[UE5.5]How to get spline mesh component to create distance field?

[AlienRenders]

Like the subject says. I have a mesh. When I place it in the level, it creates a distance field. But when it is created with the “Add Spline Mesh Component” node in the construction script, the distance field is not affected. So there’s no distance field shadows from these meshes.

How do I get a spline mesh component to affect the distance field?

[AlienRenders]

Looks like distance fields on spline mesh component are not supported.

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I am currently playing around with the SplineMeshe Components for things like creating Cave Floors and things like cables… what I found out while doing that is that no Mesh DistanceFields are generated for the resulting SplineMesh. I checked the base StaticMesh, and sure enough, all the needed settings are activated, and when I drag the StaticMesh into the scene instead of the SplineMesh Blueprint Actor with the Construction script, I see that for the static mesh distance fields are generated a…