Tips for Sky Atmosphere & Fog - Unreal Engine 5 (& UE4)
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- VERY IMPORTANT: You may need to go in the project settings and search for "Support Sky Atmosphere Effecting Height Fog", and make sure that box is checked.
Hey everyone! In this tutorial we'll be looking at a few settings we can use in the Sky Atmosphere to totally change the look of a scene. We then take a look at how to correctly use the Exponential Heightfog in conjunction with the Sky Atmosphere.
This Applies to both UE4 and UE5.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Setup
02:05 - Sky Atmos Settings
03:42 - Correct Exponential Heightfog Settings
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VERY IMPORTANT: You may need to go in the project settings and search for "Support Sky Atmosphere Effecting Height Fog", and make sure that box is checked.
Hello William Faucher! Thanks for the videos! We need Path Tracing Explanation video!)
This is the key setting!!!
Short and sweet. Great video, super helpful.
normally that wouod be on for a pc game
thx
That height fog explanation blew my mind. Thank you for this!
Cheers! Glad it helped!
I have been looking for someone who is easy to follow and fast on tutorials for unreal engine. I have been wanting to develop some kind of game since I was a kid and you defiantly are a huge help. Thank you for you videos and your time and effort helping out everyone.
Every time I have a question on lighting, you already covered it.. I am working on something pretty cool and you're help has been amazing!
It was really that simple, all I needed to hear was that it's an additive process. That makes so much more sense as to why I couldn't get fog working right! Thank you
I will remember to come back to this and press that super thank you button (Not sure what it is in English but it's the one that pays money), super helpful and concise, one of the best sky tut I've ever seen. Thank you so much
I've been in photoshop for 3 years, then blender for only 5 months. You have no idea how much you're helping me create art in unreal. Love from India man.
The pleasure is mine! Thanks for writing!
HOLY CRAP!! This one video solved so many issues I faced regarding atmospheric lighting that made me depressed about not getting it right!!! INSTANT SUBSCRIBE!!! Love you man!!
Man, you always come up with solid information and tips!!! it's just a lot to learn from your videos, always!!! thanks a million
Thank you so much!
I dont watch unreal engine tips and tricks and stuff unless William Faucher recorded it.
I love the straight to the point style! this dude can summery a 2 hours session in 2 min,
the videos for grown ups, I barley have enough time to watch anything, and this guy make it worth it to leave a comment!
You are the only guy on earth that uses the Exponential height fog like that XD! Congrats for finding that out, it looks so nice!
I am guilty of doing the exponential fog wrong, thanks for that tip
Thank you! I'm so glad I found your channel. I have learned LOTS from you! Please keep it up!
Amazing how one or two little sliders can change EVERYTHING!! Thank you! I am working on a Korrban scene and this tip is making all of the difference in the world!!!
Korriban? as in from Kotor?
Such a simple fix to a problem that bothered me to no end. Thanks for the tips!
short and so very on point. MORE PLEASE!
I've been looking for this type of control over the sky, Thank you!!!!
I always get something interesting from your videos. Thank you!
Fantastic Video the env mixer is brilliant...Thank you so much, for making this. I am creating my own game from scratch, and wanted to get a really special sky effect. It's looking great.:)
As always short and on point
Thank you William!
Cheers!
jajaja.. I was one of that users misusing the Heightfog Settings all the time! Thanks a lot for this video.
Thanks! I was looking for a way to add fog aside from the ExponentialHeightFog
You are amazing. Please keep posting these tutorials
Thank you for the critical tip on the height fog! Game changer :D
Cheers sir!
Hey William, you probably mentioned it in your recent Light mixer tutorial, but for the lazy guys out there: the skylight should be set to movable, and "Real-Time Capture" enabled to get proper results
Wow. Great tips. Although i knew these settings exist, its good to know when to use them. Thanks
Thank you!
Xlent...... Loving your tutorials ~ a huuuuge help to achieving my own project.
Very nice. Love "short format" tutorials.
Awesome stuff. Looking forward to your path tracer video. I am currently trying to use it for an animation and am running into issues.
Cool vids so far, you gave me a few really really helpful tips that are nowhere explained. love you
Thank You for Your tutorials, they helped Me alot :)
Congratulations for this valuable content that helps the entire community. I wonder why this video doesn't have subtitles available.
Fantastic video! Thanks!
Very cool! Thanks William
Thanks so much. I did not even know about the Light Mixer. I need to learn so much about Unreal!!!! Especially in lighting. I will watch your light mixer tutorial for sure. Thanks again.
If it makes you feel any better, it is a brand new thing that just got released in 4.26 last October/November! It was a very hidden release they never talked about!
