HOWTO: Create a decal

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create and use decals. Follow the instructions to create a simple blood stain. If you need the required texture checkout the official Flax Samples repository to get one.

1. Create a material

The first step is to create a new material asset (see the Materials Basics page to learn how to do it).

2. Set Domain to Decal

The next step is to open the material editor and change the material Domain to Decal as shown in the picture below.

3. Add the decal texture

Now drag and drop the texture you want to draw as a decal. Then connect it with the material color and opacity properties as show in the picture below. You can also see the preview of the decal in the Material Preview panel.

4. Save the material

Press Ctrl+S or click the Save button to save the changes in the material asset.

5. Create a Decal actor

Now add a new Decal actor to your scene. You can drag and drop it from the Toolbox Window (Visuals tab) or use a Scene Tree Window and the dedicated context menu.

6. Assign material

Select the created decal actor and assign the material to its Material property.

7. See the results

Your decal is ready. You can use it in your game. Also, decals can be spawned at runtime via a C# script and you can create a virtual dynamic material instance to modify the decal parameters, for instance: fade off the decal after a timeout.