Actor Hidden In Game for rendering

Development Rendering
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Been using this feature in 4.10 fine. The purpose is to use emissive cards to light levels.
Repro:

  • Create a material with emissive material assign to a static mesh, place in scene.
  • “Use Emissive for Static Light” = True in details of
    static mesh
  • Under Rendering tab of a static mesh “Visible” = True
  • “Actor Hidden in Game” = True
  • Expected result is the emissive cards would be
    used to light the scene while hidden
    in game.
  • Bake lighting
  • Current results, the cards are invisible to the light build. If “Actor Hidden IN Game” = False, they will now contribute to lighting.

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2

I presume you want the shadow to be baked, but not have the mesh visible.
For that, use “Cast Hidden Shadow” instead.

3

Hello whooosh,

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue, and providing some clear and simple repro steps. I was able to confirm what you are reporting and entered a bug ticket for this issue, UE-33688.

Once the issue has been addressed by our engineers, the fix will be added to the release notes for fixed issues within an upcoming full engine or hotfix release.

Let me know if you have further questions or need additional assistance.

Cheers,