Automating Material Creation in Unreal Engine using Specific Texture Sets

[Poh_commander]

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 Color
• T_Metal_AO_01 → Ambient Occlusion
• T_Metal_Normal_01 → Normal
• T_Metal_Spec_01 → Specular
• T_Metal_Roughness_01 → Roughness
• T_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!