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Flashing Textures on Android only

Discussion in 'General Graphics' started by kumagostudios, Sep 14, 2018.

  1. kumagostudios

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    Hello fellow developers! I am experiencing an issue that's driving me nuts as nothing I've done seems to fix it. On Android only builds of my mobile game, the textures flash (as if directional lights are turned on and off). I can't for the life of me figure out why. My game is similar to an infinite runner where the background is a 3d object that is continuously translated and then repositioned for reuse on the next cycle.

    Some things I've tried that haven't worked -
    1. Removing number of fill and rim directional lights
    2. Soft shadows instead of hard
    3. Clipping planes adjustment - currently 0.3~1000 and tried 0.01~100
    4. Removed trees that would intersect the terrain
    5. Change Main camera angle
    6. Removed Post Processing Behavior on main camera

    Rendering path is forward and projection is orthographic in my game. Any ideas are greatly appreciated! I am at my wits end. Lighting is Realtime and uses Post-Processing plugin.
     
    kumagostudios, Sep 14, 2018
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  2. neoshaman

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    WHich android? is it mali gpu? especially 400mp ish? they have 16bit precision in fragment, common cause of confusion.
     
    neoshaman, Sep 15, 2018
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  3. kumagostudios

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    Hi Neo! It's a Oneplus 5T, according to specs a Adreno 540 GPU and a screen of 1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~401 ppi density). Do you have any suggestions what I should look into?
     
    kumagostudios, Sep 16, 2018
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  4. neoshaman

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    Sorry I don't know much about adreno
     
    neoshaman, Sep 16, 2018
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  5. aleksandrk

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    Which Unity version?
     
    aleksandrk, Sep 17, 2018
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  6. kumagostudios

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    Latest version 2018.2.8f1 Personal on OSX. However I experienced this even before I updated, on one of the 2018.1 versions, but I don't remember what my last one was before I upgraded. I am running my APK on a Oneplus 5T.

    Do you have any suggestions on how I should proceed? I am at my wits end!
     
    kumagostudios, Sep 18, 2018
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  7. kumagostudios

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    It's okay, I appreciate you for trying to help!
     
    kumagostudios, Sep 18, 2018
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  8. aleksandrk

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    A bug report would help a lot.

    I was asking about Unity version, because there was a similar bug on 2018.2 reported, but if you had it on 2018.1 as well, this is likely to be a different one.
     
    aleksandrk, Sep 18, 2018
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  9. kumagostudios

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    After an ENTIRE WEEK I've discovered the issue! I converted the shader from "Mobile/Vertex Lit" to "Standard (Specular setup)" and it fixed it on my phone. Why does this only occur for Android and not iPhone? Also is there a big performance difference between the two? I assumed Vertex Lit would be more performant.
     
    kumagostudios, Sep 18, 2018
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  10. aleksandrk

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    Mobile/VertexLit is likely to be much faster than Standard (Specular setup), but you need to check the performance on the devices you want to run your application on.
     
    aleksandrk, Sep 18, 2018
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  11. Manidanm

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    I am using Huawei Mali GPU Mobile I am also facing the same issue
     
    Manidanm, Jun 25, 2019
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