append 0? How did you drop a append 0/zero node in blueprints. I can not figure it out for the life of me lol thanks in advance!

[@rightway19]

Hold 1 on keyboard and press right click

[@MellowJelly]

5:25 the LERP node here is called LinearInterpolate if you're searching for it. I accidentally used Lerp_3Color because I didn't know the shortcut and it didn't work

[@underscore00]

Sorry about that! I try not to assume prior knowledge on the part of the viewer, but sometimes things like that slip past :) The shortcut for creating a lerp node is to hold 'L' and left click the graph.

[@metinkoktas3213]

is a nice Tutoriel Thanks

[@mrstocks]

Great video! thx.

[@armoredcanine9725]

For some reason the glow is tiny and in the corner of the plate. How did that happen and how to fix that?

[@dunxle7983]

This may be because I’m on ue5 but where do you get the skysphereblueprint from? I don’t see any video on your channel about how to make one?

[@ahmedshammoh2048]

it's a best video if you want create moon. will done

[@stalkershano]

Awesome!thanks man!

[@shodin5gmvsguru508]

Hey, thanks a bunch for the video... I was wondering if you had a way to make it bind to the skysphere_BP to rotate around the game world for day/night cycle. I tried a couple of things myself but I am also trying not to mess up what I currently have. Also... last question... I swear... do you think it's possible to get a nebula in the skysphere? Been looking around... but... I haven't found anything for just putting it up there... instead of making a space adventure map. Thanks a bunch again.

[@ThePixelitomedia]

Hello, awesome tutorial. Is it possible to bound spotlights to the Night function so that the spotlights (like city streetlights) are only ON during Nighttime? If so, could you make a tutorial how to??? thank you!!!

[@underscore00]

Yes! I'll make working streetlights and have a tutorial for you :)

[@Thunder_Owl]

Thank you, lot of useful things!

[@soumyakhurana4700]

can u please explain why you subtracted origin from actor location and then normalize.Please explain logic also for no programming background people

[@Fettman89]

Hello, trying this out but when I get to 10:00 when you do the normalize from subtract, mine looks different than yours and has a Tolerence setting to it yours doesn't, Also, it mostly worked but cant get the moon to face the same way as yours and feel like this might be the problem. It's been the only thing that hasn't lined up with your tutorial. Also the lines from construction script to set actor rotation is glowing red.

[@tudorani4328]

I have the same issue. Maybe @underscore00 has a solution??

[@tempj]

Hey im not able to change my scale of my moon?! No option in default to change it?

[@Michael-zn5jl]

it wont let me set the sun height to -1, its stuck on 0.736771

[@VitorCaldeira1980]

another problem !!! when i drag the colorlut image to the color grading lut my scene becames green !!!!

[@JustMKollum]

Unreal will not let me set the sun height to -1. The value just doesn't change. Is it because I used the "Scroller template"? What do I do to override the sun height?

[@AeonSaturnal]

clear the light source

[@Saitam_ha]

Idol!

[@Xnix_]

why does my sun height change to its original when i type in -1.0?

[@RB-kt3ni]

Rotate Light Source to Y-aix 90

[@drumandbassob0007]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooO4cp5sdt2dfrc&ab_channel=MikeTheTech this explains it i had the same prob

[@VitorCaldeira1980]

iam unable to change the sun heigh !!! i try to input a value but always restore to the previous number

[@VitorCaldeira1980]

i had to see another video to fix this problem

[@TheIsleNarrator]

When I apply the color LUT it gives me a weird green tint. Any ideas?

[@underscore00]

Open up your LUT texture and then in the details panel, change the Texture Group to 'ColorLookupTable'. It sounds like that might be your problem. Let me know if you're still having issues!

[@TheIsleNarrator]

@@underscore00 yep that was it! thanks mate much appreciated!!

[@TheGrimmy]

@@underscore00 Beautiful. Thank you! I was trying to adjust it in every other way and it just kept looking greenish, lol. Thanks...... now time to go back and set all those tries back to default...

[@SafaAlkan]

How can i add light source?

