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1. Anisotropic material solution?

   

   Topic by a3D · May 2015 · Home› Unreal Engine

   So, I've been reading a bunch of threads and discussions, googling for hours now, looking for a way to replicate an anisotropic surface inside UE4. The answer so far is basically: none of the shaders in UE4 support this. This seems to be somehow related to deferred rendering (is it true? why?) You must code your own shader…

2. Re: Anisotropic material solution?

   

   Reply by Obscura · May 2015 · Home› Unreal Engine

   I can't give you a detailed answer, but probably there is no way for doing it without coding, and its because you can't make a custom lighting model, because of the deferred rendering. If you could do it anyways, it would be a pain, because you would have to recreate the whole physically based shading, including the…