Overview

This section will cover how to install and use the UE4 plugin for PopcornFX v2.

Plugin versions

For each PopcornFX SDK/Editor release, there is a matching UE4 plugin:

When updating your PopcornFX Editor, make sure to also update the UE4 plugin to match that editor version.

When a new UE4 version comes out, we provide a plugin update.

The latest plugin currently supports: UE4.22, UE4.23, UE4.24, UE4.25, UE4.26 preview

Ultimately implement all the PopcornFX SDK integration features
Use the standard pipelines of Unreal Engine 4 for workflow, rendering etc… (if we do something wrong, please contact us!)
Let you customize particle materials for rendering
Keep the plugin a plugin: no engine source code modification needed !

Provide a way to author PopcornFX v2 effects directly inside the UE4 editor. To do this, you have to use the PopcornFX v2 Editor
Have a relation with UE4’s Cascade or Niagara particle systems, PopcornFX is another, different particle system engine