[TUTORIALS] Photons Be Free: Mini-tutorials and other curiosities

[grizly32]

@Hobson;560016

In this instance Destructible Meshes would not be the best path to persue. For something like a tree where you want a very specific set of things to happen when you cut the tree down this system won’t give the best results for that, especially if you’re just using the in-editor Destructible Mesh Editor since you only get a single depth of destruction.

For something like this I would actually set up all the individual fractures of the mesh as their own separate mesh and import those into UE4. I would then use Blueprint to control how the fracture through some logic and swap out the meshes as needed. My description is kind of vague, but it’s really the best route when you need that kind of control and especially dealing with foliage of any sort. The DM system in UE4 works really well for hard surface kinds of materials where a fracture looks more natural. When using wood you don’t get the splintering effect that would look more natural unless using PhysX Labs, but even still the setup you’re looking for wouldn’t look natural.

Gotcha, I actually started with a few swapped out meshes but then thought about using DMs instead…guess I will stick with the mesh swap

Thanks for the help!!