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Actually, it is the definition of your material to be asymmetric, you need to click on "Double Sided" and to use the same parameters for front and back face ("BF"):

Yes, this was the issue with the extra glossiness!

Have you addressed the issue about mirroring? When the objects are mirrored the faces change from frontside to backside.

CEROE wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:42 pm Have you addressed the issue about mirroring? When the objects are mirrored the faces change from frontside to backside.

But isn't that expected ? I mean it is the normal of the surface to be flipped by the mirror operation (i.e. it is not related to LuxCore, it is just what Blender does)

But isn't that expected ? I mean it is the normal of the surface to be flipped by the mirror operation (i.e. it is not related to LuxCore, it is just what Blender does)

Mirroring an object in Blender does not flip the normal faces. Not in my experiences. I've mirrored twigs many times for variation and Cycles materials do not flip the faces from backside to frontside. The first time this happened for me is mirroring and using Lux materials.

CEROE wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:54 pm Mirroring an object in Blender does not flip the normal faces. Not in my experiences. I've mirrored twigs many times for variation and Cycles materials do not flip the faces from backside to frontside. The first time this happened for me is mirroring and using Lux materials.

If the normal is not flipped, material will not be. If it is flipped, the material will be. If you select, inside Blender, the original object and the mirrored one, how do the normals look ?

Using same file and mirroring the object Y Global you can see the difference below:

Referring to previous post, if it is not obvious, the top image is Cycles and the bottom image is Lux.

If the normal is not flipped, material will not be. If it is flipped, the material will be. If you select, inside Blender, the original object and the mirrored one, how do the normals look ?

The normals do not flip.

Frankly, I have no idea what I'm looking at. Try to post a test scene explaining what is the problem.

The normals do not flip on the mirrored object, but the frontside/backside material switches in Lux. This does not happen in Cycles (Top render in previous post).

Below shows the normals of the mirrored object.

Lux is switching the frontside/backside material on a mirrored object.

Is the mirrored object an instance ?

Is the mirrored object an instance ?

No, it is a duplicate (Shift D)