Procedural Paper Lantern
Here's a set of procedural paper lanterns I created using Blueprints in Unreal Engine! Each lantern is fully customizable, allowing for easy adjustments to single or double, and on and off lighting. I focused on making the materials realistic, with a subtle translucency that mimics the soft glow of traditional paper lanterns. The blueprints give flexibility for variation in real-time, making them optimized for dynamic lighting setups in the level editor.
All the available combinations of the lantern asset.
Blueprint controls all the variable options. Lights on/off, double or single decker, short/long tail.
The asset is fully editable in the UE5 viewport details panel. These checkboxes allow the user to control the different aspects of the procedural asset.
Texture maps in 512px. Base colour, Normal, and ORM map. Base colour map also contains alpha to depict translucency of the lantern paper. It's a small asset made to be visible from far away, so I kept it at low resolution.
Low Poly, 1440 tris.
High Poly, 8448 tris (subdivision modifier)