"StromatoliticRock" Function Introduction and Optimization InstructionsI. Core Assets and Models
" StromatoliticRock" includes 7 rock Mesh models balancing realism and stylization, with polygon counts ranging from 6,500 to 16,000. These models feature rich details and eliminated UV seams, making them ideal for large-scale scene. All models are optimized to maintain visual quality while ensuring efficient performance.
II. Post-Processing Material System
Innovative Stylized Debugging Framework: Enables layered independent debugging of shadows, midtones, and highlights via sunlight direction. Each layer supports blending with different brush textures, offering diverse stylized expressions. Users can create unique visual worlds through this system, with intuitive material parameter adjustments yielding immediate, impactful results.
III. Rock Material Properties
Utilizing multi-channel technology to merge 8 mask layers, combined with stylized normal information, the rocks exhibit distinctive shadow effects under lighting. The material blending system includes:
· Layered blending of three rock subsurface textures with stylized effects
· Fusion of AO and inherent rock textures
· Adjustable range and color for rock protrusions
· Stylized reflection layer
· Five freely adjustable blending channels with clear hierarchy and simple operation
Key Features:
· Nighttime glow effect for rock crevices
· Integrated RVT (Runtime Virtual Texturing) functionality with resolved stretching issues, including pre-optimized parameters
· Subtle parameter tweaks resulting in drastically different rock styles
IV. Terrain System Solutions
Stylized Layer Debugging: Terrain shadows, midtones, and highlights can be adjusted independently, featuring five layers: vegetation, ice, snow, rock, and soil. Each layer includes precomputed masks, supporting dual workflows of UE node-based automatic calculation and manual terrain painting.
Technical Optimizations:
· Complete resolution of rock stretching and texture repetition issues
· Parallax mapping for ice/snow materials to enhance depth perception
· Multi-channel mask maps and stylized normal textures for improved detail rendering
V. Lighting Solutions
To address the challenge of adjusting light color temperature for post-processing materials, three categories of dedicated light assets are provided, compatible with UE’s native lighting system:
· Basic Light Group: Point lights, array suns, spotlights
· Special Effect Lights: Customized Tyndall light sheets (Note: Visible only when sunlight is parallel to the sheet)
Combined usage meets diverse lighting needs for games, film, and other scenarios.
VI. High-Quality Texture Resource Pack
Core Textures: 7 sets of 4K rock textures (including masks, details, and normal maps).
Supplementary Textures:
· 2 dirt maps, 4 gold maps, 8 stylized brush maps
· 5 light maps, 1 grass map, 3 rock detail textures, 1 ice/snow texture set
· 1 cobblestone texture set
· Terrain-specific: Multi-channel mask maps, stylized normal textures
VII. Usability and Content Architecture
Asset Composition:
· 8 Functions, 3 light materials, 1 terrain material, 1 HDR material
· 1 master rock material, 4 terrain instance materials (including spring/summer/autumn/winter variants)
· 43 rock instance materials, 4 example maps
Usage Notes: The system’s rich parameters enable high creative potential, but users are advised to save adjusted parameters promptly. All functional modules include preset parameters, ensuring out-of-the-box convenience.
VIII. Application Scope
Widely applicable to game environment construction, animated film production, virtual reality experiences, and 3D anime scene creation. It provides a one-stop solution for artists and developers seeking rich stylized expressions.
The plugins that need to be enabled，Otherwise, it may cause a crash or functional malfunction.：
1. PythonScriptPlugin - Enabled
2. SequencerScripting - Enabled
3. Takes - Enabled
4. Composure - Enabled
5. MediaIOFramework - Enabled
6. nDisplay - Enabled
7. VariantManager - Enabled
8. MovieRenderPipeline - Enabled
9. LiveLink