@@WilliamFaucher Amazing. Do you have any recommendations on lighting entirely close spaces like a virtual set?
Brilliant, thanks again!
Thank you so much for all your awesome tips n tricks 🌞🍀
Hey - short but absolutely informative and useful - so I think I can solve my lighting problems with it - a huge thank you!!!
Cheers! Best of luck on your projects!
@@WilliamFaucher finally - with your great help - it looks much much better ua-cam.com/video/7syybtrZs1A/v-deo.html - thank's again!
1:30 - 1:57 wow, unbelievable how much unreal engine improved over the years. i remember back in school in 2005 we used to joke that future games would look like cinematics, now we have games looking like movies. just with the sun light this flat empty desert scene turns to reality.
That is awesome, short_ informative info! You are the best, THANKS!!!
So many useful information in just a few minutes. Tnx.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you !!! So helpful
Really useful tips, thank you!
🤯 I know exactly how I can use this. Thank you, William!
- Jamie
Great tips here... Thank you very much
Great!! Thanks, that's really helpful.
Reali like your channel ,you are the one keep boosting up my unreal knowledge !
Thank you!
so awesome!! thank you
Fantastic video! Thank you! Can you do more tips and artistic tricks in UE5 with Sky Atmosphere and Fog please?
Dude you are awesome - super quality content - great delivery .. best of wishes --
Thanks so much!
Just found your channel! Look forward to learning with you :D
Great tips
William thank you for this tutorial! Do you have any tips to creating a foggy night scene?
Thank you Master!!!!
Thanks to you, I finally found it.
THE CYBERPUNK SKIES!!!
MAN! YOU SOLVED MY PROBLEM at 5:00! Thanks you!
Cheers! Happy it could help!
You've saved my career with these videos. I gotta crunch learn unreal 5 and they're so quick and informative thank you
amazing!
Support Sky Atmosphere Effecting Height Fog
crucial or no sundisk.
was banging my head on that till I read it.
=|
Great tutorial
I wish I had covered it in the video itself, but I honestly forgot about it because it's the default in UE5 now, and in UE4 I set that project setting SO LONG ago. Glad you figured it out!
Would really love it if you did a tutorial on lighting interiors in Unreal for film use. So not necessarily needing baked light or real-time lighting. I'm guessing you would just use ray-traced lighting right? Also, a general how to on setting up an Unreal project for a film would be great. I know your how to make your film look cinematic does touch on that a bit. Anyways really love what you're doing here! Your tutorials have been so well made and succinct😁
I love the tips you gave us on here man! I will play with the settings and all. Just wondering, if you know how to make it so the directional light also becomes diffused with the fog? It seems to hit my geometry pretty hard still. (Only option I see is decreasing the intensity)
My new favourite streamer strikes again!
Thank you for this! amazing video. Where did you download astronaut?
Thanks man!
You're very welcome!
Hi William, Greetings from England. I've just discovered your channel. Thank you for sharing all these great tips man. I am however new to unreal and was wondering if you had plans on doing a tutorial series aimed at beginners in the future? specifically for film & photography purposes. i really like the way you explain and structure your information in a professional and concise manner, i could learn so much from your teachings. keep up the great work man.
Hi Michael! Thanks for the kind words! I certainly will be covering more beginner-level stuff in the future ! I’d love to get cracking on that type of content right now but unfortunately I have a lot on my plate these days. That said, thanks for your feedback! This is absolutely on the roadmap moving forward :)
@@WilliamFaucher Your Very Welcome sir. This is excellent to hear, I will certainly look forward to that content and all other future uploads. Until then, i'm Seeing what i can pick up from your live streams and past videos. Thanks again.
The exponential fog how-to-use at the end is awesome! I got a question regarding the expo. volumetric fog (god rays) - I'm using a point light and can set the length of the god rays with the attenuation radius (your other tut on how to cheat this with two lights is so good!) Is there a way to "feather" the edge of that point light sphere? It's cutting out very hard right now. Thanks William 🙏
hy! thanks again like always , i did the exponential fog bad .... see you next time!
Great video, i was wondering if you could explain how to do a overcast scene right in ue5
Another short, straight to the point tutorial. Thank you William!
Can we get a tutorial of how to create a full day/night system with a sun and a moon using the Environment light mixer?
Thanks!
Need !
You're golden my friend.
Thank you!
awsm. thanks!
As usual, great video. Do you know a way to render “Shadow Pass” in UE?
Love your videos as always, William. I really enjoy playing with the SkyAtmosphere because its effects really affect the mood of the environment as you showed.
