Mastering Unreal Engine 4.X

The fog effects

While all other engines support only the Fog feature, Unreal Engine's team decided to give us two types of fog, based on the targeted usage; each type has its own parameters that could be used to define its look. The two supported fog types are:

• Atmospheric Fog
• Exponential Height Fog

Atmospheric Fog

Atmospheric Fog gives you an approximation of light scattering through a planetary atmosphere:

Adding it

By adding an actor from the visual effects section of the Modes panel, you will have the Atmospheric Fog type installed into your level directly:

Here's how to add it:

In order to be able to control the final visual look of the recently inserted ...