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Oops -- make it clear that this doesn't apply to Cycles
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Assuming the OCC texture is ambient occlusion, there's no direct input for it on a Principled Shader. A

It's also really important to note that it's not really a sensible texture to use with the Cycles renderer. See these other questions. Cycles already does, using ray tracing, what the ambient occlusion texture is trying to "fake".

If you're using Eevee, then there's an ambient occlusion option in the rendering tab, though it's only an approximately, and you might not like the results. For Eevee, a reasonable thing to do would be to use itthe ambient occlusion texture as a factor to mix the diffuse texture with black. If you use it, it's probably a good idea to make sure the rendering engine has itsEevee's own ambient occlusion feature is shut off.

Using the low-res versions of this crate texture, here's the node set-up I used to incorporate the diffuse, normal, ambient occlusion, and reflective occlusion maps:

Node setup for ambient occlusion

Here's the result in Eevee with Eevee's own ambient occlusion turned off. The middle crate is shaded using the above node network. The left crate shows what happens if you leave the ambient occlusion texture out (just diffuse). The right crate, for reference, isn't shaded by Eevee -- it's just the exact texture (displayed using an emission node) from the reference photo for the texture.

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Assuming the OCC texture is ambient occlusion, there's no direct input for it on a Principled Shader. A reasonable thing to do would be to use it as a factor to mix the diffuse texture with black. If you use it, it's probably a good idea to make sure the rendering engine has its own ambient occlusion shut off.

Using the low-res versions of this crate texture, here's the node set-up I used to incorporate the diffuse, normal, ambient occlusion, and reflective occlusion maps:

Node setup for ambient occlusion

Here's the result in Eevee with Eevee's own ambient occlusion turned off. The middle crate is shaded using the above node network. The left crate shows what happens if you leave the ambient occlusion texture out (just diffuse). The right crate, for reference, isn't shaded by Eevee -- it's just the exact texture (displayed using an emission node) from the reference photo for the texture.

enter image description here

Assuming the OCC texture is ambient occlusion, there's no direct input for it on a Principled Shader.

It's also really important to note that it's not really a sensible texture to use with the Cycles renderer. See these other questions. Cycles already does, using ray tracing, what the ambient occlusion texture is trying to "fake".

If you're using Eevee, then there's an ambient occlusion option in the rendering tab, though it's only an approximately, and you might not like the results. For Eevee, a reasonable thing to do would be to use the ambient occlusion texture as a factor to mix the diffuse texture with black. If you use it, it's probably a good idea to make sure Eevee's own ambient occlusion feature is shut off.

Using the low-res versions of this crate texture, here's the node set-up I used to incorporate the diffuse, normal, ambient occlusion, and reflective occlusion maps:

Node setup for ambient occlusion

Here's the result in Eevee with Eevee's own ambient occlusion turned off. The middle crate is shaded using the above node network. The left crate shows what happens if you leave the ambient occlusion texture out (just diffuse). The right crate, for reference, isn't shaded by Eevee -- it's just the exact texture (displayed using an emission node) from the reference photo for the texture.

enter image description here

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K. A. Buhr
  • 2.2k
  • 7
  • 10

Assuming the OCC texture is ambient occlusion, there's no direct input for it on a Principled Shader. A reasonable thing to do would be to use it as a factor to mix the diffuse texture with black. If you use it, it's probably a good idea to make sure the rendering engine has its own ambient occlusion shut off.

Using the low-res versions of this crate texture, here's the node set-up I used to incorporate the diffuse, normal, ambient occlusion, and reflective occlusion maps:

Node setup for ambient occlusion

Here's the result in Eevee with Eevee's own ambient occlusion turned off. The middle crate is shaded using the above node network. The left crate shows what happens if you leave the ambient occlusion texture out (just diffuse). The right crate, for reference, isn't shaded by Eevee -- it's just the exact texture (displayed using an emission node) from the reference photo for the texture.

enter image description here