Suggestions for optimized gravel/small stones technique ? (ue4/maya)

montago

I need to put tyre tracks/imprints in but it doesn't need to be dynamic/changed during runtime so a simple static mesh is fine.

The techniques I've found don't really  work well in a realtime environment (bifrost sand simulation maya), the closest thing in ue4 I could find was snow buildup shaders but I don't think this will work well with gravel.

Any tips on what technique I could learn would be much appreciated

Thanks

sprunghunt

unreal 4 has splines that go on the terrain
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Landscape/Editing/Splines/index.html

or you can make custom meshes that have cuts in them for the tire tracks

sketchem

Is this just for adding detail or are you having them be created by a vehicle? Gearbox used decals for their decorative tire tracks in BL3. Though I think they modified the decals, instead of using the default.

https://youtu.be/R0-ynCTdCow?t=2498