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    HOWTO: Create terrain material

    In this tutorial, you will learn how to create and use a custom terrain material that blends between various textures.

    1. Create new material

    In Content window use Right-click and select option New -> Material -> Material, then specify its name and hit Enter.

    New Material

    Then double-click on an asset to open the dedicated editor.

    2. Set Domain to Terrain

    In material properties panel change its Domain to Terrain.

    Terrain Material Domain

    3. Create material

    Add various landscape textures and implement simple linear blending using the texture layer weights (as shown in the picture below).

    Created material

    4. Assign material to terrain

    Save created material and assign it to the terrain Material property.

    Terrain Material

    You can also override per chunk material using the toolbox.

    Terrain Chunk Material Override

    5. Paint the layers

    To use the paint tool select the Toolbox -> Paint -> Select Layer and pick the terrain actor to paint over it.

    Paint Terrain Tool

    Now using the left mouse button you can paint over the terrain with the textures you specified in material.

    Paint Terrain

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    In This Article
    • 1. Create new material
    • 2. Set Domain to Terrain
    • 3. Create material
    • 4. Assign material to terrain
    • 5. Paint the layers
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