UE2 - UT2kX Lighting question

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MagicLawnChair

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So I'm working on a map with some curved surfaces and when light is applied I get ugly looking shadows in the corners. I know the first editor had a bright corners option but the 2k4 editor doesn't seem to have it. Is there any way to prevent This from happening? Thanks in advance for any replies.

Here's a screenshot of the issue:
[SCREENSHOT]http://solarimplosion.googlepages.com/probshot.jpg[/SCREENSHOT]
 
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MagicLawnChair

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Well thank you for the info, though it's somewhat disappointing that I would have to go model, unwrap and texture something just to get around this. :/

oh well, this is actually for a school project and I am a bit short on time, so I think I'll just leave it x.x
 
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MagicLawnChair said:
Well thank you for the info, though it's somewhat disappointing that I would have to go model, unwrap and texture something just to get around this. :/

oh well, this is actually for a school project and I am a bit short on time, so I think I'll just leave it x.x
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Select the BSP that makes up that chunk of tunnel, right click, convert to static mesh. Just be sure to save it to your 'mylevel' package.
 
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If you want to keep the BSP then the alternative is to set the shadow mask on the surfaces to a very small value (1-4). There is a price to pay for doing that in terms of file size if you have many areas like that (also some performance hit - these days minor).

Below is a similar curved surface where I had the same issue and the fix was the shadow quality setting:

[screenshot]http://www.margrave.myzen.co.uk/images/FHIShot00472.png[/screenshot]
 
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