# Lighting looks like a mess. please help

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/lighting-looks-like-a-mess-please-help/324039>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** light, Lights, unreal-engine, editor, Lighting, UE4, question\
**Created:** [July 4, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/lighting-looks-like-a-mess-please-help/324039 "2015-07-04T07:36:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_f89beac21](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_f89beac21](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_f89beac21)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/lighting-looks-like-a-mess-please-help/324039/1 "2015-07-04T07:36:54Z")

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my lighting looks…sloppy at best. very rounded, and the corners are all messed up.

 ![49008-capture.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/9/c/4/9c4459df193f9954517ec400ee0cb2f73db0256a.png)

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_2ed5b4c7](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_2ed5b4c7](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_2ed5b4c7)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/lighting-looks-like-a-mess-please-help/324039/2 "2015-07-04T09:44:24Z")

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Hi!

I think, that your shadows is low quality. Read this troubleshooter about tweaking a source of lights and shadows.

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**Author:** ![Rycer76](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Rycer76](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Rycer76)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/lighting-looks-like-a-mess-please-help/324039/3 "2018-07-24T11:10:59Z")

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Increase lightmap resolution in the object’s properties.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_f26c856c1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_f26c856c1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_f26c856c1)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/lighting-looks-like-a-mess-please-help/324039/4 "2018-07-26T17:32:39Z")

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True! /on the receiving surface = floor/