Unreal Engine 5.3 - Sparse Volume Textures (VDBs)

Topic: Unreal Engine 5.3 - Sparse Volume Textures (VDBs)
In this video we take a look at Unreal Engine 5.3 and how to import Animated VDB Caches as Sparse Volume Textures. We also go over how to create a Material that can be used to modify and Remap the Range of the Density and Temperature Ranges within the VDB Cache as well as adjust the Intensity and Color of both the Density and Temperature.
Troubleshooting:
For Visibility from far distances use this command
(r.HeterogeneousVolumes.MaxTraceDistance 100000)
Patreon:
/ renderbucket
Discord:
/ discord
Tags:
Unreal Volumes, Volume Textures, Volumetric, Volume Materials, Heterogenous Volumes, Game Development, Unreal Engine Tutorial, Unreal 5.3 New Features, VDB Caches, Sparse Volume Textures, Film Making in Unreal, Cinematics in Unreal, VFX In Unreal, EmberGen

[@importon]

Would love to see another video about this related to performance, optimization, and feasibility for games.

[@hmmmmmmmmm]

this is always the things thats missing from these videos. Sure this stuff looks cool, but if the performance sucks, what use is it.

[@mkheisenberg]

recommending your video to peers of mine. thanks very much for taking the time to put all of that together for us :]

[@super-fc6tz]

to be honest after watch at least 5 video about VDB your clip is the most clear for me man thx

[@PeoplesGaming]

Thanks so much this channel is brilliant.

[@AnimatorsJourney]

Thanks

[@davidcaballero8258]

Thanks for the insightful example. Do you have another video explaining how to cache and save SVTs from Niagara Fluids in UE5.3? I am genuinely interested in the process, as I use extensively high-resolution smoke simulations for VR applications and the Fluids CFD solution is computational super heavy. Any hints pointing in the right direction will be much appreciated.

[@mariusandreelgs]

Im having issues getting the flames to show. I've tried to connect the G from attributes A and import them through attributes B on channel R, but no flames.

[@OriginRow]

Does this SVT support mobile devices? As roadmap board shows it supports both path tracing and deferred rendering supports for now.

[@zhouxg80]

Hello, how do I cast shadows? Thank you!

[@matteo.grossi]

Is there a reason why everyone's creating their own custom vdb material, rather than using the ones that comes with UE or EG?

[@metatronorder3565]

Thanks Renderbucket - can any one point me in the right direction on how to get the sparse volume plugin in to work on 5.3? all downloadable versions only go up to 5.2.... Thanks in advance to anyone that can help a noob

[@jamesonvparker]

Hi! Thanks for the video. I have a question. My SVT only renders when I’m within a certain distance from it. At about a football fields distance from my character in the game the SVT disappears. Do you know how to extend that distance? I don’t see any options to set that. Thank you 😊

[@renderbucket]

Try, (r.HeterogeneousVolumes.MaxTraceDistance 100000) in the command console.

[@jamesonvparker]

@@renderbucket thank you! I will try that and report back.

[@jamesonvparker]

BOOM! That did it! Might be worth making a short vid about this. It's a common problem, I've seen other comments about it. And you're the first to solve the issue for me. Thank you @renderBucket!

[@hgsupertramp]

Is this really THAT different from Niagara particles capabilities?

[@alexismaquaire6201]

Tried both my SSD and it is still blurred, help :'(

[@renderbucket]

Get a Sample VDB (Torch) used in this video here. www.patreon.com/posts/87717894

[@JieDu-yj2vd]

Hi，I am confused about Power and Multiply. If Exp of Power is given to 3, which is more expensive to multiply three same numbers?

[@user-bk8jm5yh7w]

为什么houdini结算出来得流体 导入ue5.3中会有闪烁 方便解答一下嘛 谢谢大佬

[@ssvfx.]

Houdiniでノラマスをチェックし、ジッタリングしていないか確認する。

[@thronosstudios]

Uh so not only do you upload this at 360p where no one can read or clearly see what you're doing, but on top of that you disable the captions in case people can't watch at full volume? Not cool. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume KZbin is still processing your video.

[@renderbucket]

KZbin is still processing it. Next time I'll do a schedule release so it can finish processing before being public.

[@UnchartedWorlds]

I'm watching it at 4k, are you new at YT @thronosstudios? :) It's a known fact videos can take hours to process and switch to higher resolution :)

[@HandsomeDragon]

Yeah, maybe you shouldn’t be mean to the guy who’s taking time out of their life to share this useful information. If you knew what he was doing you wouldn’t be here. Maybe next time say thank you, and/or wait before responding.

[@thronosstudios]

@@HandsomeDragon Really? Going for the guilt trip? I was in a bad mood. Crap happens when you're in a bad mood, lol! And who cares? This is the internet. Nobody should take anything that happens here personally.