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Unreal Engine Developer/Tech Artist. Made Sky Creator, SSFS, Blockout Tools and more. https://t.co/aJihpxFQkP

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My "Light Propagation Volume" plugin for #UE5 is now featuring Cascades system! It adds much longer light bounce distances, than what could be previously seen in the UE4's LPV implementation. Still some work to do, performance-wise as well :) But it's shaping up very nicely.

My "Light Propagation Volume" plugin for #UE5 is now featuring Cascades system! It adds much longer light bounce distances, than what could be previously seen in the UE4's LPV implementation. Still some work to do, performance-wise as well :) But it's shaping up very nicely.

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I'm not an expert on Lumen, but I don't like this.

I'm not an expert on Lumen, but I don't like this.

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Fab Friday Mega Sale is up! All of my products are 30% off right now.

Fab Friday Mega Sale is up! All of my products are 30% off right now.

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"Sky Creator" has been chosen by Epic Games into Marketplace Showcase rotation and to celebrate it I made it 30% off! In a recent video about upcoming 1.40 update I demonstrated moderate rain, but you can crank up the values even higher.

"Sky Creator" has been chosen by Epic Games into Marketplace Showcase rotation and to celebrate it I made it 30% off! In a recent video about upcoming 1.40 update I demonstrated moderate rain, but you can crank up the values even higher.

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Just found out that in #UE5 cloud shadows are also being projected on the Volumetric Fog. You have to push the view distance of it very far though.

Just found out that in #UE5 cloud shadows are also being projected on the Volumetric Fog. You have to push the view distance of it very far though.

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Rain Effects test from Sky Creator 2.0 (heavy in development) - all dynamic objects can interact with puddles with zero setup. #UE5 #vfx #techart #shaders
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Rain Effects test from Sky Creator 2.0 (heavy in development) - all dynamic objects can interact with puddles with zero setup. #UE5 #vfx #techart #shaders

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35,131 views • 4 months ago

Lately took a detour from my usual kind of work. So this is not the original Painkiller (besides assets of course). This is an attempt to recreate the game engine from scratch using Claude. I'm just kind of shocked how far you can go with it tbh
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Lately took a detour from my usual kind of work. So this is not the original Painkiller (besides assets of course). This is an attempt to recreate the game engine from scratch using Claude. I'm just kind of shocked how far you can go with it tbh

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16,418 views • 1 month ago

I've recently released the Light Propagation Volumes (custom GI plugin) for #UE5 LPV is an algorithm of resolving the diffuse light bounce from the perspective of the sun in world space (firstly introduced in 2009 by Crytek). It's non-temporal, performant and lightweight.
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I've recently released the Light Propagation Volumes (custom GI plugin) for #UE5 LPV is an algorithm of resolving the diffuse light bounce from the perspective of the sun in world space (firstly introduced in 2009 by Crytek). It's non-temporal, performant and lightweight.

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44,490 views • 5 months ago

Proof of concept: Sky Occlusion via LPV extension. Super low res and low detail, but temporally stable. Perhaps could be used instead of DFAO... Gives more like a feeling of a shadow on a scene, than something detailed. SSAO could be still used for contact details or so 🤔
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Proof of concept: Sky Occlusion via LPV extension. Super low res and low detail, but temporally stable. Perhaps could be used instead of DFAO... Gives more like a feeling of a shadow on a scene, than something detailed. SSAO could be still used for contact details or so 🤔

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33,506 views • 5 months ago

Continuing working on a "potato GI" option for #UE5 My "LPV GI" plugin just received a new update with improved visuals, bug fixing, and a huge performance optimizations!
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Continuing working on a "potato GI" option for #UE5 My "LPV GI" plugin just received a new update with improved visuals, bug fixing, and a huge performance optimizations!

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34,148 views • 5 months ago

"Screen Space Fog Scattering" is now completely compatible with unreal's Height Fog, so the blend is really nice! On/Off at the end of the video, so you can see the difference. Also used Sky Creator to quickly setup the lighting. #UE5 #gamedev #shaders #fog
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"Screen Space Fog Scattering" is now completely compatible with unreal's Height Fog, so the blend is really nice! On/Off at the end of the video, so you can see the difference. Also used Sky Creator to quickly setup the lighting. #UE5 #gamedev #shaders #fog

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159,133 views • 3 years ago

A quick demo with some features of Sky Creator 2.0: - Multi-Layered Volumetric Clouds (ground fog, stratus, cumulus, storm, alto and cirro layers) - Cloud-Driven Weather (affecting particles and materials) - Custom Cloud Brushes for art-direction #UE5 #techart #vfx #shaders
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A quick demo with some features of Sky Creator 2.0: - Multi-Layered Volumetric Clouds (ground fog, stratus, cumulus, storm, alto and cirro layers) - Cloud-Driven Weather (affecting particles and materials) - Custom Cloud Brushes for art-direction #UE5 #techart #vfx #shaders

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21,549 views • 3 months ago

So I made it look even worse (which is better). Continuing tests of found footage/VHS aesthetics in #UE5
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So I made it look even worse (which is better). Continuing tests of found footage/VHS aesthetics in #UE5

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63,216 views • 2 years ago

A short demo of the upcoming new 'Multi-Layered Volumetric Clouds' feature for Sky Creator. This is still work in progress though... #UE5 #techart #shaders #clouds #vfx
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A short demo of the upcoming new 'Multi-Layered Volumetric Clouds' feature for Sky Creator. This is still work in progress though... #UE5 #techart #shaders #clouds #vfx

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43,912 views • 2 years ago

I got something crazy for today - custom GI from a plugin in #UE5!! This is super rough and unoptimized sketch, but it's already faster than Lumen, though of course it's muuuch less accurate. Here I'm just imitating Large Scale AO using Global SDFs, no sun light bounces yet.
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I got something crazy for today - custom GI from a plugin in #UE5!! This is super rough and unoptimized sketch, but it's already faster than Lumen, though of course it's muuuch less accurate. Here I'm just imitating Large Scale AO using Global SDFs, no sun light bounces yet.

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25,639 views • 1 year ago

Continuing my custom GI experiments - here's a "Light Propagation Volume" prototype in #UE5 (from a plugin)! It's unoptimized right now, it has just a single volume and the reflected light looks a bit strange, but still!
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Continuing my custom GI experiments - here's a "Light Propagation Volume" prototype in #UE5 (from a plugin)! It's unoptimized right now, it has just a single volume and the reflected light looks a bit strange, but still!

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17,765 views • 1 year ago

That's right there is a promising start 👀
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That's right there is a promising start 👀

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