I have a building where I hide the roof while adjusting the object placements inside. However when I hide the roof meshes with the visibility toggle in the outliner, it also affects the lighting, and I would like to continue to see the shadows/lighting to help in placement. I’m really just hiding it so I can pick and adjust easier. Is there already a way to do this?
If not, perhaps a 3rd state on that visibility option in Outliner would be useful.
Hi Wreker7777,
You could try playing with “Visible in” settings in the advanced section of the Render section:
2 Likes
Perhaps something like this? It’s a variant of the masked material with shadows.
holeMatShadows.zip (110.2 KB)
Thanks for your reply. Your screen shot looks like what I’m trying to achieve, however toggling the ‘Visible In Scene Capture’ doesn’t make a difference in my case.
The ‘Only Owner See’ option does have an effect, but it is the oppositive of what I want.
When the mesh is Visible (via Outliner), enabling ‘Only Owner See’ hides its shadows.
When the mesh is Not Visible (via Outliner), it has no effect.
I don’t really want to modify the materials/lighting settings as I only want to have this effect in the editor. Its really like a transparent to picking in editor type mode.
That should work with lumen and without - can you try those settings on a default cube to see if they work in your level?
You don’t need the “Owner No See” or “Only Owner See” - it hides the shadow when ticked here too…