[@melthorme]

I think is the same "DirectionalLight"

[@cristianmartinez1321]

man how do u rotate th moon with which shortcut? or you move it around that easily! I have to get used to UE shortcuts. Thanks for the vid it is amazing!

[@saeedzamani1503]

my question is how did you find out to use these all nodes???!!!

[@dan9of9]

Hi, please help. I got this moonBp all working with a full sphere texture, except when I drag it into the game, it’s only half. The back half is just white. Also it always faces my player start in the editor but in game it doesn’t follow my character. Is that normal?

[@armoredcanine9725]

3:52 How do you quickly add that 0 node? All you said Append 0, but all I got was the param, but not number node.

[@underscore00]

Sorry! You can create constants by holding '1' and clicking the graph. Hope that helps!

[@rileybarabash221]

Great Video! Although the black spots on my moon are black, rather than transparent. My map is also black. Any suggestions?

[@JeremyKnox72]

Just tried this in UE4.26. First of all, thanks for all the hard work and the info. Unfortunately, when I finished, my moon material was all white with transparency around the end; it's like the the texture image was voided out. I found that I had used the wrong LERP node (thanks to the comment below) and corrected that, but that didn't resolve the issue. If I drag the texture sample directly into the emissive value for the material I see the texture, but when I connect it up through the processing steps I lose it somewhere.

[@JeremyKnox72]

Found what I was doing wrong. For anyone that sees this, I did not have the edge saturation set correctly (way too low).

[@scot3051]

I followed every step but my blueprint is just a white sphere with no image of the moon

[@Luna-gleam]

I am wondering why you didnt use a fresnel insted of camera vector dot. I see the result is not quite the same, might use it in a bunch of stuff

[@darcybmusic]

Followed to a T. went through it 3 times but my moon will not do the location tracking and rotate itself towards the earth

[@underscore00]

Did you put the blueprint for the location tracking in the construction script? Sounds like that could be your issue

[@darcybmusic]

@@underscore00 ill have a look later. Thanks for the reply i appriciate your help

[@armoredcanine9725]

@@underscore00 How do you put the location blueprint tracking in there?

[@deluxepopper]

Really nice tutorial. How would you do a mooncrest based on the suns orbital rotation in a day and night cycle? I'm guessing you need a black mask to projected onto another mesh sphere that you rotate in front of the current object but can't portray in my head how this would work out.. if it's not possible to cheat believably :) Cheers

[@tacticalpowered]

Hi, I followed your tutorial, but i get a lightmass crash from the MOON_BP mesh. What can I do to get rid of this issue?

[@TechnoReverseChannel]

There is a weird yellow tint on my LUD

[@OpenMawProductions]

Will this work with heavier cloud cover? IE have the clouds cover the moon?

[@underscore00]

It depends on how youve implemented clouds. If theyre volumetric shapes that exist at a location in the world, then yes - but if theyre integrated into the skysphere or otherwise not dependent on a 3D location, then no.

[@OpenMawProductions]

@@underscore00 I suppose the better way to implement this would be to create a custom version of BP_sphere and add a moon element into it.

[@tounhs]

when you delete an event graph what key bind you use to do it ?

[@ReaperXL92]

Hej how do i make moon change size depending on time of year?

[@ДартВейдер-х8щ]

Great tutor! But i have some problem. My moon do not rotate with moving. Can you help me with my problem?

[@ДартВейдер-х8щ]

I allready got it. Just changed origin point coordinates to center my location.

[@rothruithor1963]

If anyone has the negative moon dont forget to set your glow Crank to 1.0

[@ghost8602]

I love you... tysm

[@Pelanoras]

can I use these assets for creating a game?

[@gameformation2100]

Hey there! The asset download link is not working for me. It says that it was blocked by bitly

[@underscore00]

Ive changed the link to go straight to my mediafire account, it should work now :)

[@gameformation2100]

@@underscore00 Whoa that was fast! Thank you so much! :)

[@neritonreis3340]

Cara você não ensinou como colocar o céu e as estrelas

[@LeMinhSuvn]

I had a problem. I could not move the Moon blueprint up to Sky. I use UE 4.19. Any idea about that ? Thank you very much for your tut.

