How to Create Animated Raindrops in Unreal Engine 5 (HLSL) @renderbucket
How to Create Animated Raindrops in Unreal Engine 5 (HLSL)  @renderbucket
Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Bring your scenes to life with a custom HLSL Rain Shader in Unreal Engine 5. In this Unreal Engine Tutorial we will go over how to build a material that creates animated raindrops and mist utilizing HLSL in Unreal Engine 5.7+. You can see a result of the finished material here,
youtube.com/shorts/Hjq79KE0_lg

We will go over a basic setup of creating mist and falling raindrops using HLSL in a Custom Node in Unreal Engine 5.7+. You will learn a variety of various techniques and how to write simple hash functions to create randomization within your materials.

The resulting animated mist and raindrop material be used on everything from car windshields and windows to water droplets and rain on your characters jacket or clothing. These approaches shown can help you add that extra detail to your scenes that make them feel more immersive.

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How to Create Animated Raindrops in Unreal Engine 5 (HLSL)

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