how clouds work (in video games)

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 172

  • @kuunami
    @kuunami Рік тому +226

    The noise texture to emulate cloud shadows on the ground is brilliant. 99.9 percent of gamers would never think to look up to see of the clouds are really obscuring the background.

    • @sermerlin1
      @sermerlin1 Рік тому +44

      im that 00.1% who didn't get fooled. I saw cloud shadow first thing i did was look up and saw the sun stare at me directly and was actually pissed off because how lame it looked and cheap.
      I thought it was advanced cloud system but found out it was just another lame trick.

    • @bluedark7724
      @bluedark7724 Рік тому +2

      Gamers are consumers 🙂 it only requires money

    • @bluedark7724
      @bluedark7724 Рік тому +3

      @@sermerlin1 what game ? Why was your expectation high?

    • @sermerlin1
      @sermerlin1 Рік тому +5

      @@bluedark7724 I think first game was battlefield 3 where I saw the shadows on the ground but then when I looked at the sky I saw a clear sky around the sun and was pissed off.
      Genshin impact was another one and there were quite more of them I can't remember the names now. I play fuck ton of games.
      My expectations are always high.

    • @sufy.r
      @sufy.r Рік тому +15

      i played zelda breath of the wild recently and i was impressed by the cloud shadow on the ground so i looked up at the sun to check, and it was actually blocked by a cloud, that was epic

  • @cloudwolf3972
    @cloudwolf3972 Рік тому +205

    I would like to mention Sky: Children of the Light that has impressive volumetric cloud technology that can create huge volumetric clouds while runs smoothly on mobile phones

    • @bagelscoundrel5581
      @bagelscoundrel5581 Рік тому +10

      YES!! YESS!!!!

    • @seducedenvelope
      @seducedenvelope Рік тому +4

      Except the game sucks lmao

    • @scrubmmm8643
      @scrubmmm8643 Рік тому

      YESSS I was so damn surprised of how well it ran in my phone!

    • @Nero_PR
      @Nero_PR Рік тому +1

      Gravity Rush 2 has some nice clouds as well, and you can fly directly to them. Too bad that game uses baked lighting to give the particular aesthetic flavor of each region.

    • @decb.7959
      @decb.7959 Рік тому +2

      I haven't played the game, but in screenshots it looks more like they're using meshes with a fancy shader (kind of like the sea of thieves clouds mentioned in the video). The clouds are still really impressive though, they made the shader look really good.

  • @MysticalReaper
    @MysticalReaper Рік тому +209

    For me Red Dead Redemption 2 has some crazy clouds. The rain actually is where the clouds are. Like in real life..Like if it's raining in one little part of the map but you run a couple steps where that little blob of dark clouds are not then it's not raining there until the cloud reaches that spot...I was blown away when I first play RDR2 when It came out. Gaming is getting so advanced as we go through the years I absolutely love it

    • @elitedangeroustheworldnext9086
      @elitedangeroustheworldnext9086 Рік тому

      the graphics cult are preaching again.....

    • @sdp640
      @sdp640 Рік тому +8

      Yeah it's so weird he didn't even mention that in video

    • @oonmm
      @oonmm Рік тому

      And horse scrotum.

    • @gabrielandy9272
      @gabrielandy9272 Рік тому +1

      @@kidnamedfinger2502 its not, its just a very scripted mission game, not much inovative on teh gampelay just graphics.

    • @RadXader
      @RadXader 10 місяців тому

      I didn't even knew it works like that in real life, until I actually run away from the rain until I wasn't under the cloud.