[@underscore00]

You should be able to manually put values in the 'location' fields in the object details panel.

[@pulsar7016]

How can I achieve this effect without using the postprocessing quality parameter at a high level?

[@dann1yarschrub99]

"assets download" link not available, can u reload it, pls?

[@YASIR.K]

Thank you

[@williamwood5065]

This was awesome, I've made a custom moon which now faces the player at all times. Problem is that I have a day/night cycle and the moon won't move with it. Currently the light is set to rotate but I can't make the sun and moon opposite of each other. Any suggestions?

[@williamwood5065]

@@robertb922 I figurer this out when I was working on my project, but sadly I stopped working on it as it was just too much work for a single person Though that is just an excuse I tell myself because I apparently lacked the passion :(

[@RinBlueFlames]

thanks a lot!

[@wanted3753]

But the base skybox not packaging .......

[@flamics]

The sun height at the very beginning won’t go below 0.736771. Help please

[@sober546]

see where it says directional light actor above sun brightness it should be selected on light source but click it and towards the top there should be clear. select that and your good ;)

[@ProPotato]

Heya, great tutorials. Just giving this one a go and run into a problem. The moon doesn't auto rotate or anything when I move it around.. Any ideas? Copied your script twice to make sure it was correct.

[@underscore00]

Thanks for watching :) sounds like the code isn't plugged into the construction script, but hard to say without having more info

[@ProPotato]

Figured it out. It was because my world (landscape imported from World Machine) is quite large and the center of it was not set to 0,0,0, instead a corner of it was. So the moon was doing it's fixed rotation but due to world size of the world, moving it around as much as in your video wasn't enough to notice the rotation. Thanks again for the great tutorial. =)

[@underscore00]

Ah I see, interesting problem! Congrats on fixing it :) thanks again for dropping by!

[@Psychoflea]

Dang, Asset download link is blocked on bitly

[@underscore00]

Ive changed the link to go straight to my mediafire account, it should work now :)

[@Psychoflea]

Top dude! Quick reply and fantastic video. Liked.

[@CRYTEKpro]

Tanks 😎 bro, very good, like

[@hariharasudhanumasankar2520]

it gets dark after setting sun height to -1, but after some time it gets brighter... what to do ?

[@shanegibson5692]

You need to place a post processing volume in the scene, check the unbounded box so it covers the whole map, then go to the details panel in post processing volume and go to exposure, click min and max exposure on and set them to 1. this will keep the game from auto adjusting brightness when you don't want it.

[@mihirgupta3824]

@@shanegibson5692 Thanks a lot! This saved me, idky that option isn't true by default

[@ivancarlos3499]

muito obrigado me ajudou muito amigo!!!

[@fase_nerd]

It doesn't work properly for the following versions of the engine. It doesn't exist the settings of Min and Max Brightness anymore, and the LUT thing also looks totally different. =(

[@heleni5946]

nope, i'm using 4.27 and everything is the exact same.

[@e.Mihaii]

My plane(glow) is not rotating after moon. Some one can help me ?

[@deathpony3333]

whenever moving the plane glow mesh in the moon BP, try putting it on the other side of the moon, that fixed it for me

[@e.Mihaii]

@@deathpony3333 I will try , Thanks.

[@solarstoned]

thanks a lot :)

[@gamerdweebentertainment1616]

Can't edit sun height.... "freaking updates"

[@GetGhosted420]

I love your videos and i will make sure i show everyone on my game making page @ Invisible ghost studios Thank u so much for this will be watching more of your stuff

[@underscore00]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it :D

[@jhp4689]

Unreal won't let me set my sun height to -1. Why? Dang...

[@ReptileEdits]

Click on the sky then go to details and make sure "Directional Light Actor" is set to "None" This fixed my problem I'm not sure is there any other solution but it worked for me

[@AnnaDolphin97]

nothing happens when i try eddit the light shafts plis halp

[@youzid4746]

make the blueprint moon material (mat inst) or watch 8:40

[@TheGrimmy]

@@youzid4746 Thank you very much, I missed the part where he said "Use instances"!

