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Question 3d smoke

Discussion in 'Visual Effect Graph' started by OutDoorsScene, Oct 7, 2023.

  1. OutDoorsScene

    OutDoorsScene

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    In HDRP. What is the best way for creating a realistic 3d smoke? That can be viewed from the inside and outside, and also reacts to lighting.

    If 3rd party software must be used for creating smoke. What are the free versions?
     
    Last edited: Oct 7, 2023
    OutDoorsScene, Oct 7, 2023
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  2. OutDoorsScene

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    OutDoorsScene, Oct 31, 2023 at 5:41 AM
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  3. JulienF_Unity

    JulienF_Unity

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    Hi. By 3D smoke, I guess you mean volumetric?

    You can use volumetric fog for this, either via a custom shadergraph or by using volumetric fog particle output in VFX Graph (to voxelize particles in fog volumes). Bear in mind that volumetric with a good resolution is still very costly for real time.

    Otherwise to render smoke in a much more cheaper way, we do have the 6-way lighting mode, which is not exactly volumetric but fakes it generally good enough


    Hope this helps.
     
    JulienF_Unity, Nov 2, 2023 at 3:56 PM
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