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Shadows on Android platform acting weird in the Editor

Discussion in 'Unity 5 Pre-order Beta' started by Devil_Inside, Dec 4, 2014.

  1. Devil_Inside

    Devil_Inside

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    I can't say exactly in which beta it started, but I'm having issues with shadows on the Android platform.
    The content of the Scene view is rendered in black on top of the content of the Game view. GameView.jpg
    As you can see in this screenshot, whenever I rotate the Scene view camera, the shape of the plane is rendered as a shadow on itself in the Game view. This happens in a new empty project. The black shape goes away if I disable the shadows in the quality settings.
    I've submitted a bug (Case 653452).
     
  2. Devil_Inside

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    Bumping.
    No one experienced anything like that?
     
  3. BuildABurgerBurg

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    oh yes I've had the same issues like that and baking using android free. It's the same for me since beta 9.

    I don't bother reporting it anymore because I've come to the conclusion that they're fully aware of it. by the looks of it I don't think android free version is considered important enough. If anything I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't include GI in android free version. Not that I'm complaining. it would probably increase the chances of some of the free users spending on pro.

    Question to Unity. have you guys made up your mind about android free users getting GI?
     
  4. Devil_Inside

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    The plane is not marked as static, so I'm not sure it's related to baking or GI
     
  5. p87

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    i had that issue when i had a reflection probe in my scene that was marked as "bake" and not "real time"

    although, I don't even know if they are testing android whatsoever in unity 5 beta. I have not been able to get GI to bake using android free. Android free has been unusable the entire beta.
     
  6. Devil_Inside

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    No, that's not related to probes. It just happens on an empty scene with a plane and nothing else. Happens on iOS too.
    The QA was not able to reproduce the issue at first until I mentioned that I'm using the free Android and iOS addons.
    It doesn't happen on Android and iOS PRO.
     
  7. Tautvydas-Zilys

    Tautvydas-Zilys

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    This is the main reason why some bugs take months to fix - people post about it on forums and think that just because of that it becomes 'a known issue'. It doesn't.

    If you can consistently reproduce an issue and you cannot find it in the issue tracker, please file a bug report. The worst thing that can happen is we close it as duplicate.