One very important thing that everyone should note is when using exponential height fog, make sure it sits on the landscape or mesh that is acting as the ground for your scene. The height settings will not work properly if you place the actor too high (very foggy) or too low (too little fog). Its good to keep this in mind when adjusting terrain location or you'll wonder why its too foggy or not working.
Keep up the great work William.
No matter what I do, I have no fog. I set it up in the project settings, but when I put a Height Fog in the level, nothing happens. I'm using version 4.26.2.
@@GBTC2011 I would check your Engine Scalability settings. Fog needs shadows to be no lower than High for it to work. If you're using solutions like Ultra Dynamic Sky or Hemisphere Skies, you'll need to make sure it or other plugins are not overriding these actors in some way. Otherwise you'll need to play with those settings. If you still have a problem, try to make it work on an empty test level before returning to your project to narrow down the cause of the misfunction.
@@bruce21st Thanks for your reply, I am using Ultra Dynamic Sky and it may be why I have issues. I will follow your advice and try a blank project.
@@GBTC2011 I think I understand what your situation is. Float Curves in UDS are very tricky to work with because it encompasses a variety of settings, so I can understand why you want to use your own height fog. This makes the solution simple hopefully. In the UDS actor in your project, scroll down to a section called Component Selection & Mobility > then where it says Height Fog, select "Disable Completely" from the dropdown. You should be able to use your own separate height fog actor now.
@@bruce21st Thanks, that did the trick.
Very Nice
Great ... Thank You, William.🍻
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tips! Is there any solution can fix the issue that translucent materials not working with exponential height fog?
Hello William, can you please show us how to do a Scary night scene with fog ect and the moon looking all spooky ? Thanks in advance!!
Hi William,
Could you cover a basic setup for ground fog or something similar like
Asher Zhu did? Or if you have any tips finding some guides would be appreciated!
hey my volumetric shadows from volumetric clouds within the sky are blocky is there any way to make it smooth in any way
thx
wasn't getting the sky atmosphere
how does it work with height fog, dir light, skylight, volume clouds, does it replace them insome spots?
this helps
Thanks!
Thank YOU so much!
does anyone knows why when i use CTRL+L to move my sun it doesnt work? it just gets like stuck and i cant move it
If I got UE5 right now how would I also get that terrain too? Are there good free terrain options or will I have to make photorealistic stuff from scratch?
anyone aware if there's any possibility to introduce some noise pattern into the fogs density? thanks for showing me the light mixer!!! so nice to have everything under one hood
amazing
Thanks!
thank you
Whenever I add Exponential Height Fog nothing changes in the scene, i have Support sky atmosphere effecting height fog turned on and real time capture aswell. Does anybody know How I can fix this
These videos are just superb - thanks very much! One niggling thing: the sun, the actual disc is always soft, glowing, in your tutorials, but when I set a sky up, all I get is a sharp white disc. I cannot find how to change this. The only way I have found is to increase the Mie Anistropy from default 0.8 to up around 0.95. But yours remains at 0.8. So it's not that.
I usually have exponential heightfog which will soften it up nicely! You can control the size of it with "source radius"
when I use the sky atmosphere ,my sky mesh obstructed by the atmosphere。 I need to show the sky mesh infront of the sky atmosphere，how to do that?
you are the best man
Thank you!
I turned my fog settings to black like that but it becomes black can't see the fog is this RTX specific?
J’ai passé tout l’aprem hier à tripoter ces paramètres sans grand succès lol merci 🙏 bcp
Ça fais plaisir! Bon succès!
Hey william
I have a question; with what shortcut you are changing the direction of directional light in the scene?
CTRL-L!
good job bro ...☝️☝️☝️👍👍👍👍
Thanks!
So basically, if we want a Bladerunner'esque feel, jack up the mie settings ✔️ I wonder when they slipped it into UE because I don't remember that being there. Pretty awesome though!
Hi! Very awesome tutorial, but i hame some strange bug (or i just did something wrong). So my models does not really react on directional light when it is under horizont (while sky atmosphere is black). Any ideas how i can fix this?
Hi! Well, that's because it's beneath the horizon. Imagine if you are standing outside at night, are you hit by sunlight? No. Same thing applies here. There is nothing to fix, the sunlight isn't in the sky. :)
I am trying to make an horror project for Halloween and I did the thing were you add the BP_SKY_SPHERE and directional lighting, soon as I add the exponential height fog bottom of my scene is black under my floor
please make video on unreal engine and Houdini. and I love your videos love from india
I'll consider this, thank you!
Houdini to Niagara
how to get a realistic sun disk shape and sharpness?
still see William adds Hfog but then send it to black. What am i missing to get the idea of reason to add it? 😮
... to give more drnsity?