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2

Found in

5.0.0f3

Issue ID

674159

Regression

Yes

Strange square-like shadows appear in the editor on Unity 5

Shadows/Lights

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- Import the attached project (from ReproProject.zip - Unity 4.6 compatible)
- Open 0 - Main Scene and press Play
- Select New Game from the menu
- Notice the black squares that show up in front of the main character

This appears to be a regression from Unity 4.6. For comparison, here is how the level looks in 4.6: http://i.imgur.com/i93kNS9.png and here is how it appears in 5.0: http://i.imgur.com/kyRxZlA.png

Comments (3)

  1. apostro

    Feb 16, 2016 07:55

    For anyone else experiencing a glitch like this, try turning off any blob shadow projectors you may have in your scene. Had me infuriated for days before I found it.

  2. Portalarium

    May 12, 2015 22:19

    Actually, after further investigation, the problem is a side effect of having more lights than your Quality setting of "Pixel Light Count". While the result might be what you expect from a rendering tech standpoint, it is horrible in actual use when used with terrain. It only affects forward rendered objects, like terrain in deferred.

    To repro, just take a piece of terrain, set Pixel Light Count to 1 and add 3 or 4 lights and slide them around the terrain. The terrain snaps to certain lights and results in nasty sharp edges on the lighting in the terrain.

  3. Portalarium

    May 12, 2015 20:18

    This is a huge problem for us. The above bug doesn't mention terrain but this happens to us only with terrain.

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