[SOLVED] Weird Shadow on Corner of Wall Hanging

Hi StellarElite.

I have had that similar issue myself with custom imported meshes, more often that I wish to think about. I believe that it started around the Seasons patch, because I never had the problem before. My personal troubleshooting with the issue has included making sure that the vertex painting is all white, as well as removing any occluders from the Light resource in Studio, but with no success on most of the items that displayed the issue. I truly believe that it is somehow related to the specular/cube map & how the game is rendering the interior lighting, as the items do not show it as much when placed outdoors in the daytime.

I will be watching this thread closely to see if anyone has any solution for the issue! Glad I wasn't alone with this issue!

So that was totally the issue! Marking the edges sharp and then using edge split modifier is what fixed this shadow issue. I just assumed it was some whole other monster because it was shadow and not specular/cube map like last time.

Here is the method explained in case anyone needs to see step by step I had the whole frame marked sharp and edge split but I did not do the plane/face that actually has the painting mapped to it so I did that and voila.



There's my thumbnails excuse how over exposed they look it's my current reshade settings XD

Tried to take new comparison pics at same time of day in build/buy

Yep, i always suggest you view meshes in blender with smooth shading on, that is how they will be rendered ingame (flat shading is specific to blender only and wont translate to the game without splitting edges) and can allow you to pick up on shading issues like this. Just highlight all the mesh in edit mode, hit W key and select "shade smooth." From there you can use the edge split shader along with the mark sharp tool to split edges as needed.

In this case you just just adjust the edge split angle since it is all 90 degrees without having to mark the edges you want sharp. The modifier is definitely handy to learn how to use for different scenarios.