Unreal Engine: Cliff and Rock Shader with Tileable Textures

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Jake Guest

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1. Introduction

1. Introduction.mp4

03:07

2.1 RockShaderTutorial.zip

2. Overview of the project.mp4

05:18

2. Project Set-up

1. Project Set-up and Base Material.mp4

19:50

2. Setting up the Normal Map.mp4

09:03

3. Setting up Masking Functions

1. Mask Set-up.mp4

14:39

2. Blending Materials.mp4

17:50

3. Mask Blending and Dirt Material.mp4

08:38

4. Dirt Blend.mp4

15:27

5. Top Down Blending.mp4

05:37

4. Finishing up the shader, making refinements and building rock formations

1. Finishing the Shader.mp4

07:54

2. Refining the Blend Mask in Substance Painter.mp4

09:58

3. Finishing the Mask and creating Rock Formations.mp4

09:06

Description

Create a game ready Rock and Cliff Shader in Unreal Engine using Tileable Textures and Masks

What You'll Learn?

Setting up base materials in Unreal Engine with Object Scaling
Use tileable textures for large scale assets
Blending between multiple materials using masks
Practical use of Material Functions inside of Unreal
Creating and packing masks in Substance Painter
Setting up a flexible and user-friendly shader

Who is this for?

Beginner and Intermediate games developers looking to set up efficient and performant shaders for their Unreal Engine project

What You Need to Know?

This tutorial can be used at any skill level, but assumes a basic understanding of 3D content creation and how to navigate software. The techniques discussed in this tutorial are used in many studios throughout the games industry and can be useful at any skill level.

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Description
Learn how to create a game-ready shader for use with rock meshes inside of Unreal Engine. With a full breakdown and follow-along style tutorial, create your own shader to use in games and personal projects. Follow along in real-time with full explanations to help understand how the shader is being put together. This tutorial is created using Unreal 4.27, but all information is still applicable for use in Unreal Engine 5.

Skill Level:
This tutorial can be used at any skill level, but assumes a basic understanding of 3D content creation and how to navigate software. The techniques discussed in this tutorial are used in many studios throughout the games industry and can be useful at any skill level.

This tutorial covers:
- Setting up base materials in Unreal Engine
- Object scaling
- How to use tileable textures for large assets
- Blending between multiple materials using masks
- Setting up a flexible and user-friendly shader
- Practical use of Material Functions inside of Unreal
- Creating and packing masks in Substance Painter

Software used:
- Unreal Engine 4 (4.27)
- Photoshop
- Substance Painter
- Quixel Bridge

(Although the software above in some cases requires purchasing, all the instructions in this video can be achieved with free software. Channel packing (in Photoshop and Substance Painter can be achieved with gimp and Quixel bridge, and asset masking can be created with Quixel Mixer)
Who this course is for:
Beginner and Intermediate games developers looking to set up efficient and performant shaders for their Unreal Engine project

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I am a Senior Environment Artist in the games industry with over 10 years experience working in Unreal Engine. I have worked on a number of projects in my career including Far Cry VR in collaboration with Ubisoft and Fracked for Playstation VR. I am currently working at Bonsai Collective on the Next Gen title; Luna Abyss.

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