Point light lighting as a square?

I am really confused as to why they are doing this...

I think an image will explain it the best -

 

check the different textures on the light like the cookie etc

 

There is no cookie. Should there be? As it won't let me add one...?

 

Probably something to do with the maximum number of pixel lights. Increase that in the quality settings or use vertex lighting.

--Eric

 

As an alternative reason it might be related to the object on which the light is / in which or its collision object. That potentially could explain it too as it looks like it is light rotation related so either cookie or some collision thats there and impacts it

 

Ok, I guess it is probably do with the object then. Guess, i'll go back into the 3D modeller and see what might be causing it in there.

Thanks for the help. It is greatly appreciated.

 

for testing remove the collider on the object, that will show you if the collider / mesh is the cause

 

Still square. Hmmm....

 

This also happens to me, its not the collider or the number of pixel lights the problem it is something about the shader.
Happens the same with spot lights when you dont use cookie attenuation, but something wrong happens with point lights. I am using the tutorial http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cg_Programming/Unity/Cookies
It works fine with spot lights but point lights use cubemaps and somehow the code is wrong.

Anyone knows how to fix it without using surface shaders?

 

I have the same problem with spotlights. With no cookie selected, they cast a square light. However, if I pause the game and change anything about the light in the editor, I get a nice circular light, just as I'd expect. By that I mean, if I change the light type from spotlight to point light and back again, or if I check then uncheck Halo, or select a cookie then set it back to None ... any of those things "fix" whatever is going on. Obviously, I can't have my end users do this. I'm not a lighting pro, but maybe this extra information might trigger an a-ha moment for someone who is...

 

Go to edit, project setting , quality and increase the' pixel light count ' and your issue will be fixed