Material Functions

Decorix · July 14, 2014, 7:34pm

Hi all,

I’m currently working on a new landscape material based on a tutorial.

Which uses a Materialfunction. In my previous landscape material I had the
possibilty to adjust parameters on the fly using a instance. For eg… scaling UVs
of my rocks,grass, or distance blend falloff, NormalIntensity,etc.

Now with this Materialfunction which consist of only texture setup I would
like to build in more parameters. But you can’t even add scaler parameter.

My question do you build parameters out side material function?

Thanks in advanced

Jacky · July 14, 2014, 7:39pm

Which material function did the tutorial use? Material functions shouldnt prevent you from having scalar or vector parameters really.

Skynet · July 14, 2014, 10:20pm

Maybe a “Function Input” is what you are looking for.

Here is an example:

Especially these pictures should explain the use of a Function Input:

Decorix · July 15, 2014, 10:34am

Thanks alot for the info.

I’ve looked into Materialfunctions a bit more, but i’m still struggeling. I have instanced my material and my Rock_Normal_Scale parameters are showing up, but
changing the values isn’t doing much Does anybody see anyting strange? Thanks