Hello there I’m try to reach the goal of making or editing Unreal Engine from C++ side.
One of the things I always wanted to know is how to make a MATERIAL NODE for which could be spawned at the material editor. For instance something like below which is NOT a CUSTOM NODE :
Now I have came across some articles where this topic was touched; however never got explained clearly one how does it work
While the article no.2 does give the insight; however; my first AIM is to call a .usf as a native material node for instance the SkyAtmosphereViewLuminance node which does gives off the color from SkyAtmosphere.usf
So here I created a very basic .usf named " test_f.usf "
Also, the load-phase is “PostConfigInit” as it’s what any Shader module needs to have.
You may ask why I want to do such thing via a Plugin. .
I just want it to be modular and avoid editing engine code as much as possible; also this " GENERIC " plugin is a free for all for Unreal.
Now could anyone give me some info on how I can call/link my .usf to MaterialExpression and also make it possible to appear as a spawnable material node ? ?
Hi, I am looking to create a custom node based on SkyAtmosphereLightDirection or AtmosphereSunLightVector. Except that instead of from the light, I would like to retrieve the Forward Vector from a selected object in the scene. I assume that the Forward Vector is what the AtmosphereSunLightVector provides. Do you think it’s possible to rework an existing node or create a new one that will behave identically to the original and allow you to point to the object whose Forward Vector it will feed? Assuming that the node will occur several times in the material, probably, as in SkyAtmosphereLightDirection, an Index input will be needed. (Actor Index/Object Index)
