decals disappear under baked shadows

thatnumpty

Hi.

So decals are disappearing when shadows are baked on them, looks like this




searched a bit and found someone with the same issue >>> https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/25508/decals-not-rendered-without-direct-lighting.html


he got a reply which apparently worked but im not having any luck


did a search for BaseEngine.ini and found it


added lines


no new mode. decal still cut off by shadows.




anyone deal with this already? any tips?

Jacky

You need to put those commands to ConsoleVariables.INI, not BaseEngine.

LMP

Use the DBuffer modes.

I used a ton of decals on this piece, they are all in various DBuffer modes.

thatnumpty

Jacky wrote: »

You need to put those commands to ConsoleVariables.INI, not BaseEngine.

Tried this but im not seeing any changes in game

LMP wrote: »

Use the DBuffer modes.

I used a ton of decals on this piece, they are all in various DBuffer modes.

Decals disappear all together when I try any of those modes.

LMP

Weird... did you restart the engine and did it recompile all the shaders? When I did the changes to BaseEngine.ini (adding those 3 lines) it caused all my shaders to recompile.

This is a screenshot I just took from my base decal material.


Also, I don't know if it makes a difference but in my BaseEngine.ini modifications I put the lines at the top of the SystemSettings section.

thatnumpty

Yup I restarted unreal and my pc too. I believe it recompiled, not 100% sure. I'll try adding those lines at to the top when I get home. Maybe re-install as well if that does something.

Jacky

Not the project's ConsoleVariables but the one in Program Files > Unreal Engine > 4.1 > Engine > Config.

thatnumpty

ah ok. I'll try that out tonight.

thatnumpty

That worked! I added those lines to BaseEngine.ini in the program files directory. Thanks.