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Panoramic Skybox Shader having a seam/line

Discussion in 'AR/VR (XR) Discussion' started by Hunubul, Feb 14, 2019.

  1. Hunubul

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    Hey!
    So there is this issue, I created the skybox material to put panoramic 360 videos/pictures to the skybox.

    The problem is, that there is a line where the edge is supposed to be, behind the camera.

    Does anyone know how to make it disappear? Here is the problem, there is no picture/video selected, so it seems the material itself has this problem.

    I started using the built in Panoramic Shader, but the issue is the exact same.

    Is there a Unity settings I can set to make it disappear? Or is there a code fix for it? Anything?
     

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  2. BrainWilder

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  3. PanayotCankov

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    Long story short - uncheck "generate mipmaps".
     
  4. m_nejatish

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    Thanks. This works! Just select the texture, look under the Advanced and uncheck "generate mipmaps".
     
  5. menguzat

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    my skybox texture is a 360 degree hdri image and the shader type is selected "skybox/panoramic".

    there is no option not to generate mipmaps as far as I can see. what would you suggest?
     
  6. samf1111

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    this is an option on the image your using under the "Advanced" dropdown.
     
  7. dumbat

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    I don't see an Advanced dropdown on my editor, either on the material's Inspector, or on the Select Texture window, and there's no right-click menu I can find with it. No sign of a Generate MipMaps checkbox either.
     

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  8. arfish

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    That's probably because the setting is for the Texture, not the shader.
     
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  9. NodeProject

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    3 years late but I'm here just to thank you guys for this!
     
  10. jons190

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    And the long reach.............. I just needed this answer. Thanx all!
     
  11. IllidanS4

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    The reason this happens is that the panoramic shader calls tex2D to retrieve the color from the texture, but that function automatically calculates the mipmap level based on the surrounding pixels and it breaks at the seam, since the x coordinate jumps from 1 back to 0 there. The shader could be fixed if tex2Dlod was called instead.
     
  12. bordeleaum

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    Have the same problem but as the texture is loaded from url I don't see how I can uncheck "Generate Mipmaps". Any idea?
     
  13. krakendono

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    thank you
     
  14. alec1o

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    Thanks! ;)
     
  15. NABALOCH

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    love it!