How to sculpt with materials

anonymous_user_9ff47521 · June 11, 2015, 5:54pm

Hi,

I was wondering how one creates terrain with his own or existing materials. The tutorial explain how to sculpt then paint, but I’d rather creates landscapes with pre-defined materials for immediate visual feedback. And I’m having a rather difficult time finding the answer in the documentation.

I have worked with Blender for a little bit, and there you seem to have to sculpt, texture and apply materials to multiple sides of a single objects which i found to be insanely dreadful.
Anyway in the following link the designer seems to be able to instantly sculpt with materials applied.
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Where do i find the needed documentation on how to achieve this, and understand the UE4 on a deeper level?

anonymous_user_2acc4e43 · June 11, 2015, 8:22pm

You need to make and edit a landscape material. There are tutorials for this, but landscape materials can get quite complex.

anonymous_user_923c79df · June 11, 2015, 10:27pm

Take a look at the vehcile sample from the marketplace (in the learn) tab. There you can find such a material

anonymous_user_9ff47521 · June 12, 2015, 12:09am

Thanks for the tips, I’ll try it out.

Its probably most efficient to reverse engineer existing materials and learn from that as you pointed out 5347.