  • @pandashimi
    @pandashimi Рік тому +566

    You can actually find the most impressive volumetric clouds in Microsoft Flight Simulator

    • @MutatedOnion
      @MutatedOnion Рік тому +41

      Well I would say start citizen has the best cloud's you can even the the moisture at the windows

    • @WolfpackOne
      @WolfpackOne Рік тому +4

      MSFS clouds are really beautiful but IMO they need to be a bit more sharp

    • @pandashimi
      @pandashimi Рік тому

      ok

    • @JupiterCrusher
      @JupiterCrusher Рік тому +6

      Star Citizen Clouds Def

    • @MutatedOnion
      @MutatedOnion Рік тому

      @@JupiterCrusher of curse you are

  • @simpson6700
    @simpson6700 Рік тому +29

    it's crazy how much of current age graphics already existed in crysis. volumetric clouds were only one of the many things that blew me away back in the day.

  • @KushagraPratap
    @KushagraPratap Рік тому +26

    "So yea, clouds are pretty coo-"

  • @timothy209
    @timothy209 Рік тому +26

    There was this other technique I saw in one of Joe Garths vids.
    You place a cloud texture and a plane and make the plane fade when it intersects with geometry.

  • @MateoTheDev
    @MateoTheDev Рік тому +11

    As a videogame devloger (if that's even a word) I LOVE this channel, it's good for cool ideas and easier picturing of the in-game asset creation

  • @Anna_Rae
    @Anna_Rae Рік тому +10

    Xenoblade 2 has some pretty fluffy clouds given the switch hardware. They’re used everywhere, because the sea is made of them.

  • @DankMemes-xq2xm
    @DankMemes-xq2xm Рік тому +7

    Sea of Thieves is an artistic masterpiece. I feel like Rare doesn't get the respect it deserves.

    • @seducedenvelope
      @seducedenvelope Рік тому +1

      It looks good but if gameplay sucks then it's failed as a game

  • @Wishbone_Games
    @Wishbone_Games Рік тому +8

    You cant even see the sky in my game but you made me want to add clouds

    • @rambii.
      @rambii. Рік тому +1

      It is not hard actually if you are using Unity shadergraph.

  • @quaweds
    @quaweds Рік тому +2

    Meanwhile minecraft is dominating the cloud game with actual clouds you can see, go through and see shadows for.

  • @Asycid
    @Asycid Рік тому +3

    One of my favourite vol. clouds technique is in the game called Miasmata. That indie game has better lighting and cloud visuals (the terrain lighting is real time casted by the sun and the clouds can really make shadows) than a lots of AAA games, and it's and old game.

  • @aminjl_art
    @aminjl_art Рік тому +5

    Love these videos of how things are made or work

  • @andre-arthur
    @andre-arthur Рік тому +1

    Loved this video! Very informative and taught me something I had no idea was so cool! Top tier quality and engagement!

  • @SebasCordero
    @SebasCordero Рік тому +3

    I love this type of content, I'm a non-gamer (sadly XD) doing some basic work in Unreal Engine, it helps me understand the reasoning behind some of the things you need to go thru in game engines. Thanks!

  • @PS1212
    @PS1212 Рік тому

    IDFK's clouds gotta be the most realistic, charp yet fluffy; fully volumetric & best of all, full accurate shadow calculation on land

  • @Conversation_Dev
    @Conversation_Dev Рік тому

    I'm feeling that Apex example. Looks gorgeous and is performant.

  • @FortyThievesOrkestar
    @FortyThievesOrkestar Рік тому +3

    Love these short tech explenations

  • @flying_redkite
    @flying_redkite Рік тому

    Amazing work :)
    Thanks !

  • @iraidius3343
    @iraidius3343 Рік тому

    I grew up in central Florida and my absolute favorite part of Florida were the thunder storm clouds. I've always dreamed of technology advancing to the point to be able to replicate them and I feel like we're getting fairly close!

  • @eHuman556
    @eHuman556 Рік тому

    This vid are so easy to digest i love it

  • @andre-arthur
    @andre-arthur Рік тому +1

    Clouds have become my favorite part of a game.

  • @nikolajmelchior5977
    @nikolajmelchior5977 Рік тому

    Anyone else ever noticed just how amazing the sky and clouds look in dyig light 2?

