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Unreal-5 Niagra Particle - Gravity Distortion Swarm Effect

I combined the Gravity Ball, Distortion Waves, and Swarm Particles  together to a pretty cool effect - For those of you who don't want to  make it yourself, it's available on the market now :) https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/j1NdD/unreal-5-n...

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: Ribbon Trails (60 SECONDS-!!)

Here's how Ribbon Trails work in Unreal-5!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: 3D SWARM Behavior - (2 MINUTES)

Swarm Behavior is SUPER easy in Unreal-5! Here's how it works in 60 seconds-!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: 3D Mesh Particles -

Here's how you instantiate 3D particles instead of 2D in UE5 Niagra-!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: RING Shaped Particle Patterns -

Here's how you spawn UE5-Niagra particles in the shape of a ring in 60 seconds-!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: Spawning Particles FROM Another Emitter -

Here's how you spawn particles from another emitter in UE5 Niagra-!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: Dynamic Material Parameters-!!

Here's how you control Material Parameters from within the Niagra System in Unreal-5!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: Faded Material Edges (RADIAL GRADIENTS)

Here's how you animate smoke in 60 seconds using Unreal-5!!

Unreal5 VFX: Jet-Thruster AIR-DISTORTION -

Here's the easy way to get distort the air around your booster material effects in Unreal-5!!

Unreal5 VFX: FIX Flat 3D Material EFFECTS -

Here's how you get rid of the flat 3D edges of your material effects in Unreal5-!!

Unreal5 VFX: Moving Textures & FLAME Distortions -

Here's the easiest way to achieve Unreal5 booster distortions in 60 seconds-!!

Unreal5 VFX: BLACK-HOLE Material Effect

Here's how to make Unreal5 Black-Holes in 2 Minutes-!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: Distortion Waves EFFECT

Here's how you create "Distortion-Waves" in 2 Minutes using Unreal5-!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: Falling Sakura Cherry Blossom Particles -

Here's the easy way to create the Classic "Cherry Blossom" falling effect in Unreal5-!!

Poll Results & Follow-Up

OK, HUGE thank you to everyone for the feedback and advice for how we're going to go about tackling Discord - It is now very apparent to me that organizing and opening a discord is going to be a substantially more complicated task than I originally thought - Combining the votes between Patreon and YouTube ended up leaning more towards "Keeping It Simple", and considering how complex a Discord really is, I also think that's also probably a much more manageable solution as well -   So...

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: Floating Ember/Dust Particles

Here's the easy way to make pretty floating particles in 60 seconds-!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: Disabling Preview Background

Here's how you can disable the background preview in the Niagra Particle Preview in Unreal5-!!

Discord Ideas

Alright Squad, So - My goal is to have a discord up for our community by the end of the month - And, as you also know, I don't really have a lot of experience with Discord - That being said, I'm sure some of you DO have a lot of experience with Discord, and I wanted to take ideas for how you think it should be structured.

I used to think Discord was like a "forum" where people just talk - But, when I look at other people's discord, they always have lots of "subcategories" and break thi...

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: Water Vapor Steam -

Here's how you can make "Steam" particle effects using Unreal5's Niagra System-!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: CUSTOM Particle Sprites

Here's how you replace the Default Unreal5 Sprite Particle in 60  seconds-!! If you enjoyed this video, please consider becoming a Member :) https://www.youtube.com/@TheRoyalSkies/join Or joining the Patreon Squad directly: https://www.patreon.com/RoyalSkies It makes a huge difference, and really helps ensure I'm able to make the &...

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: CUSTOM User Parameters

Here's the easiest way to access a value from the outside of the Particle menu-!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: Sim Targets (CPU & GPU)

Found the settings for the Sim Targets -  Here's how you set them in 30  seconds-!! If you enjoyed this video, please consider becoming a Member :) https://www.youtube.com/@TheRoyalSkies/join Or joining the Patreon Squad directly: https://www.patreon.com/RoyalSkies It makes a huge difference, and really helps ensure I'm able t...

Unreal5 Niagra VFX: Sporadic Particle Movements (Noise Curl!)

Here's how you make fire-fly movements in 30 seconds-!!

Unreal5 Niagra VFX - Controlling Particle COLORS!

Changing particle colors is simple and quick - Here's how you do it in 2 minutes-!!

Unreal5 VFX - Niagra Scale-Sprite-Size (Shrink/Grow Effects)

This trick has been super useful for me, and I think everyone should know about it-!!

Unreal5 VFX - Niagra Crash-Course (INTRODUCTION!)

Alright - So, here is the simplest demonstration and explanation I have  for VFX in Unreal5-!! If you enjoyed this video, please consider becoming a Member :) https://www.youtube.com/@TheRoyalSkies/join Or joining the Patreon Squad directly: https://www.patreon.com/RoyalSkies It makes a huge difference, and really helps ensure I'm ...

Game-Dev Analyzes "One-Punch-Man Fight" (Saitama vs Genos)

Here's an analysis of my favorite fight-scene and what parts of it we're  gonna try and learn in Unreal5-!! If you enjoyed this video, please consider becoming a Member :) https://www.youtube.com/@TheRoyalSkies/join Or joining the Patreon Squad directly: https://www.patreon.com/RoyalSkies It makes a huge difference, and really help...

August Mission (Objectives!)

OK, So - As usual, we have a pretty stacked schedule this coming month - Our goal is really just to get a firm grasp of the fundamentals for how the system works. So, we're probably not going to be "mastering" anything, but that doesn't mean we can't make some cool stuff with what we find lol -

I'm also almost done rigging the Military Tactical Knight in order for us to test and use these special effects with, and my primary goals this coming month are to start the Community Discord and...

July Mission (REPORT)

OK - So, despite starting halfway into the month here in July, but I think in the end we were able make some pretty good speed on catching up. Was one hell of a last two weeks, and I'm hoping to be able to make even more progress during August - I'm going to do my best to plow through the SFX in Unreal as fast as I can, but I'll talk more about that in the next post - For now, here's what we accomplished this month, thank you all for the constant support, it really does help make a difference...

What's NEXT -

So, now that the "AC Introduction" series is complete - We got a lot of new faces here, so if you are new to the channel, welcome aboard, and thank you so much for joining the show! For those of you who are new here, this is a indie game development and 3D animation channel - Generally, what I do, is I organize important information computer artists need to know into the smallest, shortest, most concise tutorial videos possible - Everything from 3D modeling, animation, motion capture, and jig...