I want to create a landscape where I have a river and somewhere on the map, the river goes with a waterfall to another river/lake. Does anyone know how to create the waterfall effect? It’s for a cinematic so I want it to be continuous with one source of water. I tried to do it with Niagara Fluids but it’s crashing if I adjust it to the width and length of the river=>waterfall=>river/lake. Any help on how to make it? If you need an example of what I mean, search Godafoss waterfalls. Thanks in advance!
Hey there @AN-gamemaster! Welcome back to the community! So the UE5 water system doesn’t have a preset for waterfalls as of yet. Likely due to the water plugin utilizing landscape brushes, it isn’t very effective at “Seamless” for waterfalls especially if it’s a cinematic.
Faking it is often better than fluid sim if you can’t render fluid sim! Usually we’d lean towards Niagara for the spray and a panning/world shifting texture on an SM.
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A couple of references:
CGHow:
Tharle has a whole video series on how to do this but also made it a marketplace asset.
Hi
You can buy my waterfall pack.It works with UE5 and contains modular assets for creating realistic waterfalls and a tutorial on how to use the assets.
You can create a waterfall with it in 15 mins.
Check these links for more information:
