Which node does the diffuse texture go into for a Physical material?

[Anonymous]

Self explanatory. I can tell which one is for Roughness, Metalness, Bump, etc...but I can't find the one for the diffuse/albedo texture, and "Base Color Map" does not seem to be the correct one.

Can someone help?

[Daf]

Hi,

Base Color Map is the correct node. Why do you think it's not correct? Where are you exporting your maps from?

[Anonymous]

Hello, sorry for the late reply. Apparently I was doing it correctly and didn't realize because I wasn't looking closely enough. 

However, the mesh that uses the material still appears all white in the viewport, and I want to fix that.

[Daf · Accepted solution]

Make sure that you have the Show Shaded Material in Viewport enabled. It's an icon/button on the toolbar in the Material Editor. And that you have assigned the material to the mesh.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2018/ENU/3DSMa...