Black buildings (not mirage)

[Fissurez]

all my buildings/non landscape features are black.

this is NOT the same problem as the other black bases thread, which was about mirage - a map that was not meant to be in rotation.

its a bit annoying as i cant see things that are sticking out of the buildings when going head on to them, meaning i crash a bit too often for comfort.

 

[Fissurez]

it works now. i looked at video settings and turned on lightmaps. (it looks like it defaulted off?) would that be what caused it?

 

[Daphinicus]

it works now. i looked at video settings and turned on lightmaps. (it looks like it defaulted off?) would that be what caused it?

Assuredly. Lightmaps are the game's way of deciding what to cast light on; without them, all the textures are still there, but are rendered as though there wasn't any light being cast on them, hence the blackness.

I'll admit, I'm a little surprised that completely deactivating lightmaps is even an option, but it's probably just a developer leftover that they forgot to take out.

 

[qqchurch]

I kind of liked it before when you turn off lightmaps and the texture's still there, though I'm not sure if this bug was intended or not.