NME material losing shadows, how do I get it back

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I’m trying to make a simple textured material. I’ve noticed that when it’s this simple, the shading of the sides goes away. What’s the simplest way to make shadows work again? It’s ok if it’s a fake, distance of the normal from a vector, style.

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Here’s what I found while poking around. I hooked up a Lights node and multiplied the output. I needed to change my Color4s to Color3s so they would match.

This might be the solution, but I’m keeping the question open in case others have more insight into it.

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I’m not sure to understand what the problem is…

Maybe try another type of light like a point or directional light?

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Here’s an annotated screenshot of what I’m talking about.

And for completeness, here’s how my updated nme looks.

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I think it’s enough, but I might be missing some other details that I won’t happen upon until I build more with it.

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You must use the Light block if you want your material to be affected by lights:

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Thanks, looks like this is the solution