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How to Add glitter by Merging Material Attributes
Add Glitter Shader to a New Project
1. Launch Unreal Engine version 5.4 or above.
2. Create a new project by clicking GAMES, First Person, then the Create button.
3. Close the project.
4. Add Glitter Shader to the project through the Epic Games Launcher -> Unreal Engine -> Library tab or by migrating it from a project that already has Glitter Shader.
5. With Glitter Shader added to the project, reopen the project.
​6. Glitter Shader should now be added to the project in the folder Content/GlitterShader.
Add Glitter Shader to an Existing Material by Merging Material Attributes
1. Open the material Content/LevelPrototyping/Materials/M_Solid.
2. Right click anywhere on the grid and create a Material Function Call node.
3. With the new node selected, in the Details panel, select the material function MF_Glitter_MergeGlitter.
4. While holding CTRL:
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Drag Base Color from the material’s output and put it into MF_Glitter_MergeGlitter input Existing Material’s Base Color.
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Drag Metallic from the material’s output and put it into MF_Glitter_MergeGlitter input Existing Material’s Metallic.
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Drag Roughness from the material’s output and put it into MF_Glitter_MergeGlitter input Existing Material’s Roughness.
5. Reorganize the nodes so that the material function is between the parameters and the material’s output.
6. Connect the material function’s outputs to the material output node's corresponding attributes.
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NOTE: Do not connect WPO ONLY for Overlay Material. This is for Overlay Materials only.
7. Click Apply and Save.
8. That’s it! All of the blue cubes in the level should now have Glitter Shader applied with the default settings.
9. To edit the Glitter Shader parameters, open the material instance MI_Solid_Blue, the material on the blue cubes.
10. All of the Glitter Shader parameters are in groups G1 through G7. A full description of parameters can be found in the Glitter Shader User Guide.
