Pixotope World Settings | Pixotope Help Center

All settings global to a Pixotope level are available in the "Pixotope World Settings" Window in the Pixotope Editor.

Unreal’s World Settings ≠ Pixotope World Settings

Pixotope related World Settings have been moved into its separate window named Pixotope World Settings. To open

Click on the Pixotope World Settings button on the top right
OR go to Window > Pixotope > Pixotope World Settings

Sections

The settings are separated into sections which can be filtered on clicking the section buttons on the top of the window.

Most of the settings are accessible through the Adjustment panels in the Pixotope Director.

Learn more about Making adjustments - PRODUCTION

All properties can be controlled via the control panel.

Learn more about How to create a custom control panel

General

General
Compositing type	Defines which objects of a level are rendered and how they are composited. AR - Render the input video behind the graphics VS XR This setting can be controlled if a machine is part of a render group. Learn more about Render groups - AR, VS, AR+VS, XR
Enable WYSIWYG	Enable a preview output while working in the Editor. Learn more about the WYSIWYG broadcast workflow
Video Outputs	Define multiple outputs from a single engine. Learn more about how to Route more than one output per machine
Debug
Visualization Mode	Optionally output intermediate buffers from before the output image is completed
Visualization with Alpha	Include alpha channel in intermediate buffers
Use Debug Video Input	Use a debug image instead of the external video input. Optionally set your own Custom Debug Textures (see below).
Debug Camera Tracking	Use debug tracking instead of the external tracking input Debug tracking can be found on: TrackedCamera > CameraTrackerComponent > Debug Camera State
Use Actor Transform for Camera Tracking Debug	Allows to manually move the TrackedCamera using its transforms
Enable Lens Distortion in Editor
AR as Key
Textures
Custom Debug Textures
Startup
Replace Existing Volume on Auto Spawn	Convert the first unbound Post Process Volume, if one exists, with a Post Process Handler Learn more about PostProcessHandler vs PostProcessVolume
Auto Spawn Essential Actors	Make sure these essential Pixotope actors exist, when this level is opened CameraRoot TrackedCamera XROutsideFrustumPoint MaterialHandler PostProcessHandler
Auto Possess Tracked Camera	Start with viewing the level through the main tracked camera, when playing this level
Anti Aliasing
Anti Aliasing Method	Choose the anti aliasing sampling method: NVIDIA DLSS TSR - Temporal Super Resolution TAA - Temporal Anti Aliasing FXAA - Fast Approximate Anti Aliasing None
AA Alpha Override
DLSS
DLSS Quality	Learn more about Using NVIDIA DLSS
Screen Percentage
Enable Custom Screen Percentage	Learn more about Screen percentage Note: When using Custom Screen Percentage Unreal’s screen percentage is disregarded
Custom Screen Percentage Value
Bloom
Apply Convolution Bloom to Video
Apply Convolution Bloom from Video
Blur
Add Gaussian Blur
Gaussian Blur Strength
Mask Out After Blur
Refraction
Apply Refraction to Video	If you don't use refraction in front of the video, turn it off to save performance. Note: Materials with refraction also distort the video
Preview
Send camera Preview	Send this engines camera position to other machines. Learn more about Showing cameras of other engines
Show All Camera Previews	Show all camera positions in this Editor viewport
Advanced
Compositing Mode	Switch between Internal and External compositing mode. Learn more about Compositing modes
Move Media Inputs Past Tonemapping	When enabled together with "Use unjittered projection" on the Media input component, the media input will not be affected by tone mapping. When enabling "Use unjittered projection", this setting will be enabled by default.
Render AO With Lumen	Force Ambient Occlusion rendering when using Lumen for Global Illumination

