FluidNinja LIVE 1.8.5.5 TUTORIAL - snow, sand and complex environments
Channel: Andras Ketzer
Date: 2023-02-24

(A) one-sim-driven environments, (B) ground-surface alignment, (C) optimize for UE5 - - - - SEE CHAPTERS BELOW!

1) 00:00  Intro
2) 01:45  New levels - quickrun
3) 02:53  Ninja version numbering
4) 04:01  Learning resources
5) 05:27  Lighting and atmosphere in UE5
6) 06:08  UseCase 18A Snow, Setup2
7) 07:17  UseCase 15C SimplePainter demo level
8) 08:13  UseCase 18A Snow, Setup1 - 3rd Output Material
9) 10:29  FloorSnapper: aligning volumes with the ground
10) 17:10 FloorSnapper: normal finding methods
11) 19:46  UseCase 18B Sand: particles as fluidsim input
12) 24:45 UseCase 18B Sand: Setup2
13) 25:40 UseCase 4A: double sim - Tiling Waves
14) 30:44 UseCase 4B:  double sim - Vortex
15) 32:54 UseCase 7 reworked: Small Water Bodies
16) 34:15 UseCase 11 Stage-0: shaded particles
17) 35:08 Mods in NinjaLiveComponent blueprint
18) 36:41 Mods in WorldSpaceGeneric Output Material
19) 37:10 Outro

Release features: (1) a single simulation driving complex environments (new levels: UseCase 18-A,B - sand, snow) - (2) FloorSnapper utility dynamically aligns volumes with slopes - (3) optimized for UE5: modded basematerials respond to atmospheric light, all levels reworked, UseCase 4-6 resurrected (double-sim, vortex)

Live 1.8 dedicated YOUTUBE playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVCUepYV6TvMXN8HQjLU9wKz-G_6JvJsF

FluidNinja LIVE Tutorials Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVCUepYV6TvPYbofpEf_ghznfihM-yt-B

Live 1.7 playable DEMO exe: https://kynolin.itch.io/fluidninja-live-17-demo 
Homepage: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/fluidninja-live
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FluidNinjaLIVE

FluidNinja LIVE Showcases Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVCUepYV6TvOrOfQVLMCxl_JoU_cIkK8P

For baking fluids, see NinjaTools: 
https://unrealengine.com/marketplace/fluidninja-vfx-tools
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SoundTrack: Chaser - Dolor Sit Amet