Hahaha, excessivity runs into every Vfx artist’s veins, we can’t avoid it. 😂

If their scale are small and if there’s not a lot of overdraw between them, I’m fairly sure it’s actually relatively cheap! :) (I mention “Fairly” because I never profiled a system with and without for comparison. I’m sure it can be used in gameplay as well if mindful! ^^ )

First tutorial video OUT!

An Introduction to the concept of Niagara, it's particles and it's systems! 🤩

I hope you'll enjoy it! ✨

(I still struggle at making video on Youtube, so I'm currently only doing those in French, my primary language. At some point I might try to do it in English too!)

Super clean, nice work! 😁
Have you tried adding a light on both of them? Not necessary, but I suspect it could improve the connection between the Vfx and the world. :)

Thx for the repost Kate! 😁✨🤜🤛

I'VE DONE IT!!!

After many years thinking about it but facing walls, I finally managed to get started in Tutorial creation on Youtube about Realtime VFX in Unreal! ✨

If you would like to see me cover a specific topic, let me know! 😁✨

Thx a lot Neidio! 😁✨

Of course, and thx for the kind words! 😁

And here's the idea of the Shader:

2 depth ramps: 1 forward and 1 backward.
The "location" of the ramp gets offsetted and both sides can be edited separatly. (Gonna need to fix that emissive issue eventually. x) )

For the Overdraw: