Please help these lighting issues, Objects too bright with objects appearing immissive or overly relefective

Sonic_Poloboy · November 12, 2025, 9:13pm

Please help these lighting issues, Objects too bright with objects appearing immissive or overly relefective. HWats happenign and How do I fix it. I could not find any relective control buttons or emissive control buttons and could not get to any node graph (not that I have amny idea what doign with them, ie what to connect to what) > Under windows I could not find any material editor or grpah editor under menu7s or just ended up woityh a texture material spahree, no nodes and evenwhen I seemed to find somehtgin by accident had no idea what to do.

XxpiingyxX · November 13, 2025, 7:33am

Do you have any warnings or errors in the Output Log?

Anything that’s colored orange/red in the Output Log that refers to a mesh/material or light?

Sonic_Poloboy · November 13, 2025, 10:11am

I Dont know where to look for warning signs, not seen any, just so9mone of my obejects like these castles, the cactus and clothes appear more like lighitgn emissive material and over bright, but tothers are not

Total clueless newbie tryig to be over ambitions with first project

Sonic_Poloboy · November 13, 2025, 10:11am

bear in mind over ambitions total cluless newbie here

Sonic_Poloboy · November 13, 2025, 10:16am

where do I find the output log?

XxpiingyxX · November 13, 2025, 10:37am

Window → Output Log will open the output log window.

I always anchor mine next to the content browser because I use it so much:

Sonic_Poloboy · November 13, 2025, 5:16pm

the log file is way to big to post but these are the yellow bits I found

LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Platforms/VisionOS/Content/Editor/Slate/Launcher/Platform_VisionOS_24x.png’ error.
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Platforms/VisionOS/Content/Editor/Slate/Launcher/Platform_VisionOS_128x.png’ error.

LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Content/Slate/Icons/doc_16x.png’ error.
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Content/Slate/Common/ButtonHoverHint.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [../../../Engine/Content/Slate/Common/ButtonHoverHint.png] file: [../../../Engine/Content/Slate/Common/ButtonHoverHint.png]
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [../../../Engine/Content/Slate/Icons/doc_16x.png] file: [../../../Engine/Content/Slate/Icons/doc_16x.png]
SourceControl: Revision control is disabled
LogVSAccessor: Display: Unable to create Visual Studio setup instance: 80040154
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘Common/Separator.png’ error.
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/RoundedSelection_16x.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [Common/Separator.png] file: [Common/Separator.png]
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/RoundedSelection_16x.png] file: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/RoundedSelection_16x.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘Common/ButtonHoverHint.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [Common/ButtonHoverHint.png] file: [Common/ButtonHoverHint.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘Old/HyperlinkUnderline.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [Old/HyperlinkUnderline.png] file: [Old/HyperlinkUnderline.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘Old/HyperlinkDotted.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [Old/HyperlinkDotted.png] file: [Old/HyperlinkDotted.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox.png] file: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘Common/ProgressBar_Background.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [Common/ProgressBar_Background.png] file: [Common/ProgressBar_Background.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Hovered.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Hovered.png] file: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Hovered.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘Common/ProgressBar_Marquee.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [Common/ProgressBar_Marquee.png] file: [Common/ProgressBar_Marquee.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘Common/ProgressBar_NeutralFill.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [Common/ProgressBar_NeutralFill.png] file: [Common/ProgressBar_NeutralFill.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Checked_Hovered.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Checked_Hovered.png] file: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Checked_Hovered.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/TextBlockHighlightShape.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/TextBlockHighlightShape.png] file: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/TextBlockHighlightShape.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Undetermined.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Undetermined.png] file: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Undetermined.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Checked.png’ error.
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/ComboArrow.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Checked.png] file: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Checked.png]
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/ComboArrow.png] file: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/ComboArrow.png]
LogStreaming: Warning: Failed to read file ‘../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Undetermined_Hovered.png’ error.
LogSlate: Could not load file for Slate resource: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Undetermined_Hovered.png] file: [../../../Engine/Plugins/Editor/GuidedTutorials/Content/Editor/Slate/Common/CheckBox_Undetermined_Hovered.png]
LogUsd: Attempted to call a static function from UnrealUSDWrapper before the module is actually loaded! The module will be loaded now, but not all static functions have this check. In general, please ensure an Unreal module is loaded before calling any of its static functions, for example by calling ‘FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked(“UnrealUSDWrapper”);’ beforehand.
LogWindows: Attached monitors:
LogWindows: resolution: 2560x1440, work area: (-2560, 721) → (0, 2113), device: ‘\.\DISPLAY1’
LogWindows: resolution: 1920x1080, work area: (-2192, 2161) → (-272, 3193), device: ‘\.\DISPLAY3’
LogWindows: resolution: 3840x2160, work area: (0, 0) → (3840, 2112), device: ‘\.\DISPLAY2’ [PRIMARY]
LogWindows: Found 3 attached monitors.
LogWindows: Gathering driver information using Windows Setup API
LogConfig: Applying CVar settings from Section [/Script/NNEDenoiser.NNEDenoiserSettings] File [Engine]
LogAndroidPermission: UAndroidPermissionCallbackProxy::GetInstance
LogAudioCaptureCore: Display: No Audio Capture implementations found. Audio input will be silent.
LogAudioCaptureCore: Display: No Audio Capture implementations found. Audio input will be silent.
LogGameInput: GameInputBase module startup…
LogGameInput: Warning: Failed to initalize GameInput! GAME_INPUT_SUPPORT is false!

ogLoad: (Engine Initialization) Total time: 17.92 seconds
LogTDxUnreal: Display: Exported 1751 commands and 299 images
LogSteamShared: Warning: Steam App Id provided (0) is invalid, must be greater than 0!
LogSteamShared: Warning: Failed to create steam_appid.txt. If the file doesn’t exist, SteamAPI_Init will fail.
LogSteamShared: Warning: SteamAPI failed to initialize, conditions not met.
LogSteamController: SteamController is not available

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LogGameInput: Error: [FGameInputWindowsModule] Failed to create a GameInput device! GAME_INPUT_SUPPORT is false! See GameInputBase.build.cs and the build log for more info.

LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/DevilGirl/Mesh/DevilGirl_Skeleton, a dependent package /Engine/EngineMeshes/Humanoid was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Engine/EngineMeshes/Humanoid has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Content/EngineMeshes/Humanoid’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Fab/Emperor_Angelfish/mt_EmperorAngelfish, a dependent package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Blend_DS was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Blend_DS has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Plugins/Interchange/Runtime/Content/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Blend_DS’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Fab/Pyjama_Shark__Endangered__Free/pyjama_shark_mat, a dependent package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque_DS was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque_DS has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Plugins/Interchange/Runtime/Content/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque_DS’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Fab/Saliboat/Lifesaver, a dependent package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Plugins/Interchange/Runtime/Content/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Fab/Saliboat/Sailboat, a dependent package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Plugins/Interchange/Runtime/Content/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Fab/Saliboat/Sailboat_Sail, a dependent package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Plugins/Interchange/Runtime/Content/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Cartoonyoungboy/Materials/CC_Shaders/StandardShader/MaterialFunctions/MapParameter/MF_BaseColorGlowBlend, a dependent package /Game/Cartoonyoungboy/Materials/CC_Shaders/StandardShader/MaterialFunctions/MapParameter/ColorFix was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Game/Cartoonyoungboy/Materials/CC_Shaders/StandardShader/MaterialFunctions/MapParameter/ColorFix has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘L:/My Documents/__Courses - City Academy/__Unreal 5 Course/Projects/Chris_Dance_Island_A 5.6/Content/Cartoonyoungboy/Materials/CC_Shaders/StandardShader/MaterialFunctions/MapParameter/ColorFix’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LogSourceControl: Uncontrolled asset discovery finished in 2.940187 seconds (Found 43291 uncontrolled assets)
LogChaosDD: Not creating Chaos Debug Draw Scene for world World_1

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LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/DevilGirl/Mesh/DevilGirl_Skeleton, a dependent package /Engine/EngineMeshes/Humanoid was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Engine/EngineMeshes/Humanoid has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Content/EngineMeshes/Humanoid’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Fab/Emperor_Angelfish/mt_EmperorAngelfish, a dependent package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Blend_DS was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Blend_DS has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Plugins/Interchange/Runtime/Content/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Blend_DS’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Fab/Pyjama_Shark__Endangered__Free/pyjama_shark_mat, a dependent package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque_DS was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque_DS has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Plugins/Interchange/Runtime/Content/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque_DS’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Fab/Saliboat/Lifesaver, a dependent package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Plugins/Interchange/Runtime/Content/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Fab/Saliboat/Sailboat, a dependent package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Plugins/Interchange/Runtime/Content/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Fab/Saliboat/Sailboat_Sail, a dependent package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Interchange/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_5.6/Engine/Plugins/Interchange/Runtime/Content/gltf/MaterialInstances/MI_Default_Opaque’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LoadErrors: Warning: While trying to load package /Game/Cartoonyoungboy/Materials/CC_Shaders/StandardShader/MaterialFunctions/MapParameter/MF_BaseColorGlowBlend, a dependent package /Game/Cartoonyoungboy/Materials/CC_Shaders/StandardShader/MaterialFunctions/MapParameter/ColorFix was not available. Additional explanatory information follows:
FPackageName: Skipped package /Game/Cartoonyoungboy/Materials/CC_Shaders/StandardShader/MaterialFunctions/MapParameter/ColorFix has a valid, mounted, mount point but does not exist either on disk or in iostore. The uncooked file would be expected on disk at ‘L:/My Documents/__Courses - City Academy/__Unreal 5 Course/Projects/Chris_Dance_Island_A 5.6/Content/Cartoonyoungboy/Materials/CC_Shaders/StandardShader/MaterialFunctions/MapParameter/ColorFix’. Perhaps it has been deleted or was not synced?
LogSourceControl: Uncontrolled asset discovery finished in 2.940187 seconds (Found 43291 uncontrolled assets)
LogChaosDD: Not creating Chaos Debug Draw Scene for world World_1

MapCheck: Warning: M_MS_Foliage Material /Game/Fab/Megascans/Plants/Field_Poppy_vmcobd0ja/Raw/MI_vmcobd0ja.MI_vmcobd0ja was missing the usage flag bUsedWithInstancedStaticMeshes. If the material asset is not re-saved, it may not render correctly when run outside the editor. Fix
LogLandscape: Warning: Landscape edit layers merge requires a minimum batch size of resolution 2041x2041, which is higher than the current desired maximum batch resolution 1024x1024. Consider adjusting the maximum batch resolution (landscape.EditLayersLocalMerge.MaxResolutionPerRenderBatch) or make sure the landscape edit layers renderers in use require smaller work area. (Quiet this warning by setting landscape.BatchedMerge.SilenceResolutionWarning to 1).
LogSlate: Window ‘Message Log’ being destroyed