DrawDebugLine unlit?

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Hi,

In 4.7.3+ engine version I see that debug lines, which can be drawn through DrawDebug[Line/Point/Sphere] now getting light and darkness.

Is this bug or feature? And how I can make them unlit like before?

Thanks

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Hi MordskoyZmey -

Can you let me know what thickness, color and duration you are using in your debug setup? I am not seeing my lines be effected by lighting in the level. I am using a Red Color (1,0,0,1) and a thickness of 1 with a duration of 5 secs.

Let me know -

Eric Ketchum

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My setup is

DrawDebugLine( World, Position1, Position2, FColor::Cyan, true, -1.0, 0, 1);

I am using FlushPersistentDebugLines()

Maybe this happens because of this settings (using for right decals):

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Hi MorskoyZmey -

I am still not getting the behavior that you are describing, my debug lines and spheres are rendering as expected without lights. I also tried as in the picture below, to turn on DBuffer Decals and the Early Z-Pass settings with no rendering differences.

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Could you post a screenshot of what you are getting when the lines and spheres render for you?

Thank You

Eric Ketchum

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Hi MorskoyZmey -

We have not heard back from you in a few days, so we are marking this post as Resolved for tracking purposes. If you are still experiencing the issue you reported, please respond to this message with additional information and we will offer further assistance.

Thank you -

Eric Ketchum

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Sorry for delay. Just tested 4.7.5

Still have an issue with lines lighting

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Hey MorskoyZmey-

Where in your code is the line you mentioned earlier declared and where/how is it getting called? Also, how are you calculating the Position1 and Position2 variables? I created a function for an actor that when called gets the player location as the line start and the actor’s location as the line end and makes the call to DrawDebugLine(). If possible could you post the code you used so that we can make sure our setup matches.

Cheers

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I don’t get how line position can affect the line rendering. I have some points in space, nothing special. I can say that I drawing persistent debug lines and spheres in actor Tick method, after FlushPersistentDebugLines call, so they persis until next Tick called.

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If you’re drawing the lines on Tick then that means they are being redrawn every tick. I can’t say for certain what effect that would have without knowing how they are setup. Could you show us the code you use so that I can test out the same thing on my end?