Help: Creating a static mesh from another static mesh

anonymous_user_776011b61 · January 22, 2015, 4:49pm

Hi

Got the 500x500 wall. Added a material to it, made a slight change.

Now I would like to save this as another static mesh. I can do it with a BSP, but not with a existing static mesh.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

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anonymous_user_923c79df · January 22, 2015, 4:51pm

Just duplicate the mesh and the material -> then you still have the original one + the new

anonymous_user_776011b61 · January 22, 2015, 5:19pm

Hi

The only issue I have is, that I want to spawn that mesh with the different material within a BP.

Example, 1st mesh is white and I want a black version.

I can not seem to edit the material when I edit the mesh.

Should I spawn, then add material?

Regards

RyanB · January 24, 2015, 3:55am

It should be very straightforward to spawn the static mesh and then set “Set Material” on the component to modify the material.

Alternatively you could make a material with a Vector Parameter for the color, and then use “Create Dynamic Material Instance” pointing to your material as the parent, and then you can use “Set Vector Parameter” on the MID output to make any mesh any color within the BP, and then you no longer even need multiple materials.