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.

@artembeliakov5412

2 жыл бұрын

Hello William Faucher! Thanks for the videos! We need Path Tracing Explanation video!)

@maksimslobodian5211

2 жыл бұрын

This is the key setting!!!

@rogeriofernandes7775

2 жыл бұрын

Short and sweet. Great video, super helpful.

@vegitoblue2187

2 жыл бұрын

normally that wouod be on for a pc game

@lucutes2936

3 ай бұрын

thx

That height fog explanation blew my mind. Thank you for this!

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Glad it helped!

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!

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!

I am guilty of doing the exponential fog wrong, thanks for that tip

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.

Man, you always come up with solid information and tips!!! it's just a lot to learn from your videos, always!!! thanks a million

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

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

Thank you! I'm so glad I found your channel. I have learned LOTS from you! Please keep it up!

I've been looking for this type of control over the sky, 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 always get something interesting from your videos. Thank you!

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!!

short and so very on point. MORE PLEASE!

Such a simple fix to a problem that bothered me to no end. Thanks for the tips!

Thanks! I was looking for a way to add fog aside from the ExponentialHeightFog

Thank you so much for all your awesome tips n tricks 🌞🍀

Very nice. Love "short format" tutorials.

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

Cool vids so far, you gave me a few really really helpful tips that are nowhere explained. love you

Xlent...... Loving your tutorials ~ a huuuuge help to achieving my own project.

Great tips here... Thank you very much

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.:)

Thank You for Your tutorials, they helped Me alot :)

Very cool! Thanks William

Fantastic video! Thanks!

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.

Awesome stuff. Looking forward to your path tracer video. I am currently trying to use it for an animation and am running into issues.

You are amazing. Please keep posting these tutorials

As always short and on point Thank you William!

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

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.

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

The pleasure is mine! Thanks for writing!

Really useful tips, thank you!

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!

Brilliant, thanks again!

Congratulations for this valuable content that helps the entire community. I wonder why this video doesn't have subtitles available.

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!!!

@vegitoblue2187

2 жыл бұрын

Korriban? as in from Kotor?

Thank you !!! So helpful

so awesome!! thank you

That is awesome, short_ informative info! You are the best, THANKS!!!

Just found your channel! Look forward to learning with you :D

Thank you for the critical tip on the height fog! Game changer :D

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers sir!

Great!! Thanks, that's really helpful.

Wow. Great tips. Although i knew these settings exist, its good to know when to use them. Thanks

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

jajaja.. I was one of that users misusing the Heightfog Settings all the time! Thanks a lot for this video.

Hey - short but absolutely informative and useful - so I think I can solve my lighting problems with it - a huge thank you!!!

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Best of luck on your projects!

@heikohesse4666

2 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamFaucher finally - with your great help - it looks much much better kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaet28Stor3ZYaQ.html - thank's again!

Fantastic video! Thank you! Can you do more tips and artistic tricks in UE5 with Sky Atmosphere and Fog please?

So many useful information in just a few minutes. Tnx.

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

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.

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

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!

@robertprescott9577

2 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamFaucher Amazing. Do you have any recommendations on lighting entirely close spaces like a virtual set?

You've saved my career with these videos. I gotta crunch learn unreal 5 and they're so quick and informative thank you

Thank you Master!!!!

Thank you for this! amazing video. Where did you download astronaut?

William thank you for this tutorial! Do you have any tips to creating a foggy night scene?

Dude you are awesome - super quality content - great delivery .. best of wishes --

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Great tips

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.

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@MichaelEdwards_Edits

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

amazing!

Reali like your channel ,you are the one keep boosting up my unreal knowledge !

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

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😁

MAN! YOU SOLVED MY PROBLEM at 5:00! Thanks you!

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Happy it could help!

🤯 I know exactly how I can use this. Thank you, William! - Jamie

Thanks man!

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Great video, i was wondering if you could explain how to do a overcast scene right in ue5

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)

Thanks to you, I finally found it. THE CYBERPUNK SKIES!!!

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 🙏

awsm. thanks!

Very Nice

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!

@ChifoMagic

2 жыл бұрын

Need !

Great ... Thank You, William.🍻

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks!

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU so much!

You're golden my friend.

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

hy! thanks again like always , i did the exponential fog bad .... see you next time!

