Well, for ArchViz stuff, the Architecture template is probably the best start. However, keep in mind, that every template comes with it´s own settings, and that the Architecture contains different things than a Games Template. And as i have mentioned previously, one of those things the Architecture Template brings with it, is a SunSky Actor. And this one contains a Directional Light, that acts as a Sun. And unlike f.e. the standard games light source, this particular Directional Light have it´s intensity pumped up to 75 000 lux (the standard light in games template have just 3.14 lux).
So whatever you do, you have to keep this insane differene in light intensity in mind. Therefore you also need different exposure settings for those different lights.
The moment, you import (or already have by default) a SunSky actor in your scene, you will get one of those mini suns, which will overpower every other light with ease. And if your auto exposure reacts to this directional light, then all way weaker lights will look like, as if they have no or almost no effect on your scene.
Also, as far as i know, nowadays UE4 uses volumetric lightmaps, so you might want learn something about what they are and how they work (they were introduced in UE 4.18):
Here are the Docs for this, maybe you find something helpful in there:
Thank you for Your answer .
I am not sure which one of these template will bring me faster to the point of setuping the scene, and not chasing around with things which i actually wish to not even mess up with them.
Could You give me advice for workflow which will fit the needs for in-door archiviz. I dont mind any engine or template as long as it kill this pointless autoexposure and set the lights properly for a normal daytime scene indoors.
You’ve already been told repeatedly how to set a manual exposure: Either set metering mode to “manual” or set both min/max to be the same value.
The reason why your scene is blown out is because you’re just copying and pasting the numbers you see in the screenshots people are posting. The desired exposure is unique to each shot/scene. There are no universal settings for “daytime indoor scenes”. A shot looking down a windowless stairwell with fluorescent lighting is not going to have the same desired exposure as corner office with floor to ceiling windows being flooded with sunlight. You can’t just type in a fixed exposure of 1 and expect it to look good because that could be underexposed/overexposed for the amount of light in your view…
Far from being pointless, auto-exposure is practically a necessity for any content where the user has free control of the camera.
Auto exposure isn’t “pointless” it’s just an attempt (albeit sometimes poor) of the engine to mimic human eye behavior.
You need to chase around based on what your end goal is. There’s no substitute for it. Nor will you find a template that just does what you need since what you need could be just about anything.
Indoor archviz means absolutely nothing.
It’s like if you just asked us to tell you what color you would pick to paint your room…
Are you going to bake light or use ray trace?
And are you aware of what you would actually have to do to get a proper bake?
Does real sun angle matter in your projects (interiors still have external light coming in from windows that change based on facing/lat/lon/time of day/Julian calendar etc)?
Does the scene need to run at runtime, or do you just need to take screen-shots?
There’s probably another 20 questions that would narrow down a little on what you actually have to do to get to your end product, but let’s start with those and see…
Ok, besides all those questions mentioned above, i guess, the easiest start would be to just go into your SunSky actor, select that mentioned Directional Light, and reduce it´s intensity to … dunno… 10, istead the 75000.
This will not be a realistic sun anymore in terms of intensity, but otherwise it will work the same. The moment you have to deal with real world light intensities from real world light bulbs, it will give you false results, but as a first starting point, and to make some older tutorials out there useable again (which were written before the SunSky with it´s 75000 light existed), it should be ok.
I have no clue, if there is an up to date ArchViz tutorial out there, that actually uses all this new stuff. Most seem to be using older stuff, which nowadays can lead to weird results, cuz much have changed during the last few releases of UE (like that SunSky Actor and the new atmosphere system).
Not sure why the whole things all the time cycling in an endles spiral… False results?
Why should I go for bad lighting when i come to U4 for real look lighting?
I just looking for inital workflow to have great ilumination setup to start working with, and i need to have turned of this autoexposire thing. Thats all. Is this the hardest thing on this planet I am asking for?
I passed at least 50 tutorial about archviz and none went specific about these problems. Like they are not existing. Even the guys from Unreal engine in live stream somehow magical they are not havimg this weird supernovae light or eyes killing, which never hapens in real life ( except you are having some glaucoma or something ) autoexposure…
I guess, that answers my question with a big fat NOPE
Other than that, you have been given multiple answers to your questions, but it seems, there is a fundamental problem: The difference between what you EXPECT to happen, and what actually happens or how things really work. You just need to connect the dots, see how things are linked together and influence each other, and start to understand, instead of read and memorize.
F.E. your assumption that “false results” automatically equals “bad results”. Just for fun, this here is a totally accurate and real photo of a Tesla Roadster… in space :
Thats reality for you, not what most people expect. Every scifi artist would render it in a more beautiful way, if he had to do it in CGI. Physically accurate? Absolutely. Good looking? … errr… depends.
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Apology toward *** ***about not understanding what he mean at the beginning. With a bit careful look and play with the templates - the autoexposure problem is no more.
Thank You very much !
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