Lens Flare doubt

[ryanjon2040]

I placed a Custom made Lens Flare in my level. I would like to know if there is a way to disable its Rotation. By rotation i mean....it keeps looking at me (i.e When i walk around, it rotates on its pivot). Is there any way to disable that?

[darthviper107]

No, there isn't. Why would you want it not to do that?

[ryanjon2040]

No, there isn't. Why would you want it not to do that?

Because when the player goes around this happens:


I wish if it could stay like this:

[taz1004]

Lens flare wont do that in real life either. You want lightfog, not lens flare.

[darthviper107]

If it didn't rotate then it would only look correct from one angle. I haven't messed with lens flares for a while, but there must be some setting to make it appear correctly, I haven't had the issue with lens flares intersecting before, so maybe it's supposed to be rendered differently, like a post process effect rather than like a physical mesh. I know games like Mass Effect use lens flares in similar situations as yours all the time and don't have that issue.

[Graylord]

What if you set it to the foreground depth priority group? You'll find it if search for "Depth" in the placed instance's properties.

[TheAgent]

He can set it to foreground, but then it will always appear no matter where you are even if its "behind" a wall.

[Graylord]

Use a Trigger volume to toggle it off when he goes out of the area then?

[ryanjon2040]

I know games like Mass Effect use lens flares in similar situations as yours all the time and don't have that issue.

Exactly...Thats how i wanted my lens flares.

[redbox]

just place single plane with that material
another way - use durectional flare, which works in specified angle.

[ryanjon2040]

What if you set it to the foreground depth priority group? You'll find it if search for "Depth" in the placed instance's properties.

Its already set to SPDG_Foreground.

just place single plane with that material
another way - use durectional flare, which works in specified angle.

I tried with single plane but its not good when looked from the side. I'll post a screenshot later.

Can you please explain about that directional flare.

EDIT: Single Plane material:

[redbox]

directional flares created for spotlight sources, as searchlight, flashlight, headlight, etc.
it can be visible from specified angle.
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/LensF...ml#Directional Lens Flares
you need multiply material's opacity with LensFlareOcclusion and, I think, LensFlareIntensity to make it work.

[ryanjon2040]

directional flares created for spotlight sources, as searchlight, flashlight, headlight, etc.
it can be visible from specified angle.
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/LensF...ml#Directional Lens Flares
you need multiply material's opacity with LensFlareOcclusion and, I think, LensFlareIntensity to make it work.

Thanks buddy...I'll take a look at it