[@youzid4746]

@@TheGrimmy :p me too this is why im helping xD

[@giwrgosnikolaou1639]

Good video and a Nice tutorial but you should go a little slower because some of the things you are doing are a bit tricky for beginers like me and I can not follow... Anyway very nice work!

[@muxey1982]

Top!

[@xmaarten]

How the hell do you know all these things?! Hahaha, thanks a lot bro!! :)) (and the typing sound didn't bother me one bit)

[@sober546]

there is no post process volume HELP!

[@underscore00]

You can add one to the scene by going to your 'modes' tab and searching for 'post-process' in the search bar, then dragging the post-process volume into the scene. I hope that helps! :)

[@sober546]

underscore darn I kinda messed up my whole map but I am trying to fix it :( P.S. thank you anyway :)

[@underscore00]

No worries! Sorry about your map though, feel free to ask questions anytime and Ill do my best to help out :)

[@sober546]

underscore I know you most probably will say no but do you have a discord so you can help me in real time because I really want to make a nighttime effect but I just can’t get it right...

[@underscore00]

Yes I do! I'm lurking on discord basically all the time, here's the invite link to my server: discord.gg/27xAR5j :)

[@ahmadshishani1195]

and I thought that Houdini was the hardest software to learn !!!!

[@Captt95]

I used the same setting as you and when i build the lighting, evreything is really dark i cannot see my map

[@nero5661]

uncheck "extenddefaultluminancerange" in the project settings

[@ReptileEdits]

@@nero5661 Thanks yo!

[@lachlanmackoy2957]

Okay, the moon does not want to look at where i want it to look

[@lachlanmackoy2957]

Nevermind, me moon works now

[@soldieroscar]

Couldn't stop thinking about Ironman because you sound like Jarvis.

[@underscore00]

Really? haha I'll take that as a compliment :)

[@underscore00]

Holy shit I do kinda sound like Jarvis! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJqYmZulZ8Z3Y6c

[@alekaditez3830]

doesn't work

[@EscoreF]

Dude you are way too fast with key shortcuts. Please explain them, or show them on the screen, I have a hard time to follow. The result is nice though. Thanks for making a video.

[@faceman2271]

hold 1 left click to append 0

[@ReptileEdits]

YOU'RE LIFE SAVER

[@ScorpioMotivation]

I cant find "mesh_plane in my unreal and I use 4.27... nice. oh and "moon diffuse" is not there. super nice. Btw no disrespect, but your tuto is not made for people that know nothing about materials and bleuprint. You do things that you dont even explain, you just pop something and continue to explain a other thing. thanks anyway I guess.

[@underscore00]

No worries, thanks for commenting :) The assets you're looking for should be in the assets download link found in the description of the video. My tutorials are generally aimed at people with a minimal preexisting knowledge of the engine, im sorry I dont specify that, but if youre interested in learning, I have dozens of other material/shaders tutorials where I do explain core concepts and fundamental info. Check out my Hex Material, Crystal Material, Car Paint, Crysis Armor and 3D Health Bar videos for some cool materials to get you started :) I hope that helps!

[@ScorpioMotivation]

@@underscore00 yeah well I'm still a novice in unreal lol. I will definitely take a look to your tutorials, im studying game/level design and I hope they will help! Much appreciated for your answer!

[@underscore00]

@@ScorpioMotivation Its all good man! We were all novices once, and I totally understand the frustration :) Especially when people like me gloss over important information lol. Dont be afraid to check out the UE4 documentation for nodes that dont make sense or things like that - even like, googling a list of keyboard shortcuts can help with the little things that i skip over and dont explain; i know that one common complaint with this video is how i use shortcuts in materials and not explain them, but thats my fault, not yours :) Believe me, with time, everything in this video will become like second nature and youll be a game design legend ;) Stick with it!

[@amvolret8326]

Let me be honest, I have been following your tutorials for a while now & it is irritating that you do something & things magically pop and you don't explain that part, also this happens when you are editing nodes you just carry on without explaining stuff. This makes me feel that the videos are kinda rushed.

[@rarepepe-]

Great tutorial thanks man!