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Unreal Engine Virtual Reality Quick Start Guide
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Unreal Engine Virtual Reality Quick Start Guide

by Jessica Plowman
February 2019
Beginner
178 pages
4h 38m
English
Packt Publishing
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Visual Effects (VFX) limitations

Lastly, we come to visual effects:

Unreal Engine 4 Cascade VFX editor

The right visual effects bring a punch and excitement to many different kinds of games. They are essential in action games. They bring a sense of impact to sports games. They even add to the realism and feel of simulations. Yet, much like dynamic lighting, they are costly when it comes to performance. The limitations on translucent and transparent materials apply here. Making some techniques such as the use of SubUV textures (laying out the frames of an animated particle in a grid) ineffective. Many particles also contain dynamic light sources.  ...

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