WindField: Dynamic Wind System for Meshes
WindField is a lightweight, obstacle aware C++ wind system for Unreal Engine 5.6. It pushes physics enabled static meshes with realistic, mass based wind. All settings and presets are exposed on the component and can be adjusted directly in the editor, so you can build a working wind mechanic in a few minutes without writing a single line of C++ or Blueprint. It is made for game developers, technical artists, VFX artists and anyone who needs believable wind without building a custom system.

FEATURES AND OVERVIEW

• Drag and drop setup: add the WindGenerator, size the box, and wind starts moving objects

• Mass based response: heavy objects resist wind, light objects fly

• Obstacle aware: walls and other blockers stop wind from reaching what is behind them

• Procedural wind generation with natural, non repeating movement

• Intensity presets to switch quickly between a breeze and a storm

• Wind Turbulence control for calm, steady or chaotic wind

• Detection Sensitivity to control how objects are picked up

• Lift Force toggle so wind can lift lightweight objects off the ground

• Gust Frequency control

• Wind direction set by rotating the box

• Automatic cell scaling that adapts to the size of your wind area

• Debug visualization tools to see exactly what the wind is doing

• Handles 100+ objects at one time
  

TECHNICAL DETAILS

• Written completely in C++ for lightweight, high performance wind simulation

• Heavily optimized and lightweight, so it stays cheap even in busy scenes

• Only the controls you need are exposed to Blueprint, so setup stays simple
  

USE CASES

• Ambient Wind in Games: living, breathing worlds with debris, props and foliage reacting to the environment

• Cinematic Wind for VFX: art directable wind for trailers, sequences and rendered shots

• Fans and Turbines: tunnel fans, vents and industrial blowers that push objects in a set direction

• Weapons and Abilities: shockwaves, air blasts and gust powers that scatter objects

• Real World Simulations: wind exposure testing for urban planning and risk detection
  

REQUIREMENTS

• Unreal Engine 5.6, Windows
  

LINKS

• Documentation: Documentation

• Demo video: Demo Video

• Setup video: Setup Video
  

SUPPORT
"Questions, bugs or feature ideas?
Contact [email protected]. Replies within 48 hours."

More features will be released in further versions.