Unreal Engine – Tornadoes VFX Pack

Just
drag and drop
a blueprint with a tornado (or use "spawn actor from class") and adjust the parameters.

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Tutorials
:

Using and adjusting tornadoes

UPDATE
: Create your own tornado : Example 1 [Request] / Example 2
Add a tornado in a
realistic environment
 

Features:

11 tornadoes are already included ( Water, Wind, Fire, Earth, Electricity, Blood, Darkness, Light, Futuristic, Poison, and Candy)
Just adjust variables to change: Height, Thickness, CloudsDensity
Choose a duration or activate "endless".
Orient your tornado and adjust the speed (0 = stationary)
If you want to adapt the colors and the amount of particles, you can easily customize the effects
The "parent" blueprint allows you to add your own code for all tornadoes at once. Then add your specific codes for each kind of tornado!
Create your own tornado by assembling the different effects included and adjusting the parameters.

Technical Details

The effects are created with 
Niagara
, you will find a folder with reworked effects/blueprints for VR and mobiles (
shader complexity : Fully green
).
May need optimization work for Autonomous VR Headset

Mobiles
 : Use VR blueprints for better performance .

VR
: Currently, you will need to disable Instanced Stereo.

Type of Emitters:
 (CPU)

Number of Unique Effects: 
28 + 10 (Update)

LODs:
 (Yes)

Number of Materials:
21

Number of Textures: 
24

Number of Blueprints:
 14 (+12 VR)

Number of Unique Meshes:
 11

Supported Development Platforms:

Windows: (Yes)
Mac: (Not tried)

Documentation:
 Take a look at my tutorials on my  youtube channel

Support : 
[email protected]

Important/Additional Notes: 
For VR, make sure « instanced stereo » is disabled.