I got this:ERROR this model has too many materials, when trying to compile a model. Anyway I can bypass this or should I just separate the permutations into different models.

What the hell are you making

You could put various diffuse maps together and make a single one, like this:



I managed to get about 50 different permutations this way on a single model, but you will need to resize and move a bunch of uvw coordinates to get it to work properly which can be a real pain in the ass, so probably making them different models is the best way to go.
Edited by Kinnet on Mar 17, 2019 at 12:47 PM

Elite goodness



Different models it shall be cause uvw coords are not my thing

It would actually be really easy. Select the faces, go to UV-unwrap. Then just scale the existing UVmaps to be the size of one of those "Bitmap Tiles", and move it overtop of the proper tile.

Right now the UVmap takes up 1 by 1, you need to resize it so it takes up .25 by .25 and then move it over the proper bitmap. Since the UVmaps are already setup properly, it's just resizing and realigning. Like resizing an image in photoshop.


Because sometimes I do nice things, I made a quick video tutorial of how you would go about doing the suggested

Only downsides would be that materials would share the same shader, and thus have the same detail maps and such things. Normal maps wouldn't be an issue as you could use the same scaled 4x4 of the normals. But you couldn't use different cubemaps or details.
Edited by DeadHamster on Mar 17, 2019 at 09:30 PM

I'll just stick with the different models but I really appreciate the video. I should get more practice with UVW coords.

Opensauce should upgrade this number from 32 to 64.