Substrate materials in Unreal Engine 5 don’t have to be intimidating! This quick-start guide is designed to help you transition from legacy UE materials to Substrate, focusing on essential concepts and practical applications. You’ll learn how to apply key concepts to develop realistic surfaces, analyze the Substrate slab to understand its role in material creation, construct material graphs using operator and helper nodes, and create a wet ice surface step by step.
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