SDK Material Editor

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Hi guys,
I am returning to using the SDK, given the many efforts and updates you have made. If it helps, I have a couple of suggestions on the user experience.

I have a couple of questions about the material editor.

  1. j3m files do not open if I double click on them with the mouse, only by right clicking on them and then selecting ‘Open’.

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  2. When I open a newly created material file, the following error message appears:

smoothing groups are not supported, statement ignored: s.
  1. When active, the PBR light button, maybe it should be blue?

PBR Light OFF

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PBR Light ON

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  1. What is the right way to value fields of type Vector2,Vector3 or Vector4. The editor does not provide any hints. For example, how should the PolyOffset field be valued?
  • (-1.0, -1.0)
  • [-1.0, -1.0]
  • -1, -1
  • -1.0, -1.0

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  1. The ‘Options’, ‘Textures & Colors’ and ‘Additional RenderState’ tabs are unusable in reduced screen. Field values ​​do not fit into the default space and are not visible.

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I hope I have been helpful. Thanks for your support.

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Hello friends,
when I view a terrain in the SDK with material HeightBasedTerrain.j3md, the following message appears on the console:

Fixed function technique was ignored
Fixed function technique 'Default' was ignored for material Common/MatDefs/Terrain/HeightBasedTerrain.j3md

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Is this a bug or just a warning message?