I’m VERY new to Unreal level creation… But I’ve been giving it a go and I find the hardest part to get right so far is lighting & shadows…
I’m hoping one of you experienced chaps can shed some light (no pun intended) on my issues:
Issue 1: My lighting in UDK, and with production build looks like this:
://i.imgur/uWz8cKQ.jpg
But, when I actually CLICK on the light, I get some really nice shadows, cast by my static mesh onto the wall:
://i.imgur/hPEXbno.jpg
Why aren’t these shadows staying put when I’ve not got the light selected?
Issue 2: This wall is made out of similar panels, but as you can see the light simply decides to STOP working on certain panels without explanation:
://i.imgur/3oaFZ7v.jpg
You can see both on the right hand side and to the left of the pipe, that whole areas are in shadow that shouldn’t be.
Any ideas as to why these issues are happening and how I can fix them would be greatly appreciated!
These are questions better suited to the UDK forums, most people here probably haven’t used that engine in quite some time now.
But, from what I recall, the shadows “issue” is because the UDK has trouble with dynamic shadows from multiple lights at once, so it’s probably prioritizing the one you’re selecting at the time. If there’s a closer dynamic light to the object though, it takes priority.
As for your second issue, that’s just lightmass being weird with meshes when things get a bit too modular. Try merging the panels into a single object and you’ll get a nice, smooth bake out of it. You’ll save on drawcalls as well, which is always nice.
As already mentioned, ask this question in the UDK forum: https://forums.epicgames/forum.php or into the new sections at the bottom of the UE4 forum (they added some UDK sections)
