Waving flags... animation or apex cloth?

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Hey guys,
I’m wondering if a waving flag should be done animated or just with apex clothing ? My goal is to get a nice looking wind effect.

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if there is no interaction between cloth and objects there is no point in wasting processing power. you can use world position offset node in material editor to create wavy effect

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I agree. You may fake the wind using your material world position offset as Piroman said. There is no need to rig anything or use cloth systems.