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Resolved Camera won't update if layer Default is not in the culling mask

Discussion in 'Cinemachine' started by xorblax, Feb 28, 2023.

  1. xorblax

    xorblax

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    For some reason when I turn off layer Default in the culling mask of my camera, the camera will no longer be updated by the virtual cameras. This is a problem, as I am trying to use a second camera to capture a single object with its own special layer to put into a render texture, and I don't want to capture any of the myriad of things labeled Default.
     
    xorblax, Feb 28, 2023
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  2. Gregoryl

    Gregoryl

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    The vcams themselves need to be on a layer that's present in the culling mask. Probably your vcams are on the Default layer. Put them on a different layer.
     
    Gregoryl, Feb 28, 2023
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  3. xorblax

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    Worked just like you said, thanks!
     
    xorblax, Feb 28, 2023
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  4. Flavelius

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    This just happened in my case. Why is that even a design decision? Cameras aren't visible objects themselves so they aren't even eligible to be culled by a camera's mask to begin with. And disabling their behaviour based on that only has invisible (as it's not logically deducible) sideffects. I only found out that it does that by crawling through the source code. The Cinemachine brain should have a separate mask for that.
     
    Flavelius, May 3, 2023
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  5. Gregoryl

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    In CM2, the culling mask is used to implement situations (e.g. split-screen) where you want multiple brains and vcams need to output to specific brains. There is logic to this (the brain "sees" vcams and is influenced by them), but you are right, it would be clearer to have a separate mask mechanism.

    In CM3, there is a separate mask, and the camera culling mask is not implicated.
     
    Gregoryl, May 3, 2023
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