Hi,
first of all: I am a total UE4 beginner! I followed a few tutorials from the UE page and I was about to experiment with the material editor. But I can’t really see anything in the Material Editor Viewport. (picture example) I checked all the viewport settings, it is on “lit”. I know, it is a noob problem and I am probably one click away from the solution, but I can’t find it! Thanks in advance for any help!
Did you accidentally move the light source? Hold L and drag the mouse around in the viewport.
Thanks for the quick answer, but that didn’t solve the problem. If I click “L” a white arrow appears, which indicates the light direction, but it has no impact on the scene
Yes, I have, strange, isn’t it?
Yes, it is with all the materials
is it the same with all the other materials?
Yes, no idea, somehow you’ve got a sunset there… :-/
also, do you have auto exposure enabled? (tick lit => auto exposure)
I’ve got it. You accidentally tweaked the preview scene settings:
if you don’t see the preview tab, use window → preview scene settings.
Just put everything back to default. I suspect you tweaked the skylight, it should be 1.
Yes, you’ve got it! That was the problem!
It seems I messed up twice: First I unintentionally tweaked the skylight setting and I somehow managed to close the "Preview Tab in addition, so I even didn’t gave myself the chance to figure it out on my own.
I really appreciate your help! Thanks to everybody how tried to solve that problem!
Noob out.