Check mesh distance field at specific worldspace point?

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So I’m trying to create a material that references distance field info at the Absolute x&y worldspace coordinates, but at a fixed z worldspace coordinate. I tried just breaking the absolute location into a 3vector, and passing the r and g values into a make component 3 vector, and then passing a constant to serve as the Z value in worldspace into the z pin of the make component 3 vector node, but it didn’t produce any results. Do materials read worldspace coordinates differently, or should a constant work in this case?

Thanks in advance!

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It should work exactly as you say, but the mesh distance fields only get information for a certain radius around the camera. Are you sure you are checking a value reasonably within the view? Are you sure there are distance field meshes in the scene?

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The mesh was too far from the camera, I’ve got it working now. Thank you! :slight_smile: