What version of UE4 you're using? Recently i've been having problems applying decals since i'm forced to use the blend mode as translucent, which makes the decal color barely noticeable.
@kohg So with decals they need direct light to be seen, GI light doesnt work unless you switch it to the DBuffer decal mode and change a few of your project settings. This video explains it all and shows you how to fix it. But as a warning, turning on dbuffer can have performance problems depending on how memory heavy your…
@gametime @chrisevansart Thank you guys!! Progress - moving my way through the environment assets and materials. I felt like there was too much of the same brick texture going on so I created a cinder block texture to help break up the buildings. Pretty happy with it so far and I'll be able to push my wall textures further…
@Snakos Thanks for the feedback on the bricks, I thought the grout was looking too clean as well so I have gone back into designer and dirtied it up a bit more but im planning on adding some vertex painting later on and will add a lot more grunge and leaks as well as some graffiti decals which will all help place them and…