Level Design problem with static mesh & light

[lethalvortex]

i have run into a problem i never had this problem before but one side of the static mesh is black even wen i putt a light on that side it stays black the other side works fine. wen i putt ingame my flashlight on it i can see the texture but it looks wierd wen its black wen u not point ur flashlight on it. any solution to this?

 

[arramus]

I get this issue from time to time and deleting the SM and adding it again clears it up for me.

 

[shadowwill]

i got this issue when i made a static mesh that was basically two sided, so there were polys on the inside and out which were joined together (just think of a plane with 2 visible sides), so i deleted the ones on the inside and then the lighting was fine.

 

[Deek]

I have this problem with manorgrass in my map. Still haven't figured out how to fix it.

 

[lethalvortex]

I get this issue from time to time and deleting the SM and adding it again clears it up for me.

ok will try this. thanks!

 

[Pectabyte.com]

Not sure if this helps but I had this issue in Unreal Engine 3 with SM's I created myself and I found that the issue was that the tic (little red cross hairs that every SM has) was in a wall or below the play field. Something with the way it draws shadows. Don't know if this is the same in engine 2.5

 

[lethalvortex]

could be il check it out.!

just check that is not the case since it is in the middle.

 

[Rouven]

I have the same problem. I`m tired for searching a solution. Maybe a TRIPWIRE MEMBER can give a solution. This is a really unusual problem.

 

[lethalvortex]

yup i tried everything remake static mesh the moment i putt it in to place it turns black frustrating for now i fixed it with making the area around it darker so you wont notice it, but still i will wait for someone to find a better solution to this issue.

 

[Imajus]

You might be having vertex lighting issues. Check out this tut and see if it helps. http://www.hourences.com/book/tutorialsvertex.htm