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Physically Based Atmosphere

LAB132 - Code Plugins - Dec 6, 2022
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This plugin enables the user to create multiple physically based atmospheres that can be rendered simultaneously.

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  • Supported Platforms
  • Supported Engine Versions
    5.0 - 5.3
  • Download Type
    Engine Plugin
    This product contains a code plugin, complete with pre-built binaries and all its source code that integrates with Unreal Engine, which can be installed to an engine version of your choice then enabled on a per-project basis.

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The plugin allows access to a material that offers a multitude of parameters to adjust and create a variety of unique and realistic atmospheres. All atmospheres are calculated by considering the sun’s position, the planet’s position, and the point of view to allow the realistic rendering of the atmosphere. If the relationship between those influence factors and the atmosphere changes, it updates automatically.  

Based on different material instances for each atmosphere, it is possible to render multiple different-looking atmospheres simultaneously.

Technical Details

Features:

  • Physically Based Atmosphere Shader based on Rayleigh and Mie Scattering
  • Easy to use plug and play components: Atmosphere Component to display the atmosphere, Atmosphere Sun Component to automatically set the sun position
  • Caching of intermediate values to improve performance
  • Customizable from realistic earth like atmosphere to alien planets


Code Modules:

  •  Atmosphere, Runtime Module


Number of Blueprints: 0

Number of C++ Classes: 3

Network Replicated: No

Supported Development Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

Supported Target Build Platforms: Any


Important/Additional Notes:

  • Currently, there is no inside view for the Atmosphere.
  • The material for the atmosphere can be applied to shapes other than spheres, but decent results can only be expected with spherical shapes.
  • The textures of the planets in the screenshots are NOT part of the plugin. To download them, visit: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/
Tags

REALISTICENVIRONMENTSPHYSICALLY ACCURATEPLANETATMOSPHERESKYPHYSICALLY BASEDPLANET SHADERSHADER

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