i made a super long material and i want to make it as an add on because i’m gonna be using all the time but recreating it every time is just too long, so i was thinking that can i somehow make it as an add on so the next time i can just use it as an group node material on start up
I suppose you’re talking about Cycles… Any way, whether it’s Cycles or BI, append your material to the start up file [SHIFT F1], click the “F” button to add a fake user (so that it’s not deleted on save), save your start up file. Done!
However, I think it’s not such a good idea to populate your start up file with things that you may or may not use. It’s better to just append when the need arises.
What I do, is I create node groups for materials that I use often, then I append them from one .blend file, so I can just grab the ones I want really easily.