I’m trying to get the hang of landscape materials and painting with them, but I ran into a problem with the smoothing tool. When I try to blend the layers using the smoothing tool I get all kind of weird results. I created a new level and material to experiment.
I used very sharp brushes so that the smoothing tool’s effect is more visible. I drew the same stroke 3 times, each time with a different layer selected.
It is a great introduction to the best methods of setting up landscapes and painting materials. It even has a download for a test material that I still use as a basic template for my own landscapes. As far as getting good transitions you might consider using height blending. Play around with some of the starter content materials to get a good idea of the methods of getting smooth transitions. Again, I highly recommend at least checking out the link above as it also has some great directions on using official documentation on the subject of landscape painting.
It doesn’t seem to be the issue of the material, beacuse the /Engine/Tutorial/Landscape/TutorialAssets/Landscape_Material template material has the same “issue”. The problem seems to be that the smoothing tool only affects one layer, and cannot be used to affect multiple. I’m looking for a way to do that, because it would significantly speed up creating transitions where 3 or more layers meet.
