I am new to Unreal Engine Four, and I am trying to build a galaxy using particles. I don’t know the first thing about how to go about this. Can anyone help me?
Hello
The first thing probably would be to get acquainted with the particle system itself.
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General infos about the particles:
Creating Visual Effects in Niagara for Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.2 Documentation -
Specific tutorials for generating different particle effects.
Introduction to Cascade | v4.2 | Unreal Engine - YouTube
I don’t know of tutorials, which describes the process of creating a galaxy using particles. But I think the above links will give you a hint, where to start.
My advice: If you want to run your galaxy at a decent framerate, I would recommend using GPU particles, because they take advantage of your graphics card, instead of relying on your CPU. They are also explained in one of the tutorial videos above :).
Cheers!