This might be sketchy, but you can just try pulling out the values from the green channel of the normal map, and use that as a mask/multiply layer on top of the diffuse. Since the Y channel of the normal map stores the normal vectors that face up and down in uv space, you might end up with the effect of having a light…
In the lightmass settings you could try lowering your diffuse boost to 1 and lower your number of bounces. Ideally you would want to have finished materials on your assets that make up your level, because their color will greatly impact the scene's bounce light. Right now you have a gray material on everything which will…
Yup this is the issue even present in UDK demo map, umm forgot the name, but you know the new demo video that came with UDK where it shows plants and ruined ancient buildings, ah its called UDK day and night map i think :D . Seems like UDK dont like perpendicular lights on meshes, you will always get this issue. I have…
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Maybe I misunderstood this from UDK but since they're separate pieces being driven through a facade script, shouldn't the lightmap be different for every piece that's being reused? After all if I had two props in a scene the lightmaps would be different depending on the lighting in the surrounding areas, right? Is it that…
Plush is probably not the best choice for (detailed) photo scanning, as the deeper parts between the hair are obscured pretty quickly when you change your position and you'd need a crazy resolution to scan the actual hair. The overall falloff/fresnel effect caused by this might not matter that much, but could still play a…
Hey guys I am trying to build lighting in my ue4 scene but I am having way too many issues with the bakes. Heres how it looks in preview mode - The landscape does not light properly. - The lighting does not look anywhere near what it is supposed to. first shot in detail lighting mode second shot lit mode, notice how the…
Brought in a static mesh (Shed) into UE4 and I've gotten this message upon importing and after baking lighting. "Shed has degenerate tangent bases which will result in incorrect shading. Consider enabling Recompute Tangents in the mesh's Build Settings." Yes I have already tried enabling Recompute Tangents and that didn't…
Thanks for the tips everyone, the UV real estate is being shared with another item in the scene at the moment. I guess the issue is up in the air...maybe a sticky thread about lightmapping is in order? anyhoo I really appreciate everyone's input and its has helped me grasp what needs to be done to get this sort of thing to…