[UE 5.3.2] - God Rays dissapeared

[Blobolob]

DirectionalLight visibility with HDRIBackdrop

There is, however it requires a small modification of the HDRI-Backdrop master material itself, and you need a Skyatmosphere in your scene too, to make the sundisk visible (and the directional light must have the Atmosphere /Fog sun Light setting activated). Here from minute 24:20 he talks exactly about that and how to do it: [Learn About Photoreal Automotive Rendering in Unreal Engine | Webinar]

This older post covers the issue I was having with my HDRI backdrop seemingly blocking the light shafts, 27:20.

Sorry for the double post, but I can’t edit my last one it seems.