Question Age of Empires like light effect in Unity with light masking via render texture

Hi,

I want to achieve the lighting effect like these reference games on a phone project pref. via render textures,but I can't find a way to mask the light area for directional light into unity, nor there seems a suitable way.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ristretto.lifebubble
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=superstar.games.Color.Invaders.Idle
https://diamondlobby.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/age-of-empires-2-fundamentals.webp

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There are a few ways to do this. The easiest one is probably light cookies:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Cookies.html
(disclaimer: don't know if this works for directional lights but they do have a position, so it could).

 

@c0d3_m0nk3y Thanks for your reply.

I tried this in built in pipeline even before your suggestion but it didn't work, but when I tried in URP it worked. So kinda confused as what might be the cause ? But anyways it worked for me.