Singe Texture multiple materials

h0ntr

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to ask if there is any benefit of having multiple materials using the same set of maps (diffuse, normal, gloss and metalness)

I am working on this project where I was told that I can use more than one material. I just can't find any advantage of that. Am I overlooking something?

Obscura

Yes, there can be benefits. You can use different tiling or any effect on the individual materials.

Eric Chadwick

Yep. A good example is team colors. You can use a texture channel (alpha for example) as a mask for where the color is applied, then a material param to change that color.

Some info here
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Texture_atlas

h0ntr

I see, thank you very much.