Translucency with Substrate is an absolute dream when combined with other recent advances in Unreal Engine, finally getting to a point where Glass feels like it is sitting in the scene! Rough Refraction, Proper Blending, Reflections etc #UnrealEngine #UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #GameDev

You can download this and have a play with a test build here:

I havnt cracked open 5.2 yet. This looks sweet! Well played

@MarkRein That is cool

Whoa. This looks amazing.

my dream is a cyberpunk city in unreal substrate for free to download

Badass af!!! Is it cool if I do a review video of it on my YouTube? :)

Sure go for it

Glass/translucency has been broken like forever ever since u5 came out, what is your secret? did they add something new to the last version?

@jcgzrz translucency hasn't been "broken" in UE5, it has acted the same way it has in UE4 and many other Deferred game engines, this video is using Substrate as stated as well as various recent Lumen features that all come together to make the glass pleasing.

Thanks for the answer, but I mean: Also, don't get me started with the bugs using translucency and DOF

@jcgzrz So the post says you are using Raytraced translucency? thats completely different to normal unreal translucency, I stay away from RT translucency because it has a number of issues and isnt really usable a lot of the time, i'm talking about standard Rasterized translucency here.

@jcgzrz in terms of DOF and translucency that is just the way it is with most deferred render engines, The only thing im doing in my video above to get that working is enabling "Output Velocity" and render before DOF in the material. thats been the way to do it since UE4

I'm wondering if rotating the glass around, just a little, if it would look even more realistic. You know, irl usually glass is a little imperfect on the placement, sometimes it is more noticeable, but usually it's there.

This looks great! How expensive it is compared to current material workflow? Is it something to consider yet?

Depends on how much layering you do with it, a single layer should be similar in cost to the standard material system