  • @andreasmoyseos5980
    @andreasmoyseos5980 Рік тому +1

    What a great video - concise, interesting, pretty, current, at the perfect level of accessibility. Thank you very much! I wish i wasn't a subscriber so I could subscribe.

  • @crazykit1967
    @crazykit1967 Рік тому +17

    Horizon Forbidden West's clouds look more real than real life clouds

    • @cuteshadow
      @cuteshadow Рік тому +2

      Doesnt that make them unreal again though?

  • @ninenin1706
    @ninenin1706 Рік тому +1

    Love this video! I would like to add that maybe Genshin also uses SDF to create clouds except for noise mapping.

  • @jamesdouglass8859
    @jamesdouglass8859 Рік тому

    this is the best video ive ever seen

  • @vnkkalninsh
    @vnkkalninsh Рік тому +4

    No Man's Sky has great volumetric clouds for anyone interested 👌

  • @Retsih
    @Retsih 5 місяців тому

    the translucent plane for cloud shadows in a really good idea but nothing else in this video helped me with my project . i needed to know how optimized clouds are being used in AAA games such as rdr2

  • @sdp640
    @sdp640 Рік тому +1

    After MSFS, Rdr2 is another game i can think of with some impressive volumetric clouds

  • @karaneychev
    @karaneychev Рік тому +1

    Shadergraph tutorial on Sea of Thiefs like clouds would be great.

  • @Helgrind44
    @Helgrind44 Рік тому +2

    I would love to learn how to do a stylized skybox

  • @mordecaigaming4203
    @mordecaigaming4203 Рік тому

    this made me wanna make a video of me looking at clouds in different games

  • @KingKelechiMusic
    @KingKelechiMusic Рік тому

    very cool

  • @Garfuck
    @Garfuck Рік тому +1

    Yeah when I first realized that rdr2 uses realtime volumetric clouds, I was blown away. Hadn't seen that before, totally worth the 3.5K I paid for my pc 😂

  • @gabrielandy9272
    @gabrielandy9272 Рік тому +1

    1:55 but some games does use real cloud shadows, depends on the game acctualy games that does this usually use volumetric clouds.

  • @PanMan47
    @PanMan47 Рік тому +1

    I kid you not I was thinking of this just a few hours ago before UA-cam recommended it to me

  • @ZoofyZoof
    @ZoofyZoof Рік тому

    This is one of those videos where I'm like "oh that's cool, I should watch this", and then I get to watching the first 10 seconds and I don't understand why I even clicked on the video, I don't care at all.

  • @BigRubberDucky
    @BigRubberDucky Рік тому

    Still love these videos

  • @leodio-zero
    @leodio-zero Рік тому +1

    Hey,really like ur video Im a new subscriber..I have a question...when you created a game..where do you get music or sound for your game?

  • @joshua376
    @joshua376 Рік тому

    Thought you meant clouds as in cloud computing but this was still an enjoyable watch lmao

  • @Just_a_niceguy
    @Just_a_niceguy Рік тому +1

    I'm certain we had volumetric clouds mod's for Skyrim way back in 2013-14. It was really amazing.
    I wonder how old this method is?

    • @darrennew8211
      @darrennew8211 Рік тому

      The map in Skyrim is actually you looking down from far above the playfield. If there's a dragon flaming when you go into the map, you can see the flame on the map. I'm pretty sure Skyrim has had some sort of volumetric clouds since release.

  • @Kuyrim
    @Kuyrim Рік тому

    Subbed more video plz, love you

  • @GraveUypo
    @GraveUypo Рік тому +2

    oh cool someone who actually knows what they're talking about. i'm tired of people saying genshin's ugly simple clouds are volumetric.
    i mean, the game DOES have volumetric clouds, but they're all inside domains... and usually on the floor

  • @shannonbarlow2366
    @shannonbarlow2366 9 місяців тому

    POINT, ITS CALLED STORM POINT 0:58

  • @tiedyetophat8599
    @tiedyetophat8599 Рік тому

    Star Citizen may have a lot of things to hate on, but I can't hate on their cloud tech. It's kind of insane how they've managed to get planet sized volumetric clouds working!

