How to create a light source with a custom volumetric shape or how to make an object with emissive color cast physically accurate shadows? Here I mean correct interaction with lumen.

Apply opaque emissive material to object Add to scene Done. Optional items: Use lumen in hardware raytracing mode for best results Don’t use it on small meshes if you want good results Enable “Emissive Light Source” on the actor to keep Lumen from culling the surface cache

How to make an object glow in Unreal Engine 5?

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Arkiras (Arkiras) August 27, 2024, 2:21am 9

It works correctly with Lumen, as long as the material is not translucent.