Open the HormuzSim project in Unreal, run the sim, and find out why the scene renders black.
Create virtual session (\\.\DISPLAY5) · Open and tune Unreal project
Open Unreal Engine
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Editor loaded cleanly. Viewport is showing the default empty level with the SkyLight actor visible in the Outliner. ScenarioDirector should spawn all ships and ocean geometry once PIE starts. Going to hit Play and see what the runtime state looks like.
Click Play to run simulation
Clicked at 498, 79
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PIE is running, 20 actors spawned according to the Outliner, but the viewport is completely black. This is not a scene setup issue since geometry is clearly present. Looks like the lighting path is broken entirely. Going to switch to Unlit mode to rule out geometry first, then dig into the light sources.
Focus the console command field
Clicked at 480, 1013
Typed 'viewmode unlit'
240 chars/min · 14 keystrokes
Execute console command
Pressed Enter
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Unlit renders fine, geometry and actors are all there. So the mesh pipeline is clean, it is purely the lighting. Focusing on SunDusk in the Outliner. Intensity reads 0 at runtime which explains the black viewport. Need to trace whether this is set wrong in the ini file or clamped somewhere in code.
Ran
Read SunRigComponent.cpp
Read DuskLighting.ini
Edited
DuskLighting.ini
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SunRigComponent.cpp
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DuskSkyProfile.json
+2−2
Edited
DefaultEngine.ini
+1−1
Ran
Relaunch simulation in editor
Pressed Shift+F5
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Clean up session
Worked for 23 min 04 second
Done. The root cause was DuskLighting.ini shipping
Intensity=0.0 for the SunDusk light, while SunRigComponent.cpp had a clamp that locked any value at or below zero, so PIE always rendered with a completely dark key light. Fixed by setting intensity to 150,000 lux in the ini, removing the broken clamp in the component, and rebuilding the editor module. Scene now renders correctly with the full dusk lighting pass.
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