What would this enhancement be for?
Hammer
Describe your enhancement suggestion in more detail
As an asset designer, I pretty extensively use the tools detail textures provide. However, the material browser doesn't account for this, and so materials that rely on detail textures don't preview correctly. This can be confusing for people who are using the assets, since they have to preview the materials in hammer's 3d view to get an accurate assessment of how they look.
For example, these concrete decals all use the same base texture, but with different transparency mask textures enabled through detail blend mode 9:
Here's how they preview in the material browser currently:
What would this enhancement be for?
Hammer
Describe your enhancement suggestion in more detail
As an asset designer, I pretty extensively use the tools detail textures provide. However, the material browser doesn't account for this, and so materials that rely on detail textures don't preview correctly. This can be confusing for people who are using the assets, since they have to preview the materials in hammer's 3d view to get an accurate assessment of how they look.
For example, these concrete decals all use the same base texture, but with different transparency mask textures enabled through detail blend mode 9:
Here's how they preview in the material browser currently: