Distance Fields Shoreline Material

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  #1

  hippowombat - April 7, 2020 at 20h53 Last edit on April 8, 2020 at 18h22

  Note: This requires the Engine Content material function "Distance Field" to be marked as exposed to library. Typically I achieve this by copying the Distance Field function from Engine Content into my own content folder, opening it up, marking it as "expose to library" and then using it in the material above.
  
  You'll also require some images for the shorelines & noise offset. The shorelines texture can just be a black & white texture with horizontal lines going across, and then the noise texture can be a basic perlin noise.
  
  Lastly, please make sure your water mesh has, "Affect Distance Field Lighting," under the lighting section in the details panel, set to FALSE.
  
  Cheers!

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  #2

  SADraco - April 8, 2020 at 07h08

  hey, there I'm stuck at the part where ya mention:
  
  This requires the Engine Content material function "Distance Field" to be marked as exposed to library. Typically I achieve this by copying the Distance Field function from Engine Content into my own content folder, opening it up, marking it as "expose to library" and then using it in the material above.
  
  where do I find this? can you show please how this material function bp looks like?
  
  Thanks in advance

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    #3

    hippowombat - April 8, 2020 at 18h21

    Hey there, here is a quick video that shows how to enable this function:
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDIhEeZd04w
    
    Cheers!

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  #4

  ka2851 - April 8, 2020 at 19h32

  Hey hippowombat, this blueprint is amazing but when i put it in my project i end up with a solid white material, I was wondering if you had any ideas as to what i am doing wrong or if i need to change anything in the material details to get this to work?
  
  I have setup the distance filed function as suggested as well as used appropriate maps and set the affect distance field lighting to false on the water mesh.
  
  thanks in advance

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    #5

    SADraco - April 9, 2020 at 09h59

    i dont know what i did wrong but mine is completely black

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      #6

      ka2851 - April 9, 2020 at 16h49

      SADraco mine started off black as well and after I deleted it and copied it again it turned white