Where are we at on the whole emissive issue messing with Metahuman hair? I just got done building a scene with lots of VDB fire around my character as well as torches. Everything looks great in the viewport, but when I try to render it, my dude is as bald as a baby.
Can anything be done about this (even as a temp fix for now)?
Hello there @MADMOVIESINC!
Indeed, this interaction within Metahuman and MRQ remains tricky, up to 5.6. Checking around the community, there are a few workarounds to tackle the problem:
Open your Groom Asset, navigate to Hair Rendering, and test switching between Cards/Strands in the Hair Strand Type dropdown.
In MRQ, test between Path Tracer and Lumen, as Lumen tends to interact better with Metahuman in the latest UE versions
Add low intensity spot lights near your emissive sources, so the hair is illuminated properly, and doesn’t dissapear
In your project settings, search “skin cache” and increase the default value to about 512MB
Additionally, you can test further methods by following community tutorial below:
Thank you! I will try that. I appreciate the help.