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Cloth Wind

Flags, tarps, curtains and awnings wave in the wind (World Position Offset). MM_KurinAsset, group Cloth Wind.

Parameter / switch What it does Typical value
Use Cloth Wind? Turns it on
Cloth Use Vertex Color Weight? Vertex colour pins the cloth: black = attached edge, white = free edge on
Cloth Amplitude Max movement in cm flags 10–30, tarps 3–10, curtains 2–5
Cloth Wind Speed / Direction Wave speed / world wind direction 0.5–2
Cloth Wave Scale Length of the main folds in cm 100
Cloth Flutter Scale / Strength Small fast flutter 25 / 0.3
Cloth Wind Push Constant push along the wind 0.5
Use Cloth Gusts? + Cloth Gust Strength / Scale Gust waves travelling along the wind 0.5 / 2000 cm

Tips

  • Paint the vertex colour from black (pole, rope) to white (free edge); without paint turn Cloth Use Vertex Color Weight? off and the whole mesh moves.
  • Cloth Phase Variation 1: copies do not move in sync.
  • Set World Position Offset Disable Distance on the component (3000–5000 cm). Cost: vertex shader only, about +130.