# How To Use

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Note: This tutorial is for the UE5.0+.
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We advise you to open the **Demonstration** map provided and look over how the asset is used first.

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## Poison Toxic Goo Lake

Simply drag and drop the **BP\_PoisonToxicGooLake** Blueprint into your scene.

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To scale the liquid surface, use **Liquid Mesh Grid Size X/Y** and **Liquid Mesh Scale** parameters within the *Details Panel*, rather than the default scale on the overall Actor.

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The **Liquid Mesh Grid Size X/Y** defines how many water meshes are used for the surface. This will basically define how "tessellated" the surface is for the deformation effects.
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You can change the color of the surface from the Details Panel under **Liquid Color**.

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Changing the color here will also translate to the post process "Waterline" effect.
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Bubbles are enabled by default and the parameters are:

* **Enable Bubbles:** Toggle to enable/disable the bubble effects
* **Spawn Amount:** The amount of bubbles to spawn on the liquid surface. (Bubble spawn amount will increase automatically with the scale parameter.)
* **Lifetime Min/Max:** Controls each bubble particle lifetime minimum and maximum time in seconds.
* **Size Min/Max:** Controls each bubble particles scale minimum and maximum.
* **Z Offset:** Sets the Z axis location offset for the bubble particles. (Used in some cases where the particles need to be offset from the surface.)

## Poison Toxic Goo Spray

Simply drag and drop the **BP\_PoisonToxicGooSpray** Blueprint into your scene.&#x20;

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This Blueprint is located in the same location as the **BP\_PoisonToxicGooLake** listed [here](/assets-and-plugins/poison-toxic-goo/how-to-use.md#poison-toxic-goo-lake).
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The parameters for the Spray Blueprint can be changed directly in the *Details Panel* under the category **Particles**.

These parameters are:

* **Color:** Controls the color of the spray particle and the splash particle.
* **Render Sort Order:** Used to set the translucency sort order of the splash particle (helpful in some use cases where you need to specify how the particles look.)
* **Velocity:** Controls the velocity of the spray particle.
* **Lifetime:** Controls the lifetime of the spray particle.

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The splash particle is spawned using collision within the Niagara System.
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## Poison Toxic Goo Post Process

Drag and drop the **BP\_PoisonToxicGoo\_PostProcess** Blueprint into your scene.&#x20;

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This Blueprint is located in the same location as the **BP\_PoisonToxicGooLake** listed [here](/assets-and-plugins/poison-toxic-goo/how-to-use.md#poison-toxic-goo-lake).
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This Blueprint is a simple drag and drop and has no parameters to modify as it's used to just enable the on screen "waterline" effect for the liquid surfaces.

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Only one **BP\_PoisonToxicGoo\_PostProcess** is needed per scene.
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## Additional Information

You can edit and modify each Material used in this asset here.

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