Check out a purely shader-based interaction system for realistic looking foliage interaction with the player in UE4.

Check out a purely shader-based interaction system for realistic looking foliage interaction with the player in UE4. The Advanced Foliage Interaction System uses the Pivot Painter 2 tools and custom functions to fake physically accurate collisions with grass and plants using Vertex Animation. The system features 3 Foliage Archetypes (Short Grass, Tall Grass, and Advanced Hierarchical Plant), also bringing 6 example Foliage Types.

Check out the documentation to learn more about the system.

Coming Soon:

• More example plants
• Interactive Tree Foliage Type
• Mobile support

Features:

• Advanced character-foliage interaction
• No physics calculations
• Vertex animation to fake physics
• No mesh stretching/warping
• 3 Foliage types (Short, Tall and Advanced)
• 6 Example foliage meshes
• Modular shader to work with custom foliage meshes

Number of Blueprints: 1 Component, 3 Materials, 6 Material Instances, 6 Static Meshes

Network Replicated: No

Supported Development Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

Supported Target Build Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, PS4, XBOX

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