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P3D V4 PBR Material Slots

Tankerguy72

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Newbie question... dabbing into the PBR realm and noticed the maps area in the Material Editor is a bit different now. Is there still a way to add specular or bump maps? Only see slots for Albedo, Metallic, Normal, Emissive, and Detail.
 
Hughes-MDflyer4

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Specular maps aren't used in the P3D PBR workflow. You must use the Metallic map to control metalness, smoothness, and ambient occlusion. The P3D Learning Center has a PBR section that explains what each channel in the texture is used for (with some sample screenshots).

Normal maps are what FSX/P3D refer to as bump maps (which is incorrect).
 
Pyscen

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Hello...

Even though Hughes is right on the naming of the slots... Technically, the Smoothness map, a part of the Metallic map, can be interpreted as the Specular map. This is because it controls the shine or the amount of reflection.

So, if you have a Specular map from a model that needs to be converted, you can use the specular as the smoothness, with minor adjustments.
 
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