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.

@GBTC2011

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@bruce21st

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@GBTC2011

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@bruce21st

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@GBTC2011

2 жыл бұрын

@@bruce21st Thanks, that did the trick.

As usual, great video. Do you know a way to render “Shadow Pass” in UE?

Support Sky Atmosphere Effecting Height Fog crucial or no sundisk. was banging my head on that till I read it. =| Great tutorial

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

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!

thank you

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!

My new favourite streamer strikes again!

Thanks for the tips! Is there any solution can fix the issue that translucent materials not working with exponential height fog?

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

good job bro ...☝️☝️☝️👍👍👍👍

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

amazing

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

you are the best man

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

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!!

Thanks for this video. Are you reading my mind?! Creepy. Just kidding. I’ve been rewatching your lighting videos all weekend for a project. Each one helps. BTW what’s the status of the Patreon ?

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It’s been a busy month but I’m slowly getting the patreon together

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?

This is so helpful, but could you make a video of how to properly make a night scene?

Your Tuts are right on the point, Hero of UE, I got question, I am using 4.27 , should I move to 5, would it be safe?

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

If you're just having fun making cool scenes, UE5 is totally fine to use! If you're working in production, stick with 4.27 :)

Hey, fairly new to Unreal but found myself in a position in which I'm basically make a day/night/weather system (rain, clouds, mist, etc.). Your vids have been very helpful! I was just wondering if - when it comes to the exponential height fog - the sun going behind the horizon makes everything pitch black as it should *if it were the middle of the night*, but it does this immediately after this sun sets. When the sun is just beyond the horizon, everything would be a darker blue before being enveloped in the dark of night, and things would start to brighten up a little while before dawn. I know that a Sky Sphere can have painted textures that can take care of such things, but from what I've seen it feels like sky spheres are being phased out with the entrance of lumen, volumetric clouds, sky atmosphere, etc. In any case, I've struggled to get the sky sphere to play ball with everything else. Do you have any tips or advice for this? I'm going to have to redo stars as well which I might try with Niagara since I'm not sure how else to achieve it (if not using a sky sphere).

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

I'd recommend a plugin called "Ultra Dynamic Sky", the dynamic atmosphere system in UE4/UE5 doesn't really do night skies at all.

@Daniel-qt5ib

2 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamFaucher Thank you for your reply :) Ultra Dynamic Sky has been on my radar for a while. I may need to get it, even just to pick it apart and see how it works.

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.

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

I usually have exponential heightfog which will soften it up nicely! You can control the size of it with "source radius"

Hey william I have a question; with what shortcut you are changing the direction of directional light in the scene?

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

CTRL-L!

What would you say are good values for the Atmosphere for a good Earth look? in regards to the MIE & Rayleigh etc? And any other values you may think are worth knowing. I cant seem to get the mix right. Thanks in advance. Great video. I too use the HeightFog wrong lol

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Default is earth-like, really!

William, one question, do you check, in project settings, sky atmosphere affecting height fog? Really nice tutorial.

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Absolutely. This should be the default in UE5 at the moment. Not sure about ue4 however

@danimv1329

2 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamFaucher Ok. In ue4 is off by default. Thank you mate, i am learning a lot with you.

hey my volumetric shadows from volumetric clouds within the sky are blocky is there any way to make it smooth in any way

please make video on unreal engine and Houdini. and I love your videos love from india

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

I'll consider this, thank you!

@AdityaDukandar

2 жыл бұрын

Houdini to Niagara

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?

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

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. :)

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!

Thanks for highlighting these. The fog irritated me to no end, it should be black as default, it would fit every scene

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Haha well I think it’s because fog was like this long before sky atmosphere existed, and they just kept the same defaults

@markoglazersout611

2 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamFaucher I'll do these tweaks and post them to my ArtStation ) would like your C&C's if you have time )

Good tips, thanks! Is there a way to render out the scene with all the lighting as you'd wish (including from the sky) BUT having the sky transparant (and premult with black if possible)? That and an easy way of exporting camera/helpers/world positions into After Effects are on my wishlist. Cheerio!

@WilliamFaucher

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm good question, I haven’t tried this before but your best bet may be with Stencil layers in UE

@freqlok3070

2 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamFaucher so basically putting everything in there except the skydome, hmm, let's try that

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