HDRI not emitting light

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Hi guys, having an issue with my HDRI not lighting my exterior environment blockout.
I have been browsing some threads and forums to see if anyone fixed the same issue and have tried a bunch of fixes to no avail.
I was following William Fauchers ‘Lighting in UE5 for beginners’ tutorial and not sure what went wrong.

Any help would be very much appreciated!!

Here are some fixes I have tried:

  • Disabled all ray tracing in the project settings (Hardware ray tracing, ray traced shadows, etc)
  • Increased the HDRI size above 500
  • Disabled visible in ray tracing in the HDRI geometry
  • Deleted all other sources of light
  • Disabled Cast Ray Traced Shadows in the HDRI_Projection material
  • Changed the intensity of the HDRI

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I think the mesh ( the sky ball ) is casting a shadow. You can disable it in the details in the level.

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Thanks for the reply, unfortunately this doesn’t seem to be the issue, appreciate any other fixes you may know :blush:

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What lighting do you have in the level?