  • @mattiamerenda8121
    @mattiamerenda8121 Рік тому

    Enjoyable

  • @chilling...
    @chilling... Рік тому

    Even clouds in the sky are interactive

  • @originalcharacter2470
    @originalcharacter2470 Рік тому

    What about a flat piece of mesh with a cloud painted on? Wouldn't opaque part of the cloud obscure the light coming from the "sun" and cast a shadow?

  • @killerkram1337
    @killerkram1337 Рік тому +3

    Star Citizen has incredibly advanced cloud technology as well. The are very impressive to see in action but VERY resource intensive.

  • @calebjohnson9406
    @calebjohnson9406 Рік тому

    Warthunder gots cool clouds

  • @Aal_Walker
    @Aal_Walker 10 місяців тому

    gta sa have skybox too, but mods, its beautiful too for 2004 games

  • @XAHAK
    @XAHAK Рік тому

    I think it's time to do an update on how arcane was made

  • @zacadoole1
    @zacadoole1 Рік тому

    Missed opportunity to make a Final Fantasy pun in the first 10 seconds

  • @the3rdimension
    @the3rdimension Рік тому +4

    How Destruction works in video games?(especially in CONTROL)

    • @WolfpackOne
      @WolfpackOne Рік тому

      Boolean operators

    • @the3rdimension
      @the3rdimension Рік тому +1

      @@WolfpackOne i don't think it is used in destruction
      I use blender's cell fracture to make destructible pieces. That's one method but, it's not limited to just that, there would be much more methods

  • @headhxntrr
    @headhxntrr Рік тому

    0:59 it's storm point

  • @wekkimeif7720
    @wekkimeif7720 Рік тому

    How about the clouds in MS Flight sim latest one?

  • @uozzi3014
    @uozzi3014 Рік тому

    what is the song? It was stuck in my mind

  • @alemonypiggle
    @alemonypiggle Рік тому +2

    Kind of crazy that you can even get fully functioning volumetric clouds in Minecraft using shaders

  • @baggelissonic
    @baggelissonic Рік тому

    Waiting for the "top 10 clouds" video

  • @bunnytenshi9920
    @bunnytenshi9920 Рік тому +1

    Although I don’t know much about 3D art, I wanted to know is it possible yet to make clouds that change over time (similar to Sea of Thieves or Sky Children of Light), but look toon/anime-like, similar to Genshin Impact!

    • @seducedenvelope
      @seducedenvelope Рік тому +1

      Anything is possible if you believe in yourself!

    • @ieatthighs
      @ieatthighs Рік тому +2

      yes, a shader can be used for this

  • @supremeleaderkimjongun
    @supremeleaderkimjongun Рік тому +1

    clouds in RDR2 is fucking awesome

  • @023_naaziagulnar6
    @023_naaziagulnar6 Рік тому

    Thank you so much sir I co up with one Nice tutorialt wonders in my sleep and can't even make a soft.... No I did not

  • @KyleFS
    @KyleFS Рік тому +2

    Would be interested in seeing one of these videos covering the clouds in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

  • @Quatuux
    @Quatuux Рік тому +1

    Imo the best ones so far are the ones from Red Dead Redemption 2.

  • @SamSodapop01
    @SamSodapop01 Рік тому +1

    In Minecraft, we have square clouds

  • @0rdyin
    @0rdyin Рік тому

    Sky: Children of light has one the most interactive cloud rendering in Video games

  • @chilling...
    @chilling... Рік тому

    What about the mobile game sky children of light it deals a lot with the interaction with clouds through the map

  • @rodroeq7956
    @rodroeq7956 Рік тому +1

    Not related to clouds sorry, but I put my first hand painted asset in Unreal and it looks like shit, most of the videos I saw were center around creating the asset and not integrating it in to the engine. Does someone have some video recommendation of how to set your materials for hand painted assets in Unreal.

