Normal problem in Unread ed 3

Harryscary276

First let me say I am no expert in unread ed, actually at this point I hate it actually but I have to use it so I am stuck

Anyway I am having a normal problem that when I fix it it causes another problem

I import this model made in Maya to the level



I noticed this normal problem so I removed it, went into Maya, selected this part of the object (the thing is in peaces so I can make small modifications like this) and reversed the normals. When I re imported it into the editor it looked like everything was fixed in the view port but after building I play tested the level and the mesh was gone, their was nothing their but the shadows

I compared the two and other than the normal change of the tubes the original and the new one have the exact same settings so I cant figure out why it decided to do this

Things like this is why I hate unreal ed,

Thanks for any help you may be able to give

JohnnyRaptor

looks like your mesh has inverted normals

Harryscary276

I know that is not the problem, sorry I guess I should have made this clearer, the problem is when I invert the normals to fix the problem on the hose part of the mesh the entire mesh disapared in run time even thought it shows up in the editor view port

warby

its probably not being stored in your "insertmylevelname"-package so it gets lost when building / saving / cooking

Lamont

What does the shader connection look like?

Zack Fowler

It sounds like a semi-common thing I've seen with meshes not being updated for level playtesting, which is unrelated to the mesh normals. Try rebuilding geometry/lighting in the map and saving it, renaming the mesh and saving the package, removing and adding the mesh back to the map, or all three of these things.

Lamont

Pretty much do anything to make UED think the scene changed, move it from place to place so it has to rebuild the lighting.