SOLVED: sometimes material layers only appear when applying twice

aphexx

hi, i had this issue a few times, where i apply a smart material and it won't show up.
but when applying it a second time with the same procedure it will show.
what am i doing wrong?

aphexx

sry i think i just found out.
i had a selection active in the albedo document, which was automatically deselected after the first apply.
then the second apply worked.

so reminder to myself: "be sure to deselect any hidden selection before doing anything" hidden selections sigh..

Eric Ramberg

Hi Aphexx!

This actually REALLY helped narrowing down what´s causing this bug!
it has happend to me a lot even though I did not select anything, but this gives a hint at what could cause this, thank you

aphexx

you're welcome
you can actually see a small rectangle around the uv island in the first picture. this pointed to selections.