AR

AR
Enable AR WYSIWYG	Render the input video on the AR backplate in the Editor viewport
Fade Out	Fade out graphics
Ambient Occlusion	When using Lumen check the Render AO With Lumen setting in General > Advanced
Enable Ambient Occlusion
Ambient Occlusion	Change the intensity
Shadows
Enable Shadows
Enable Colored Shadows	Switch between using black or colored shadows
Shadow Color Intensity	Multiplier for shadow colors
Advanced Colored Shadows	Samples the video texture for shadow color calculation, giving more realistic results
Shadows Use Luma Mask	Use the video luma mask to change the intensity of the shadows, for example in order to avoid awkward real-world/digital shadow overlaps
Luma Mask Multiplier	Enables the multiplication by the video luma mask. Used with new shadows
Luma Mask Power	Luma Mask Power factor
Difference Shadows	Global shadow strength control
Shadow Power AR	Global shadow power factor
Shadows Ambient Offset	Sets a maximum intensity for shadows which can be useful to simulate ambient light
Reflections
Enable Reflections
Reflections	Change the color intensity of the reflections
Alpha Reflections	Change how visible the reflections are
Translucency
Translucency
Light Wrap on Graphics
Enable Light Wrap AR
Background Blur Level
Alpha Blur Level
Enable Light Wrap Blur Adjustments
Light Wrap Fade Distance
Light Wrap Gain
Light Wrap Color Blur Scatter Size
Light Wrap Alpha Blur Scatter Size
Light Catcher
Enable Light Catcher	Learn more AR Shadow, Reflection & Light Catcher
Use Catcher Material
Diffuse Override
Specular Override
Light Multiplicative Power AR
Light Additive Power AR
Add GI	Add Global Illumination to light catcher. Note: When using Ray Tracing Global Illumination (Post Process Handler) the Shadow/Reflection/Light catcher material must be non black!
Advanced
Mask Out Holdout
Support Virtual Shadow Maps

Learn more about how to Set up an AR level

VS

VS
Multiply Fill with Key	Multiply the input fill with the input key inside the engine
Render Fog on to VS	Enable, if volumetric fog should be visible on top of the compositing plane
Light Wrap on Video
Enable Light Wrap VS	Adds a light wrap around the edges of the image using the environment
Light Wrap Multiplier
Shadows onto Comp Plane
Cast Shadows On VS Plane	Allows scene objects to cast shadows on to Compositing planes. Learn more about Compositing Planes
Shadow on VSPlane Power
Shadow on VSPlane Cutoff
Shadow Dilation Steps
Light Up VS Plane
Light Up VS Plane
Light Multiplicative Power VS
Light Additive Power VS
DOF Correction
DOF VS Correction
Add Video Before DOF
Video in Focus
Before DOF Translucency
Skip Mask Out VS
Advanced
Capture Scene on Movement	When enabled, the Respill scene capture will automatically update on plane movement. Note: This decreases performance while plane is moving
Backplane Enabled	"Backplane" is geometry placed just behind the video plane, which can cast shadows and might be necessary for certain effects. Try to avoid using it, as it can cause issues with DOF and AO
Backplane Alpha Threshold
Try to Fix Antialiasing Edge	This smoothens the edge of the video on the compositing plane. Try disabling it when you are not using the video keyer using multiple compositing planes OR there is nothing in front of the compositing plane
Custom SSR	Allows the compositing plane to cast Screen Space Reflections even with Backplane disabled
Custom Lumen Reflections	Similar to Custom SSR but for Lumen

Learn more about how to Set up a VS level

XR

Learn more about Pixotope World Settings > XR

Learn more about how to Set up an XR level (virtual window)

Tracking

Tracking
Camera
Camera Tracking Source	Switch between tracking sources
Record Ptrk
Record Camera Tracking Data	Start to record tracking data. Learn more about Recording and playback of tracking data
Use Today's Directory
Tracking Recording Source
Recorded Timecode Offset
Talent
BPE Scale	Learn more about how to Set up Body Pose Estimation (BPE)
TalenTrack Port	Learn more about how to Set up TalenTrack
TalenTrack Use Incoming Rotations

Learn more about how to Configure camera tracking

Change world settings via blueprints

Set the blueprint nodes up as seen below
Select the "Set members in PixotopeSettingsStruct"
In the Details panel, enable the World Settings properties you want to expose