In-Game Material doesn't look like the one from the editor

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to get a rough gold material on a painting frame, and the “M_Metal_Gold” material already in UE4 looks exactly like what I am looking for.

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However, when I apply that material to my painting frame, the material looks really smooth, not at all like the one shown in the material editor live preview.

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I am brand new to Unreal Engine, so I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong here.

Does anyone know how to make my material appear a bit rougher when applied to my painting frame?

Thanks,

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You need to make sure you have UV mapped your 3D model, without UV mapping it doesn’t know how to map a 2D image (the grunge texture) to the 3D model.

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Thanks for your answer @darthviper107 ! Yes it does seem I forgot to UV map my model.
When I look at my UV map in the mesh editor, it appears to be empty. Do I need to create it in blender (I created my mesh in blender and then exported it to UE4 as an fbx file) or can I create the map directly in Unreal Engine?

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You must create it in Blender. :slight_smile: