Controlling texture resolution in the editor?

anonymous_user_79445162 · August 9, 2017, 4:08pm

Is there a fast way to reduce texture resolution in the editor without having to go through each and every texture? Even controlling it from each material instance would help.

cyaoeu · August 9, 2017, 5:26pm

You can load lower mipmaps by changing the engine scalability settings. It’s not per texture though.

anonymous_user_79445162 · August 9, 2017, 6:03pm

Thanks, but none of the scalability settings seem to affect the actual texture resolution. I’m really looking for an easier way to preview my scene in full, 1/2, 1/4 texture resolution

cyaoeu · August 9, 2017, 6:35pm

Try setting r.MipMapLODBias to a higher value than 0. That will force mipmaps for sure. You can look in the textures what mipmaps have what resolution too by clicking + and - next to Mip Level at the top.

anonymous_user_79445162 · August 9, 2017, 7:12pm

Thank you! r.Streaming.MipBias and r.MipMapLODBias both seem to do exactly what I was looking for! For anyone reading this in need of help:

Open the console in the editor and type …

… “r.MipMapLODBias 0” for highest / native texture resolution
… “r.MipMapLODBias 1” for 1/2 texture resolution
… “r.MipMapLODBias 2” for 1/4 texture resolution

And so on for forcing lower mipmaps on all textures in your scene.