Unreal Engine 5 realistic windshield glass reflections with ray tracing translucency settings

Note: in UE4 you'll also need to uncheck the second refraction box in ray traced translucency settings
Windshield glass available in the free automotive pack: www.unrealengi...

[@xavim367]

You are the first person that actually solved my glass issues with UE5 and Lumen. Thank you very much!!

[@Monoville]

You're welcome!

[@loustewart]

Perfect tutorial, straight to the point. the awesome chill music is the cherry on top

[@TheDigiVault]

Great little tutorial. Thank you!!

[@GikePeterson]

Thanks a lot!

[@VISDE]

Looks great!! Does your windshield mesh have thickness? Or it’s just a single face geo panel?

[@Monoville]

No idea, just whatever comes with the Hum3D models!

[@PrivacyEnt]

ideally ones with thickness looks better but its not necessary

[@mohamedabelaziz6239]

thank you

[@juancarlosgzrz]

Thank you!

[@iSuperMjood]

the glass color is black even though i have a skylight

[@thhm]

hi I cant seem to translucency to work. Objects just show the checker pattern when i apply a basic material, and not translucent at all. I set the project settings as per your suggestion. Can you help pls?

[@Monoville]

I would try reinstalling the materials

[@chrischisholm9220]

I am completely new to UE5, but I had exactly the same problem. UNCHECK 'Nanite' when importing your model. Then apply your material for transparency.

[@dankolevente]

Did exactly as you did, but whenever I turn on ray traced translucency all glass materials get completely blown out into an emissive mess, any ideas?

[@Monoville]

I think this technique only works well for specific glass like car windshields

[@dankolevente]

@@Monoville actually I just had to refresh my skylight, seems to work pretty well now. The inner space is really badly lit though, will have to see if it’s mostly a material settings issue

[@Monoville]

@Levente Dankó ah yeah I've had issues with skylights before. Also I always set exposure to manual in post processing and set it around 10 or 11, have too many issues with auto exposure

[@dankolevente]

@@Monoville Right. Well overall thanks for the great advice, looks great now from the outside. From the inside not so much, I guess I’ll just go with lumen there for now.

[@IRONFRIDGE]

Does those settings affect Pathtracing too?