Smart Texture Baker - One-Click PBR Optimization Tool
📚 Documentation & Support Full installation guide, usage instructions, and troubleshooting are available below:
💡 Overview Smart Texture Baker is a high-efficiency tool designed to automate your texture baking workflow. With a single click, you can bake complex material graphs into standardized, game-ready PBR textures without the hassle of manual setup. Stop wasting time on repetitive tasks—optimize your assets instantly while keeping your project organized.
🔥 Core Features (v2.0 Upgraded)
✨ Zero Material Setup (NEW): Non-destructive workflow. Captures textures directly without altering your master material nodes.
🚀 One-Click Multi-Channel Baking: Simultaneously bake BaseColor, ORM, Normal, Specular, Emissive, and Opacity.
⚙️ Auto-Assemble Materials (NEW): Automatically generates a Material Instance (MI) and assigns all baked textures instantly upon completion.
💾 Persistent UI Settings (NEW): Auto-saves your workflow configurations (resolutions, checkboxes) for your next session, complete with a 1-click reset button.
🛠️ Advanced Asset Management (NEW): Features 1-Click Virtual Texture (VT) conversion, custom output paths, and smart auto-subfolder creation.
📦 Auto ORM Packing: Automatically packs Occlusion (R), Roughness (G), and Metallic (B) into a single optimized texture to reduce draw calls.
🛡️ Safe Overwrite System: Re-bake anytime! Intelligently updates existing asset references, ensuring your model's material links never break.
🧠 Anti-Crash VRAM Management: Prevents GPU crashes (D3D Device Lost) when baking 4K+ textures by automatically managing streaming pools.
🛠️ Technical Details
Type: Editor Utility Plugin (Blueprint)
Supported Versions: Unreal Engine 5.4 - 5.8
Dependencies: "Editor Scripting Utilities" (Enabled by default)
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