Substance Designer 2019
- November 20, 2018
- Allegorithmic
Get on SteamSubstance Designer 2019 is a material creation and scan processing tool used in over 95% of AAA game projects. It offers a node-based workflow for creating procedural, scan-based, or hybrid Substance and MDL materials, compatible with various renderers and game engines. The game also provides updates until the end of 2019 and access to a friendly online community for support.
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Reviews
- Substance Designer is an essential tool for texture artists, offering powerful features for creating procedural materials quickly.
- The software is intuitive and convenient, making it easy to learn and use for high-quality texture creation.
- It provides extensive capabilities beyond material authoring, allowing for the creation of various texture types and procedural workflows.
- There are concerns about Adobe's acquisition and its potential impact on future updates and support, particularly for integration with game engines like Unity.
- Some users have experienced performance issues, such as lag and crashes, which may require adjustments in settings to resolve.
- The plugin support for game engines is reported to be buggy and lacking, which can hinder workflow for developers.
- optimization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Users recommend disabling threaded optimization in the NVIDIA control panel to improve performance and reduce lag or crashes in the game.
“If your game is running poorly (lags, crashes), try disabling threaded optimization in your NVIDIA control panel.”
“The optimization is so bad that it feels like I'm playing a slideshow instead of a game.”
“I constantly experience frame drops and stuttering, making the game nearly unplayable.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The stability of the plugin is criticized for being buggy and lacking essential support, particularly for Unity terrain shaders, which users feel should have been prioritized over mobile support. Despite the tool's potential, users express frustration over ongoing issues that have persisted for over a year.
“It's lacking... the plugin is very buggy still. We complained for over a year, yet they thought mobile support was more important than shader support for Unity terrain, which made no sense to anyone. Since the top assets are mostly environment-related, Substance, you have an amazing tool, but get your act together for Unity plugin.”
“The stability issues are frustrating. Frequent crashes and bugs make it nearly impossible to work efficiently.”
“I expected better performance, but the constant glitches and crashes ruin the experience.”
