Opaque standard shader is transparent on device

Hi,

We have our game released on iOS and right now we're preparing the Android version. But we have a problem with several models/materials in our menu scene.

All the materials on these models are set to use the standard opaque shader, but when we build and run the game on any Android device these models are displayed as transparent (see screenshots)

Everything works fine in the editor and on iOS.

The models also display correct if i import them to an empty project and building that to the phone. So it seems to be specific to our main project somehow.

I have also tried different shaders like the Mobile/BumpedDiffuse, but the models are still transparent when deployed to a device.

I did a test the other day creating a empty scene in our main project and adding the models to it - still transparent when deployed to an Android device.

BUT
The same models are use in our gameplay scenes. In these scenes the models are displayed correct.

I really dont have a clue what is going on and i've tried a lot of things at this point.

Please advice!

Best,
Kristofer

 

Hi @aleksandrk,

We're using Unity 2018.2.8f1, however we had the same problem in 2017.2.0p4. Did some more experimenting yesterday in our main project.

1. New empty scene. Added our character model with materials and one instance without materials(unit default). Both had the same transparancy problem.
2. Switched to deferred rendering path on the camera in the empty scene. Both models display correct.

Attaching our settings.
Note that i have the Graphics API set to Vulkan, but it does not mather if whatever API i use.

Thanks,
Kristofer

 

We have several cameras in the main menu.

1. For the character
2. For the weapons and other items
3. For the map

 

Hi @aleksandrk,

So enabling the depth and stencil makes everything work on Android. But we do not use the depth and stencil buffer in the game. Your documentation - https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/best-practices/framebuffer even suggests turning it of if you do not use it.

We have actually made sure we do not use the depthbuffer anywhere in our shaders just to be able to turn it of. This works perfectly on iOS.

So my question now is if this is an Android specific problem? Is it even possible to have the depth buffer turned off on Android? Could it be a combination of settings that makes it not to work on Android?.

Anyway i'm glad that the problem is solved, but a bit irritated that it was as simple as clicking a checkbox that does not give any problems on other platforms.

If you have any explenation i'd gladely have it.

Thanks,
Kristofer

 

Still strange because everything works fine in our gameplay scenes with disabled depth buffer setting checked. Well, i'm glad that it's working now and i can continue working getting the Android version released.

Thanks for the help!