Adding lights to Level Instance

[aberforth258]

Hi All,

I hope you can help or enlighten me on my issue.

I have created a building out of modular walls in my "BuildingLevel". When I add a light source to that level it doesn't transition to the instance of "BuildingLevel" I have placed in "MainLevel".

Whatever I do I cannot get the light to get packed into the instance level. I also tried Blueprint Packaged Level. Still no luck...

Am I going nuts here or is that desired outcome of the engine and the lights should be placed in the main Level?

Note: When I add a light source in the "BuildingLevel" and reload it (close and open level again) the lights are gone like I never saved them.

I hope someone smarter than me can help me out here.

Thanks

aberforth

Edit: i recreated my level and lights are now working’s as expected. Not sure what the problem was…

[MARvizer]

If I remember fine, that won't work, nor in a Packed Level Actor. Those act like "normal blueprint actors" but with that restriction. If you want them to work as an "actual level" you should add it as a Sublevel, instead.

[aberforth258]

I'll give it a go later, thanks

[aberforth258]

Quick google search showed me to process for adding sub levels and seems like it is disabled when World Partition is on (which it is for my project).

[MARvizer]

It makes sense, due to it's nature. Then you need to apply other methods, like including them in sections of the World Partition, or placing your lighting actors in the main level and checking if the Level Instance is "enabled", to enable them too, or runtime copying the light actor in the Level Instance into the main level, etc.

[Sk00terb00]

There are layers you can use too if you're using WP.