Pathtracer and decals

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Despite my best efforts I have not been able to get decals working with the pathtracer in UE5.

I know the pathtracer is currently missing support for grooms and even eyes on metahumans but surely it can render decals?

Has anyone managed to render decals with the path tracer (or any other alternative if the actual decal material doesn’t work)?

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

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I’m guessing it isn’t possible or no one uses the pathtracer much :confused:

… or these forums get less traffic than I first thought.

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Well, unfortunately, here is a list of bad news:

Pathtracer Unsupportet Features
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You can always do it the old fashioned way and use a standard material on a plane. Obviously it doesn’t work for all use cases of decals, but for anything like painted lines, dirt, graffiti, etc. it works fine. Just make sure you disable shadows on the plane.

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