Lighting doesn't work in render view unless I uncheck shadows

Artistic Support Lighting and Rendering
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Hello, I have set up a hair particle system, and then when I clicked render view it sort of faded out and now lights dont work at all unless I:

  • uncheck ‘shadows’ on the light
  • zoom out really really far from the object
    I have tried restarting blender and my computer countless times, and it didn’t work. I’m on version 3.5.

Hair has always been working good for me up until now.

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Welcome!

Which renderer are you using? Does it happen with both?

Which light type are you using? Does it happen with multiple types of light?

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Hi, Thanks for replying. It was Eevee, but I did solve the problem.
When I applied hair to my mesh, it took on the only material I had set up for it which was a pretty node-y shader, not suitable for hair particles. I guess it overloaded the system or something, but I fixed it by giving the hair its own material and re-starting blender which did the trick.

But yeah, eevee, and it happened with every light type.