Creating Random Values in Materials based on Object Position

Today we have a look at how we can create almost Random Values in Materials to add variety to our shaders.
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[@xylvnking]

unsure if this node didn't exist when this video was made years ago but in 5.2 the per instance random node allowed me to make a forest of trees have variety, super cool. the frac node worked perfectly to make the color variation not entirely random.

[@AJGameDev]

Same as all the other comments here but this was SUPER helpful. Thank you for the in depth explanation.

[@tharlevfx]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mikefong5828]

I was just about to ask how to do this for procedural foliage but you already covered it. Thanks buddy! :D

[@tharlevfx]

Happy to help!

[@javieralaiz9572]

Thanks Tharle!

[@elijahgames192]

this helped me out a huge bunch, thank you.

[@tharlevfx]

Glad to hear it!

[@werti4894]

legend

[@diffusecolor]

Thanks! Very helpful

[@gangedup1]

Super fun :)

[@axelb4367]

thx

[@hervus2]

That's great, thanks!
I was just wondering how you get colours on your "foliage" spheres? Mine are still between black and white...
I should have missed something :)

[@tharlevfx]

So I would use the random black and white value to lerp between two colours - very powerful and easy to control setup

[@hervus2]

@@tharlevfx Thanks for answering. Would you suggest adding a "Lerp" right after the "vertex interpolator"?

[@gauravkulshrestha1370]

texture switch random per instance any help

[@omri1324]

Hey! How can I achieve a slightly more simple goal of having randomly either 1 or 0 in the shader?

[@tharlevfx]

Randomise a value between 0-1 and then just use an if > 0.5, 1 else 0

[@omri1324]

@@tharlevfx So simple, Thank you!

[@GordonSeal]

It's impossible to actually see your material nodes, or anything you do in detail. It's wayyy too small..

[@hardath6455]

do you have a 480p screen? because it's not that small...