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Resolved URP: Drag and drop render texture to light cookie does not work

Discussion in '2021.2 Beta' started by Jar_Coding, Jul 31, 2021.

  1. Jar_Coding

    Jar_Coding

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    In the build in render pipeline you can drag and drop a RenderTexture into the Cookie slot of the Light component.

    In URP you can set the cookie to a RenderTexture only with a script. Would be cool if the drag and drop feature would be ready in the final 2021.2 release.

    Greetings
     
    Jar_Coding, Jul 31, 2021
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  2. martint_unity

    martint_unity

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    Hi,
    Please report this and we will get to it. Since that seems to be a bug / feature request. Thanks.
     
    Last edited: Aug 3, 2021
    martint_unity, Aug 3, 2021
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  3. Jar_Coding

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    Reported with case number 1355504
     
    Jar_Coding, Aug 4, 2021
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  4. LeonhardP

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    LeonhardP, Aug 24, 2021
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  5. TieSKey

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    This happens with HDRP too.
     
    TieSKey, Aug 26, 2021
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  6. LorisToia

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    How to correctly setup light cookie with Unity 2021.2+, it's supposed to work with URP.
     
    LorisToia, Jan 25, 2022
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  7. polyphonic13

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    Did anyone figure out how to correctly add a light cookie in 2021.2+? I have just upgraded a project to use URP 12.1.4 and see the LightCookie field for lights in the editor, with a previously valid cookie, but no cookie is being applied. Note: the texture being used is of type Cookie.

    UPDATE: it appears that switching to Progressive GPU (preview) in settings resolves this issue for me. I now have light cookies being applied.
    1) Window > Rendering > Lighting
    2) Lightmapping Settings
    3) Lightmapper
     
    Last edited: Feb 21, 2022
    polyphonic13, Feb 21, 2022
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  8. Dawdlebird

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    This is not at all resolved. Trying to drag a rendertexture in there, blanks out right away. Unity 2021.3.13f1.
    correction: it works for directional light, but point lights outright refuse :|

    [edit] seems for point-light you need to use a cubemap. Haven't been able to use a rendertexture as cubemap (throws errors), but if that's the required step if you'd like to use rendertextures with point lights.
     
    Last edited: Jan 4, 2023
    Dawdlebird, Dec 20, 2022
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