Best way to blend textures together, like in a world editor, in Maya's viewport?

umbrellabuddha

Is it possible to blend textures together as you would in a world editor or game engine, in Maya's viewport? I was only able to find tutorials doing this at render time, but I want to be able to have this effect in real time. If anyone knows, or could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it, thanks!

frubes

google vertex chameleon. I think that provides realtime feedback for vertex blending via the alpha channel and such but i think you have to pay for it. I believe you get a 15 day fully functioning trial though so if its something you can do quickly and its a one off you might be able to still get some use out of it.

edit: - http://www.renderheads.com/portfolio/VertexChameleon/

rube

Brice's environment shader will do that nicely in maya.


http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=54839

malcolm

We've gone the way of the cgfx shader similar to Brices, blend 3 textures based on vert colour. You can also use a layer texture to blend using masks, but this means your uv's on the terrain have to be maintained.