Ryan, first of all thank you for taking the time to show me the flow. I can see exactly what you were saying now.
Secondly, I hooked it up the exact way it shows and it doesn’t seem to be using the alpha like yours is. I even changed it to the checker node to check it.
Thirdly, (Although its awesome to learn this method since I can see the application for it…) this actually isn’t what I want. This seems to be that you combine two materials into one Landscape Layer, and when it loads up only one Material is shown, then when you paint in spots it merges them together with the alpha. What I want is two Materials to be Lerped together by an Alpha, and that itself is the layer, just like how lerping two textures together work. Once they are lerped, they are combined, no painting involved in mixing them on the Landscape. That make sense?
Again, thank you for helping and for your patience.