Zbrush Mask Issue - Displacing polygons like the level brush

[system]

Ok I don’t know what to do, or if i’m doing something wrong, but for some reason my Mask Brush is messed up. instead of creating a black mask like normal, it proceeds to displace my mesh and not even add any color. It happened suddenly, but affects the mesh the same way even when i turn off the ZAdd property, and even after a program restart.

It’s definitely frustrating me, and I’d love to know if I’m doing something to cause this or if it’s a freak issue. I don’t always have the problem, on new meshes it’s fine and new tools.

Here is an image. Any ideas??

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[zber2]

It’s because you are using the “BumpViewerMaterial” from the Standard Materials palette. That is normal behavior for that material. Select a different material and all will be fine.

[system]

Wow. Thank you! I didn’t know that material would cause a bug like that. I’ve been restarting the program until it fixed itself, never would have thought about the material.

Thanks again!

[marcus_civis]

It’s not a bug, it is how the BumpViewerMaterial works - it is to help you visualize how a bump map would look, so displaces the model according to shades of grey painted on it. That’s why the masked area (which is dark grey) looks like it does.