Landscape vs Static Mesh material painting

Elod.H

Hey everyone,

Just a quick question regarding high quality material creation and blending in UE4. I'd like to know what or if there are any big advantages using the Lansdcape tool to create terrains vs. just importing a static mesh terrain (which was nicely sculpted in ZB) when it comes to material creation. I would like to focus heavily on blending multiple materials in my scene.

Thank you!

Obscura

The advantage of a landscape actor is the built in tessellation based LOD, and sculpting ability. Not much else. But the LOD is a big thing. Landscape material can use the same blending functions as a regular material. The structure of the material would be a little bit different from a regular landscape mat, you would need to use "layer samples".

Check this one out:
http://polycount.com/discussion/180187/tutorial-landscape-material-breakdown

Tfoxxer

You could always create a Height map from your Zbrush Sculpt and import into the landscape.