Vertex Heightmap Blend in Max

PogoP

Hey guys,

Working on some material blending techniques, but do not have access to UDK or Cryengine. Is there any way to get a similar effect to their blend shaders using vertex paint and heightmaps, but in 3ds max?

I know there is a Cryengine shader for it, but as I said I do not have access to it.

Here's a pic of the Cryengine one in use in 3ds max:



If anyone could point me in the right direction, that would be awesome!

Thanks guys.

Computron

I thnk they took it down from the SDK site recently because its broken. There are some .FX shaders floating around with similar functions though if some kind polycounter wants to drop a link.

Drew++

Here is the one you show in that picture.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8510078/blend_layer_preview.fx



When painting, make sure you have "vertex alpha" selected.

Here's a random blend shader I found in the SDK.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8510078/cryBlendShader.fx

Eric Chadwick

Also if you need to roll your own, it's pretty easy to make one with Shader FX. I did one recently to make a lava shader. I can dig up a screenshot of the layout if you're interested.