Sky Creator

An extensive tool to control dynamic weather and time of day using realistic volumetric clouds, atmosphere and visual effects.

Sky Creator is an extensive tool to control dynamic weather and time of day using realistic volumetric clouds, atmosphere and visual effects in Unreal Engine. With a built-in weather preset system you can create endless amounts of different looking weather and lighting conditions and switch any of them in realtime.

Current Version 1.40.2

Important note: Sky Creator comes with a few example blueprint controllers at "SkyCreatorPlugin Content/Blueprints". Also please be sure to check out an example map at "SkyCreatorPlugin Content/Maps".

Quickstart:

1. Select "Lights" category in Place Mode
2. And just drag Sky Creator onto your level

Technical Details

Features:

• Weather Presets System: allows you creating endless amounts of different looking weather and lighting conditions
• Unified Multi-layered Volumetric Cloud material with extended quality settings
• Highly art-directable and customizable: from vast realistic cloudscapes to stylized looking skies
• Modular design: you can easily control Sky Creator with your own blueprint time manager or weather controller
• Built-in Weather FX (CPU & GPU Particles): Rain, Rain Splashes, Snow, Lightnings, Volumetric Wind, etc.
• Built-in Material FX (Shaders): Wetness, Puddles, Rain Ripples, Rain Streaks, Snow, etc.
• Runtime Occlusion System with a smooth falloff
• Simplified and Real positioning models for Sun & Moon
• Photorealistic Starmap with rotation, star twinkle effect, moon phases, etc.
• Lightweight (as possible) and relatively easy to use
• Game-ready optimization
• 39 included Weather Preset examples
• Included Blueprint Controllers examples
• Network Replicated

Code Modules:

•  SkyCreatorPlugin
•  SkyCreatorEditorPlugin

Number of Blueprints: 5

Number of C++ Classes: 5

Network Replicated: Yes

Supported Development Platforms: Win64, Mac, Linux

Supported Target Build Platforms: Win32, Win64, Mac, Linux