  • @brainshack9077
    @brainshack9077 Рік тому

    Teach us flow maps senpai.

  • @SYNTH_M4N
    @SYNTH_M4N Рік тому

    0:57 *storm point

  • @parsy12
    @parsy12 Рік тому

    0:51 which game is this

  • @charleg8759
    @charleg8759 Рік тому

    Whats the game at 1:30

  • @zine_eddinex24
    @zine_eddinex24 Рік тому

    🆒

  • @julianx2rl
    @julianx2rl Рік тому +1

    Sky on Android has some seriously impressive clouds.

  • @drad_0971
    @drad_0971 Рік тому +2

    Red Dead Redemption 2, Microsoft Flight Simulator and Cyberpunk 2077 have one of the best volumetric clouds

  • @D.Enniss
    @D.Enniss Рік тому

    Among many other technological achievements, Star Citizen has a *gas giant bigger than actual Earth,* the whole planet is volumetric clouds!
    Random video of it: ua-cam.com/video/kN4DoIXGCyc/v-deo.html

  • @blobbything2986
    @blobbything2986 Рік тому

    Are No Man's Sky's clouds volumetric?

  • @maddogmcgruder5435
    @maddogmcgruder5435 Рік тому

    Try Mad Max

  • @JohnPaulBuce
    @JohnPaulBuce Рік тому

    meanwhile im here stuck at minecraft blocky clouds

  • @Wilhuf1
    @Wilhuf1 Рік тому

    No Man’s Sky clouds.

  • @MyMilho
    @MyMilho Рік тому

    i never got tricked by the genshin clouds lmaooo bcs i knew breath of the wild had a weather system with this realistic clouds and it was projected into the ground, so when i got to play genshin i observed if the shadows on the ground were being projected by the ones in the sky and THEY WERE NOT
    but hey, if you know your genshin lore, the sky is canonically fake 😏😏😏😏

  • @YelmurcW
    @YelmurcW Рік тому +1

    Look up Star Citizen clouds, really impressive, they have a fully volumetric gas giant in the game.

  • @aphidamas1
    @aphidamas1 Рік тому

    Anyone else craving cotton candy?

  • @kylerenglish5698
    @kylerenglish5698 Рік тому

    Storm Point, not Front

  • @shaikhabdulbasit5717
    @shaikhabdulbasit5717 Рік тому

    🥧

  • @leyrrad8915
    @leyrrad8915 Рік тому

    i don't get a **** but nice video

  • @ppusher2354
    @ppusher2354 Рік тому

    Or just insert a "clouds" into the workspace and everything is done for you

  • @murphy0
    @murphy0 Рік тому

    its stormpoint not stormfront

  • @sleipnir_8364
    @sleipnir_8364 Рік тому

    But what is Cloud Gaming?

  • @IT.93
    @IT.93 Рік тому +5

    Ok so this isn't a FFVII video, not that kind of "cloud". Got it, great video tho.

  • @droioooiii1255
    @droioooiii1255 Рік тому

    then there's minecraft

  • @noot3778
    @noot3778 Рік тому

    why is there so much hate for genshin inpact it's a fine game

  • @moogymucai
    @moogymucai Рік тому

    Then there's soft soft ruining the content for my new

  • @528hrtz
    @528hrtz Рік тому

    please stop adding chemtrails into video games

  • @sleepyshinx174
    @sleepyshinx174 Рік тому

    This guy gotta mention genshin impact in every video huh?

  • @vighneshkoalapunani8851
    @vighneshkoalapunani8851 Рік тому

    hey can you please try out the Horizon forbidden west DLC: Burning shores, and maybe do an analysis? I would love to hear your thoughts, thank you.