Hi, I am struggling to find a guide on how to create truly realistic fire. Every example that claims to be realistic fire, there is always an obvious sign it isn’t, even though the fire itself looks great. That is the light and shadows cast from the fire, I’m not sure why it seems so complicated or…

It’s certainly a challenge, I played with a few different lights, rotations, intensities etc and came up with the following…it’s okay?..

Maybe you just need a decent asset? This is from a free asset [image] M5 VFX Vol2. Fire and Flames(Niagara) in Visual Effects - UE Marketplace With this asset, you can produce high quality fire and flame. [fire]

That flame I tested and it works really well in terms of replicating more realistic light, but it falls short in shadows, so I guess its either realistic light casts or realistic shadows not both? I’m shocked that UE can’t doesn’t have something that handles a realistic fire lighting/shadows video …

managed to fake it somewhat with rotating spotlights as well as a 3D Grid Fire Niagara system, although the Niagara system doesn’t appear in the Camera Actor? Niagara not appearing in Camera Actor Appears when game not playing [image]

I haven’t done any niagara for ages. I saw the point lights in this asset. Is it possible to set them to do shadows ( apart from the nightmare cost )?

That’s an interesting challenge. In my assets packs Wizard Alchemy Lab and Medieval Gourmet Travel Kit, I fake it with light function and flames emitting themselves. That’s such an interesting effect. I think I’ll explore it again. https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/profile/Jau+Studio

Here is how I do this : [Realistic fire lighting in Unreal Engine] Hope it helps !

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