Ask Epic Anything: Lighting in UEFN | August 24, 2023 at 11AM ET

[Flak]

@Flak

Question from @FHsupport on Discord:

Are there any plans to add a shadow setting to UEFN Island settings, where you can disable all shadows at once?

Thank you for the question @FHsupport Nothing to report at this time but I’ll be sure to get this this feedback looked at!

[jon_eg]

@StellarLime911

When lumen is disabled, my jungle landscape material has orange patches of grass in the top left corner of my island. Why is that?

Hi, can you post this in the Issues and Bug Reporting forum with screenshots? That’ll be the best place to get more eyes on it, as it would be difficult to diagnose from this post alone.

[jon_eg]

@DimensionDragon

I’ve been looking into adding animated effects and such to the light actors in my projects, but I’m having a hard time finding material tutorials for that. Do you know the best place to look for guides on flickering, spectrum, etc. etc. effects for lights?

The Customizable Light Device has a number of built-in effects. Another way to achieve animated effects on lights in UEFN is using Sequencer and then triggering the sequence to fire. See this post.

[Flak]

Thank you so much for your questions and for attending this month’s AMA! We hope you continue post your questions and share you knowledge on the forums.

Very special thank you to Carlos, Florian, Lonnie, Jonathan and Jon for sharing their thoughts and expertise today!

See you next month and Happy creating!

[lonnald]

Thank you for all the questions and suggestions everyone. This was super fun and I’m glad I could be a part of it. Looking forward to the next one!

[Carlos.Cristerna]

Thank you all for joining and your questions. Keep them coming!!
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[jon_eg]

Thanks everyone! We get just as much out of these as (we hope) you do as it really helps us understand how you are using UEFN. Cheers!