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Geometry blocking flare?

Discussion in 'Shaders' started by Jesper Johansen, Aug 30, 2007.

  1. Jesper Johansen

    Jesper Johansen

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    Hi

    I have an indoor scene. Two windows in walls. I want to position a sun flare outside to be visible through the windows, but as sson I position the light outside the windows, the flare disappear. The light still affect the indoor interiour though.

    Is this the transparent shader on the windows causing this? Is this a culling problem? Or something third?
     
    Jesper Johansen, Aug 30, 2007
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  2. Aras

    Aras

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    Flare visibility is determined from the colliders, not from visual information. Thus if your windows have colliders, flare will be blocked.
     
    Aras, Aug 30, 2007
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  3. Jesper Johansen

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    Oh... it may not be the window at all... I tried removing it, and same result. Is the colliders? I turned meshrenderer off on them. How can I make the flare disregard the colliders?
     
    Jesper Johansen, Aug 30, 2007
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  4. Eric5h5

    Eric5h5

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    Put the object on the "TransparentFX" layer.

    --Eric
     
    Eric5h5, Aug 30, 2007
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  5. AaronC

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    Also applies to triggers(Colliders set to trigger) i believe
    AC
     
    AaronC, Aug 30, 2007
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