Add special cables to your scene, decorate them with various hanging lights, add dynamic lights and customize many properties. meshes are grouped via hierarchical instanced static meshes. This plugin Includes a Modular Light Bulb blueprint for creating various light bulbs and can be easily extended from data tables.
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Sequencer Support
Showcase Map 4.26+ (Plugin is Required)
Integration with Advanced Light Pack
- Documentation
- Integration Content
Update 1.2 Release Notes
New
- Group Instanced Meshes of different String Lights for higher performance.
- Create Static Mesh(es) from String Lights with different merge options.
- Specify Lights to add to strings by Index.
- Distance Based Optimization.
- Improved Directional Wind.
- Segment Collision for String Lights.
- Support Per Particle Force.
- Better Debug View for String Lights.
- More Blueprint nodes.
- More Features, Improvements and Optimizations.
Fixed
- Transform of Attached Light Bulbs
- Socket Transforms of String Light Components.
- Shadow Casting of String Light Components.
- Calculated Bounds of String Light Components.
- Line Trace on Light Bulbs.
- Shadow casting option on sections of static mesh assets.
- Other minor issues.
Update 1.1 Release Notes
Read More Technical Details
Features:
- Add cables easily with Spline Points
- Blueprint Support
- Advanced Light Pack Integration
- Modular light bulb for creating various light bulbs
- Decorate cables with different meshes
- Easily override materials
- Meshes are grouped via hierarchical instanced static meshes.
- Attach Movable Lights
- Simulated Hanging Lights
- Damping option for cables and lights
- Directional Wind Simulation
- Pause Simulation for best performance and Static Lights
- Optimization options for the simulation
- Simple Collision (One way only)
- Connect different string lights together
- Thoroughly tested on Win64
Code Modules:
- StringLightPluginModule (Runtime)
- StringLightPluginEditorModule (Editor)
Number of Blueprints: 2 (+7 Miscellaneous)
Number of C++ Classes: 20 Classes, 40 Structs, 3 Enums
Network Replicated: No
Supported Development Platforms: Win/Linux/Mac
Supported Target Build Platforms: Win/Linux/Mac
Additional Notes: This plugin does not use CableComponent