HDRP scripting: HDRI Sky only shows applied cubemap after entering play mode

Hello,

I'm writing an editor script that bakes a cubemap from a reflection probe and assigns it to an HDRI Sky. It works well, but I have to manually enter play mode to see the cubemap. Then I can go back to editor mode and will still see the cubemap applied.

I've not been able to find out how to have the cubemap visible without manually entering play mode, tried all I could find that might be relevant. This is what I have:

Code (CSharp):

1.     void SetSkyVolume()
2.     {
3.         GameObject parent = this.transform.gameObject;
4.  
5.         GameObject sceneSettings = CoreEditorUtils.CreateGameObject(parent, "HDRISky Scene Settings");
6.         GameObjectUtility.SetParentAndAlign(sceneSettings, parent);
7.  
8.         VolumeProfile profile = VolumeProfileFactory.CreateVolumeProfile(sceneSettings.scene, "HDRISky Scene Settings");
9.         VisualEnvironment visEnvComp = VolumeProfileFactory.CreateVolumeComponent<VisualEnvironment>(profile, true, false);
10.         visEnvComp.skyType.value = SkySettings.GetUniqueID<HDRISky>();
11.  
12.         HDRISky hdriSkyComp = VolumeProfileFactory.CreateVolumeComponent<HDRISky>(profile, true, false);
13.         hdriSkyComp.exposure.value = 0f;
14.  
15.         if (this.cubemap)
16.         {
17.             hdriSkyComp.hdriSky = new CubemapParameter(this.cubemap, true);
18.         }
19.  
20.         Volume volume = sceneSettings.AddComponent<Volume>();
21.         volume.isGlobal = true;
22.         volume.sharedProfile = profile;
23.     }

I've tried with multiple Unity and HDRP versions, including the latest Unity beta and HDRP ones.

Regards,

Willian

 

In your scene, there should be a volume settings or Render Settings game object
What you are looking for is the Sky type and Visual Environment.

Under Visual Environment change Sky Type to HDRI sky
If there is a Procedural Sky or another sky type other than HDRI Sky. Disable it and add an HDRI Sky Component. Set it up and it will show in the scene and game view.

 

Thanks @Grimreaper358, that would indeed work from the interface, but I needed to do it all via scripting. @remi_unity163's answer solved it for me.

 

Thanks a lot @remi_unity163,

It's working now, following your suggestions. Tested with the latest Unity beta: version 2019.3.0a12.

I only have one issue: using volume.profile (thanks for the tip, I missed the remark about it in the docs) the volume loses the profile link when entering play mode. For good, it's still not there after leaving play mode. When I reassigned it manually I saw the profile was missing the whole HDRISky override.

Using volume.sharedProfile this problem doesn't happen.

Regards,

 

Newbie mistake... Thanks!