# Water asset not rendering/ having no texture?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/water-asset-not-rendering-having-no-texture/2692668>\
**Category:** Blueprint\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, Rendering, Blueprint, question\
**Created:** [January 16, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/water-asset-not-rendering-having-no-texture/2692668 "2026-01-16T13:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![WillMead13](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/willmead13/32/1075245_2.png) [@WillMead13](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/WillMead13)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/water-asset-not-rendering-having-no-texture/2692668/1 "2026-01-16T13:44:10Z")

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Hi all! I was recently having an issue with splitscreen rendering (having flashing pink lights and other strange things 😭 ) 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](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/b/3/5/b35dba5fe55a6cc080cfe89bf0cef7f50c4ec667.jpeg)

Water Texture AFTER:

 ![SM_WaterMesh 16_01_2026 13_34_40](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/8/5/0/85043eeb7606a4ae7227808555f9cc10b313da6a.png)

 ![PixelGnome - Unreal Editor 16_01_2026 13_35_01](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/8/3/e/83e224cb06227bd59e97d5986cfb033a2df796b4.jpeg)

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 😭

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!)

> [@Splitscreen visual glitch! (EPILEPSYWARNING!)](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/splitscreen-visual-glitch-epilepsywarning/2691773/2):
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> Managed to fix it following this tutorial and with some help in the comments! I’ll leave it here in case anyone else is having this issue! [image]

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**Author:** ![Pixel\_Punk](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Pixel\_Punk](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Pixel_Punk)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/water-asset-not-rendering-having-no-texture/2692668/2 "2026-01-20T10:05:10Z")

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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.