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5.6 shadowmask issues

Discussion in 'Global Illumination' started by Warrior1424, May 6, 2017.

  1. Warrior1424

    Warrior1424

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    I have 8 mixed spotlights in my scene with a static environment.
    I'm in forward rendering.
    I'm using the shadowmask mode for the mixed lighting.
    There is no light overlap.
    This setting allows for baked lighting on static objects, realtime shadows from dynamic objects, and lightprobes for light occlusion on dynamic objects.

    However, when too many of these lights are in view, they begin turning off (or possibly switching to vertex lighting), as seen with the limitations of realtime lights in forward rendering.
    How can this be happening if the light is baked into the environment? Is this a bug? Am I not understanding the shadowmask mode?

    Edit: Here's a video showing it in action
     
    Last edited: May 13, 2017
    Warrior1424, May 6, 2017
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  2. Warrior1424

    Warrior1424

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    Maybe I should just submit a support ticket or something?
     
    Warrior1424, May 11, 2017
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  3. will54321

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    Change the rendering mode of light to important, it should be auto by default
     
    will54321, Aug 19, 2017
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  4. kemalakay

    kemalakay

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    Hi,

    Besides changing the rendering mode of your lights, you can also go to Edit > Project Settings > Quality Settings and increase Pixel Light Count under Rendering section from 4 to any other number. This parameter is for forward rendering path.
     
    kemalakay, Aug 21, 2017
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