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Weird editor terrain glitch 5.4.0f1

Discussion in '5.4 Beta' started by AdamGoodrich, Jul 15, 2016.

  1. AdamGoodrich

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    I am getting this in my editor and have had customers complain about it as well.

    Its a fresh project - Gaia plus Std Characters, Image Effects, Environment.

    All i have done is create and texture a terrain, switch to linear deferred but was happening in gamma forward as well.

    As you mouse-wheel in and out the effect seems to fade in and out. Haven't made a terrain big enough to verify that it happens in game yet. You can see from the zoomed in view that there is nothing wrong with the way the textures are applied.

    Gaia doesn't have or use any custom shaders - so this is all standard Unity.

    The issue happens on the little rocky outcrop in the distance there.

    Has anyone else seen this ? Any work around ?

    Windows 10, Unity 5.4.0f1

    editor 1.jpg editor2.jpg editor3.jpg
     
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    AdamGoodrich, Jul 15, 2016
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  2. AdamGoodrich

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    And here it is with water turned off...

    Zoomed out a little further.

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    AdamGoodrich, Jul 15, 2016
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  3. zeroyao

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    Hey Adam,

    It looks like the shader for the near-by multi-layer terrain and the far-away baked terrain is different? Please first check if you imported shaders with the same names to the built-in terrain shaders in your project, as they are automatically picked up by terrain by the name. If not, please send us the project with a bugreport? I didn't get reports from elsewhere.

    Thanks
     
    zeroyao, Jul 15, 2016
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  4. AdamGoodrich

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    Thanks - Gaia doesn't have any shaders and the only assets included were standard assets. I was just able to replicate this on a new scene. Stripping the project down and shipping a report.
     
    AdamGoodrich, Jul 15, 2016
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  5. AdamGoodrich

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    Ok, submitted, case 814300.
     
    AdamGoodrich, Jul 15, 2016
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  6. zeroyao

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    It looks like the mips of Alpha textures on TerrainData stops updating when TerrainData is reloaded into memory from disk. Not a Gaia specific issue, any terrain may suffer this problem. Anyone volunteer to give it a try? If so we'll certainly consider it as a shipstopper.
     
    zeroyao, Jul 15, 2016
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  7. AdamGoodrich

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    I am happy to test any solution you come up with.
     
    AdamGoodrich, Jul 15, 2016
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  8. larsbertram1

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    i also noticed that the mip levels of the splat or alpha maps do not always get updated correctly. so currently i use tex2dlod and level 0 which fixes my problem.
     
    larsbertram1, Jul 15, 2016
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  9. makeshiftwings

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    If memory serves, Unity terrain has always done that. I just assumed it was normal. Part of the reason I switched to RTP long ago.
     
    makeshiftwings, Jul 15, 2016
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  10. AdamGoodrich

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    I just had one of my customers confirm this with the same release that I tested with.



    Original post is here.
     
    AdamGoodrich, Jul 16, 2016
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  11. yuanxing_cai

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    We have confirmed this is a regression bug and will get it fixed before final 5.4 release.
     
    yuanxing_cai, Jul 18, 2016
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  12. zeroyao

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    zeroyao, Jul 20, 2016
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  13. AdamGoodrich

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    Verified fixed - great work guys!! :)
     
    AdamGoodrich, Jul 22, 2016
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