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Cascade Particle Systems

Assets the contain any number of particle emitters used to create effects in the world.

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Unreal Engine contains an extremely powerful and robust particle system, allowing artists to create mind-blowing visual effects ranging from smoke, sparks, and fire to far more intricate and otherworldly examples.

Unreal's Particle Systems are edited via Cascade , a fully integrated and modular particle effects editor. Cascade offers real-time feedback and modular effects editing, allowing fast and easy creation of even the most complex effects.

Particle systems are also very closely related to the various materials and textures applied to each particle. The primary job of the particle system itself is to control the behavior of the particles, while the specific look and feel of the particle system as a whole is often controlled by way of materials. As such, we have included a shortcut to the material documentation below.

Starting Out

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Particle System Level of Detail (LOD)

GPU-simulation of particles that allows for hundreds of thousands of particles at any time.

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VFX Optimization Guide

Solving performance issues by optimizing Particle Systems.

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Particle System User Guide

The general usage of Particle Systems and Cascade.

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Vector Fields

An overview of vector fields and how they work with GPU sprites.

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Key Particle Concepts

Critical concepts for working with particles in Unreal and the Cascade particle editor.

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Cascade Particle Editor Reference

An overview of the Cascade Editor's UI, breaking down each key area.

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Particle System Reference

Complete reference for Particle System type data and modules

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Particle Lights

Particle Lights are another weapon in the VFX artist's arsenal.

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