UnityPerMaterial CBUFFER with a float4[] is not compatible with SRP Batcher ??

I'm using Unity 2019.2.9f1 with LWRP and I have a problem with one of my shaders, Unity is saying it is incompatible with the SRP Batcher.

Code (CSharp):

1. #define MAX_LAYERS 18
2.  
3. CBUFFER_START(UnityPerMaterial)
4.  
5. int _OceanLayerCount;
6. int _GroundLayerCount;
7.  
8. float _Scales[MAX_LAYERS];
9. float4 _Tints[MAX_LAYERS];
10. float _TintStrengths[MAX_LAYERS];
11. float _Blends[MAX_LAYERS];
12.  
13. CBUFFER_END
14.  

The problem is with the float4 _Tints[MAX_LAYERS]; @ line 9, basically an array or colors.

The error is "UnityPerMaterial var is not declared in shader property section (_Tints)"

What am I doing wrong ?

 

Strange. Unity still uses that CBUFFER syntax in the URP/LWRP, so not sure what's wrong. Is this an old shader that you were using in the old shader pipeline? If so it likely needs some changing elsewhere in the code to work and the error chain is just finishing at that point.

If not, where abouts in your shader code is this part located? Is it within the HLSLPROGRAM?

 

@Invertex It's a new shader I'm writing and yes the CBUFFER is in the HSLSPROGRAM section, the shader works fine except it is not compatible with the SRP Batcher due to the float4[].
If I change the float4[] to a standard float[] or just a single float4 it shows as compatible but obviously my shader wont work then as I need my array of colors.

 

Which version of the URP are you using?
Unity has examples with float4 arrays, though the only ones I can find don't use the UnityPerMaterial context but instead other ones like terrain or UnityBillboardPerBatch. Might be worth a bug report if you're absolutely on the latest version of URP.

 

@Invertex I'm not using URP, I'm using the latest LWRP v6.9.2
I think I'll send a bug report, can't hurt

 

LWRP was renamed URP, so if you're still on LWRP then it is a bit outdated. It's in the version 7.1+ now.

 

Thanks for the heads up, I was unaware LWRP was being replaced with URP, I'll look into it

 

_Tints is not declared in Properties section,so you have to move _Tints out from CBUFFER.

 

Did you ever find a solution to this?
Is there an associated bug report or feature request that you could link?

 

Just add a vector property with the same name in the beginning of the shader.

 

I can add a vector property with the same name to the shader properties section, but it doesn't work, complaining about the array size not matching the previous size (50 vs 1 for example). I am not aware of any way to add a vector array property to the shader properties section.

 

My mistake, didn't check it properly. You could probably define a global array and put starting index into the cbuffer.