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animate1978
UE4 shaders
I know MB-Lab is first and foremost designed for Blender Cycles but has anyone tried to use the latest MB-Lab 1.7.0 with Unreal Engine 4? If so, would you mind sharing your UE4 material? Or at least give some tips as to how to make the models look closest possible (I know it can never be 100%) to how they look in Blender Cycles?
Here's mine. It does a decent job for in-game character customization but the characters look pretty bad themselves (not even half as good as they look in Cycles)
Maybe we can keep this issue open as a one-stop for all UE4 users of MB-Lab, where we can share our materials, tips and tricks regarding incorporating MB-Lab into Ue4 games
My UE4 Material is nowhere near as complex as yours, in fact I am taking pointers from your network.
It just looks complex because of all the in-game customizations trying to replicate the MB-Lab UI in Blender (skin color, muscle tone, etc). This is meant for RPGs etc with customizable player and NPCs. The actual 'shader' bit that makes the models look good is pretty weak honestly. For example, for the base color, if you ignore the nodes used for skin color customizations, it's basically just the diffuse texture plugged straight into base color :P
this looks quite nice, but skin details like veins and pores seem to be lost with this technique, as well the skin close ups seem very dry and not soft like most skin
