Reference materials?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Just like for reference objects, is it possible to have reference materials that would have a parent material and then child materials that would be changed when the parent is changed, but could have their unique settings also?

For example, in UDK this is possible, if I remember correctly.

Thanks in advance,

MP

[Anonymous]

You can have instanced maps common to different materials.

You could have a parent material, then through Material to Shader plug it into any number of mental ray materials that could have different properties.

[Anonymous]

.. and to add to that, make sure you are using the Slate material editor, as it makes the relationships between materials much easier to visualise.

[Anonymous]

Thank you both. I will try the solution suggested.

[Anonymous]

No, actually I think that would not work.

What I am after is:

I have objects A and B. Both share material M. However, for A, diffuse map is D1 and for B diffuse map is D2 in the material M, which otherwise has all the same properties and settings for A and B.

[Anonymous]

In thast case you should have a single material, map the diffuse with a Multi/Sub Map. Then you have up to 20 sub maps applied to the one material. The maps can be assigned by Object ID, Material ID, Smoothing Group or Random.

[Anonymous]

Nice. This is what I was looking for, thanks!