The built-in renderer does not cull kShadowCastingShadowsOnly objects for the Projector render loop in 2021.3, which can result in several issues if those features are in-use:

• Wrong visuals as materials can be applied multiple times
• Floating/intersecting transparent geometry or Z-fighting depending on what the shadow-caster is and what the depth test type is
• A performance regression in 2021+ due to additional geometry being rendered

This was noticed in VRChat on 2021.3 where the player avatar's shadow casting mesh visibly z-fights with the visible mesh under certain projectors when using an Equals z-test with no depth bias.

The issues looks like it was introduced in commit bb013b0975df31e677f2e252e86f92cfe9e3fb52 where some culling of kShadowCastingShadowsOnly nodes was moved to a scriptable render loop file without anything to cover the built-in renderer.

Repro project attached which demonstrates multiple application of materials, shown as the objects being incorrectly coloured in 2021.3+.

1. Load SampleScene in 2019.4 to see the correct visual
2. Load SampleScene in 2021.3 or later to see the doubling of materials

The original:

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The multiplied effect with a depth-equals test:

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