I am confused about what kind of surface materials supports the Displacement option in Edit Material

I am confused about what kind of surface materials supports the Displacement option in Edit Materials. I have tried to import a lot of different materials through the Content browser in Dash but i never seem to get any diplacement options. Nanite, DX12 and Tesselation is enabled so i can get it to work with other materials.

Mikkel StrøbechOP•10/30/24, 2:56 PM

Imported materials is based mostly on SurfacePBR master material which doesn't contain Displacement options.

Mikkel StrøbechOP•10/30/24, 3:19 PM

Another thing i have problems with is the scattering density. In the screenshot you can see i am trying to scatter rocks on a surface. The density is at max which seems to be 10. It is a larger surface at approx 170x170 meters but when i look at how densely you can scatter grass on large areas i am wondering why i have nearly 2 meter distance between the rocks on average.

MMikkel Strøbech I am confused about what kind of surface materials supports the Displacement opt...

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•10/30/24, 3:28 PM

Our Material Edit and Blend Material tools only supports Megascans and Poly Haven assets from their respective menus within the Dash Content Browser I am afraid

We hope to give support for other assets/materials in the future!

MMikkel Strøbech Another thing i have problems with is the scattering density. In the screenshot ...

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•10/30/24, 3:29 PM

I think the problem here might be that you need to scroll down to Misc, and then increase the Max Count

IIbra thanks i have pulled 1.6.1 but got thrown with this error tho as you said its ve...

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•10/30/24, 3:33 PM

Yee our devs is so so busy right now so can't steal their time unfortunately

But maybe this old thread helps:hey guys, i install today Dash, I did

Bleak•10/30/24, 6:54 PM

ok why does dash hate me

Bleak•10/30/24, 6:57 PM

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Costantino•10/31/24, 4:32 AM

hello, maybe something wrond during the installation.
If you open the plugins manager, do you see Dash?

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Ilgar•10/31/24, 6:10 AM

It's a bug that we fixed and it will be pushed in next update. To make it show extract this zip DASH_INSTALL_FOLDER\Modules\GN\ContentLibrary\Backends\IESLibrary\IesLibraryContents.zipDASH_INSTALL_FOLDER\Modules\GN\ContentLibrary\Backends\IESLibrary\IesLibraryContents.zip so you get this result

Ilgar•10/31/24, 6:11 AM

also restart unreal

DDanielFreden (Dash for UE5)Our Material Edit and Blend Material tools only supports Megascans and Poly Have...

Mikkel StrøbechOP•10/31/24, 1:03 PM

This is not true for Polyhaven maps. I have tried a lot of them. Even though they do import a Displace texture map it can not be used without manually changing a lot of things. No displace or height option for material. Are you thinking of using modelling tools with mesh displacement options?

MMikkel Strøbech This is not true for Polyhaven maps. I have tried a lot of them. Even though the...

Adnan Chaumette•10/31/24, 1:07 PM

Yeah the Polyhaven process is a bit finnicky right now. They do give you a displacement map when you download 4K textures, but one thing we're working on right now is a universal Albedo + Normal + ORM + Displacement setup that will work for Megascans assets in FAB, Polyhaven, and anything else you have. We're packing the textures automatically when needed, so as a user, the process will get much simpler, plus your own content will be usable, provided it follows that universal format.

Adnan Chaumette•10/31/24, 1:07 PM

This should be ready within a week or two, I think.

AAdnan Chaumette This should be ready within a week or two, I think.

Mikkel StrøbechOP•10/31/24, 1:07 PM

Mikkel StrøbechOP•10/31/24, 1:11 PM

How do i access the Blend Material tools as demonstrated in https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jQNygNWDweA

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MMikkel Strøbech How do i access the Blend Material tools as demonstrated in https://www.youtube....

DanielFreden (Dash for UE5)•10/31/24, 1:35 PM

Here in this video around 18:00, Tamas shows how to use the Blend tool

https://youtu.be/RA3yGbCvxIU?si=ldJkSXrNKs9YcVuq&t=1082
Let us know if something ain't working as expected for you

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DDanielFreden (Dash for UE5)Here in this video around 18:00, Tamas shows how to use the Blend tool 🙂 https:...

Mikkel StrøbechOP•10/31/24, 1:39 PM

Thanks!

HHussin Khan (UAI)@Daniel - COO @Adnan Chaumette If it's not too much trouble, may I suggest hos...

Adnan Chaumette•11/1/24, 7:01 AM

Yeah I'm planning to do that with 1.8.5

lots of stuff to cover from that update and 1.8 too

Adnan Chaumette•11/1/24, 7:02 AM

OllieNFT•11/2/24, 10:39 AM

Anybody is experimenting issues with asset library?

Mikkel StrøbechOP•11/2/24, 2:16 PM

I found an error where Dash forgets material settings when i open a project again. In my Blend Material i set the Global Tiling to 10 instead of the default 1,0. When i open the same project again it has switched back to 1.0. How can i freeze these values or make it remeber the changes i make? Do i use "Execute Tool"?

KKinglaw_2023 is it possible for now to use the Dash scatter with megascans that are already i...

Adnan Chaumette•11/2/24, 6:58 PM

Yes it's definitely possible! Check the getting started documentation, we cover the process at length:
https://docs.polygonflow.io/getting-started/quickstart#surface-scatter

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Bblueq Hello! i am new here. I just downloaded the trial and wanted to ask if there is ...

Adnan Chaumette•11/2/24, 8:17 PM

Hi! You can scatter Megascans content fairly easily; drag & drop it inside your scene, then scatter it using the instructions in the link above

Adnan Chaumette•11/2/24, 8:17 PM

we'll add support for Fab very soon to make it all available in our content browser again

Bblueq Hey, no menu pops up when i use the scatter button.

Adnan Chaumette•11/2/24, 9:08 PM

what do you mean by scatter button? you mean when you click on this?

I am confused about what kind of surface materials supports the Displacement option in Edit Material

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