UE5 lighting beginners

Lighting Overcast gloomy dark day



Delete all light except PPV and exponential fog

Drag a HDRI backdrop (Hard Ray Trace will give different result on HDRI light)

Place a Rect light facing towards us and place just outside the hole below in scene (give highlight of the planes at the hole)
Set width and height as 200
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Turn the light to enable Cast Ray Traced Shadows
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Duplicate the rect light place at other windows, doors (where light will penetrate into the room)

Set the rect light scattering intensity higher:
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