Maya related: Why does my mesh turns black?

Kyle_butler

My file was just right.
I saved it last night, and when I opened it today, the mesh was all black, as if the normals were off. I tried to reverse them, but nothing changes. The only way it worked was when I raised the subdivision levels (by pressing 3, on my keyboard).

Is there any other way around that?

Kot_Leopold

Your normals seem to be locked. Go to Normals -> Unlock Normals. That should do it.

Kyle_butler

Kot_Leopold, thanks a lot! Problem solved. =D

Jeff Parrott

Just future reference if that doesn't work then after unlocking Set to Face and then soften/harden where needed. Maya likes to do stuff like that.

Kyle_butler

Thanks, Jeff. I'll keep that in mind.