Apply a 2D Texture to s Sphere

[ViaCognita]

Hi!

If I want to use this image in a sphere, how can I do it?

Maybe I need to create a UV mapping. But I don’t know much about it.

Thanks!

[SupportiveEntity]

Hey there @ViaCognita! Are you using it as a skybox? If so, here’s a couple resources that should help out!

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Hey , There’s some useful information on cubemap system in UE4 you can look at here: You can also take a look at BP_Sky_Sphere seen in Default level (File > New Level > Default) to take a look at an implemented example. Hope that helps!

[ViaCognita]

Thanks. Yes, I’m using it as a skybox. But I asked it because I’m curious about how to apply a 2D Texture to sphere.

By the way, in Unreal I think it is just applying it a sphere.

[Nawrot]

This look like HDR texture, it does not use sphere mapping. Instead google for HDR skybox material. Or get some package from marketplace that has space skyboxes, material should be there.

For mapping to skybox with HDR you use reflection vector. Just google material like that.

[ViaCognita]

In this case, I just need to apply it to the sphere.