UE5 - Ideas for rendering realstic snow

[rzvxa]

Thanks It was one of the best answers I could’ve gotten on this thread.
I’m going to try out the Niagara solution, I guess it can be the most efficient way of having persistence prints without implementing it via C++. Because of the artifacts for achieving persistence RenderTargets, I have to do it twice per frame which is not the best thing if you want to do it for large textures.
Otherwise, I would use VTs and I guess with the use of C++ I can skip the second rerender altogether.

@MostHost_LA

.25 is before the rendering pipeline got messed up.
You should see about 20% more FPS. You’d miss out on a couple new rendering features. Everything else is more-or-less equal.
Meaning all the legacy bugs are ever-present

This actually can be a good thing for us, We are going for more of a stylized look so missing nanite doesn’t feel like such a loss. But having a good global illumination system is always a win. From there I can cherry-pick some of the changes that we would really kill for

@MostHost_LA

My 2c. It’s better to use CryEngine and do everything yourself. At least their team fixes core stuff and communicates properly.
But I do also use Unreal, it does have some advantages, like not having to code your own render-target system.

CryEngine is one of the best choices out there, But unreal can be more artist-friendly for small teams and also comes with the advantage of having access to the full MegaScans library which is right now such a cliche thing to say but It is true, With good shading, you can even get some good stylized output from them.