Material System

This section contains technical details about the material system in the Atom Renderer.

ContentsDetails
Material Pipeline Shader InterfaceMaterial pipelines allow adapting material shaders to different render pipelines. The material shader interface is detailed here.
Lua Material Functor APILua material functors allow custom logic for processing material properties. The API is detailed here.
Related topicsDetails
Material System OverviewA overview of the material system and related high-level concepts.

Lua Material Functor API

Lua material functors allow custom logic for processing material properties.

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