SpeedTree Trees Look Terrible in UE4

Spencer_Holmes

Hi. So, I took the plunge and subscribed to SpeedTree for UE4. However, when I import a tree into UE4 it looks absolutely terrible. I am following the video tutorials on Youtube, and I don't know whether there is something else I have to do? Has anyone else had this problem?

Obscura

No... Screenshot from the errors?

frmdbl

SpeedTree assets don't come with very realistic materials by default.
If you want the assets to look good you have to redo the textures and make better shaders.

Blenux

Also make sure to use Two Sided Foliage lighting in the Materials of the tree assets is selected also, don't use the default lighting mode.

poopipe

frmdbl said:

SpeedTree assets don't come with very realistic materials by default.
If you want the assets to look good you have to redo the textures and make better shaders.

Seconded. 

The textures are shit and  worse, they're inconsistent.  
It's best to sort them out before baking atlases etc. Processing the data afterwards is a pain in the arse.