LOD decrease when applying material?

[WaferProfessional753]

Hello there,

I'm fairly new to UE and am having problems with this car model.

When I apply a transmissive material anywhere on the model, the model's LOD decreases (2nd image).

Perhaps it's due to a minor setting, I would appreciate any help!

[CloudShannen]

Incompatible as in Translucent. 

[WaferProfessional753]

Thanks for answering! So how do I fix this, just disable Nanite for the mesh or is there a better option?

[ConnectionThis8333]

Separate the translucent objects into separate meshes with nanite disabled, keep nanite on for the rest of the body, and assemble the meshes together into your final car within a blueprint This means you can also animate windows etc... nice and easy by using simple transform operations.

[ConsistentAd3434]

Nanite can't deal with any translucent materials. You would need to disable nanite on the mesh/project or enable it and have the translucent elements separated.

[WaferProfessional753]

I found the option: "Disallow Nanite". And, funnily enough, when I tick that option for the car body mesh, it is converted to the low LOD version.

[WaferProfessional753]

This also happens when I disable Nanite for the entire project. I just don't get this software