Layering VFX In Unreal 5

[Niels]

@barnescm

You might have seen it already, but your question prompted me to do a slightly large write-up on sorting using Niagara.
You, or others finding this thread might find it useful, so I’ll leave it here:

[Niagara 5.3] Sorting Mini Tutorial

Sorting in Niagara [soring] The way sorting works for particles in Niagara is obscure and not well explained. This article is meant as a basic introduction into how sorting works for Niagara and some of the techniques that are available for sorting. Note : All elements in the scene will be compared to the depth buffer (unless opted out of) before drawing, so translucent elements will draw behind opaque elements correctly no matter which of the following options you use. High level overview …