Hello everyone,
I’m currently designing material packs for the Unreal Engine Marketplace. My folder structure is organized as follows:
Content>PackedName>Map, Material, Texture
What I want to achieve is to automate the creation of materials in Unreal Engine. Specifically, I would like a script or tool that can automatically find specific textures in the “Texture” folder (e.g., T_Metal_Base_01, T_Metal_AO_01, T_Metal_Normal_01, T_Metal_Spec_01, T_Metal_Roughness_01, T_Metal_Height_01), and place them into the corresponding slots in the material, creating and saving the material automatically.
For example, for a given set of textures, I want the script to find:
T_Metal_Base_01→ Base ColorT_Metal_AO_01→ Ambient OcclusionT_Metal_Normal_01→ NormalT_Metal_Spec_01→ SpecularT_Metal_Roughness_01→ RoughnessT_Metal_Height_01→ Height Map
And then save the newly created material instance in the appropriate folder.
I asked ChatGPT about this, and it suggested using the following Python script to achieve this:
import unreal
def create_material(material_name, base, ao, normal, spec, roughness, height):
material_path = f"/Game/YourPackageName/Material/{material_name}"
# Create Material
material_instance = unreal.AssetToolsHelpers.get_asset_tools().create_asset(
material_name, "/Game/YourPackageName/Material", unreal.MaterialInstanceConstant, unreal.MaterialFactoryNew()
)
# Assign Textures
unreal.MaterialEditingLibrary.set_material_instance_texture_parameter_value(material_instance, "BaseColor", base)
unreal.MaterialEditingLibrary.set_material_instance_texture_parameter_value(material_instance, "AO", ao)
unreal.MaterialEditingLibrary.set_material_instance_texture_parameter_value(material_instance, "Normal", normal)
unreal.MaterialEditingLibrary.set_material_instance_texture_parameter_value(material_instance, "Specular", spec)
unreal.MaterialEditingLibrary.set_material_instance_texture_parameter_value(material_instance, "Roughness", roughness)
unreal.MaterialEditingLibrary.set_material_instance_texture_parameter_value(material_instance, "Height", height)
# Save Material
unreal.EditorAssetLibrary.save_asset(material_path, only_if_is_dirty=False)
# Example call:
create_material("T_Metal_01", "/Game/YourPackageName/Texture/T_Metal_Base_01", ...)
However, I don’t have much experience with Blueprint or Python. I’ve tried, but I haven’t been successful in creating something like this myself. Is it possible to develop a material generator like this, and if so, could someone point me in the right direction or provide additional guidance?
Thank you in advance for your help!
