Use Vray scene data on material?

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Say I want to import a blend shader with crazy logic from… Maya via vrscene… is there a way to enable imported shader to use scene data?
If so, is there a way to assign a “proxy” shader to help visualise it in UE & use complex for render in vray?

Regards
Dariusz

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Hi Dariusz,

Yes, you can set the imported material to use the vrscene data at render time. You can do that by enabling “Render material from vrscene” on the imported materials:https://docs.chaos.com/display/VRAYU…+from+.vrscene
You can modify the material in the content browser however you like but when rendering, the material from the vrscene description will be used.

Best regards,
Alexander

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Awesome thanks!
Heh, I looked everywhere for a checkbox… never accured to me it might be a context menu… cool !

Ok 1 more question, can I somehow link attributes/colors between UE shader and vrscene material ?
I take I would need some kind of ${UE_MatName_attrName.etc.etc.etc} to be added to vrscene content script.
I’m guessing I cant now, but could I in future?

I could make proxy shader in UE to imitate Vray complex one & share some controls between each other this way…

Thanks!

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Can you give a more detailed example of the usecase? Because V-Ray for Unreal can render UE shaders(simple and more complex). There is a render materials using external libraries: V-Ray for Unreal Can that work for your case?

Best regards,
Alexander

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I think this might be it! Thanks, will give it a go.