Water asset not rendering/ having no texture?

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Hi all! I was recently having an issue with splitscreen rendering (having flashing pink lights and other strange things :sob: ) and was told to delete the EngineDefault.ini folder to stop this issue- it worked, however now my water textures are broken? Even in the material it looks different-

Water texture BEFORE:

Media Player 16_01_2026 13_36_27
Media Player 16_01_2026 13_36_271920×1032 266 KB

Water Texture AFTER:

SM_WaterMesh 16_01_2026 13_34_40
SM_WaterMesh 16_01_2026 13_34_401070×719 307 KB

PixelGnome - Unreal Editor 16_01_2026 13_35_01
PixelGnome - Unreal Editor 16_01_2026 13_35_011920×1040 468 KB

The splitscreen issue was absolutely game breaking so there’s no way I can use a prior backed up version of the project- but does anyone know any fixes for this? The water plug in is enabled, I’m not sure why this is happening at all :sob:

Any ideas or help would be super appreciated, I’m so dumbstruck tbh

(This was the splitscreen glitch if anyone wants to see, epilepsy warning tho!)

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It depends on the main material you use for your water.
Open it and check if it has errors now.

Also doo a diff between the new `EngineDefault.ini` and your old version and check what changed. Have a look for anything shader related like alpha channel and shader model settings.