autumn edge
I'm doing a small study on lighting and using the Sponza scene. I have the same setup in all the projects: the same cameras with identical physical settings, the same directional light, and the same HDR skybox with the same rotation. However, in HDRP, the lighting doesn't behave the same way. The light doesn't pass through the windows, and nothing I've tried so far has made a difference. What could I be missing?
Edit: I'm using just baked light but with real time lighting does the same
dusty ridge
Far as I know URP and HDRP use the exact same lightmapper, in the same way
autumn edge
Far as I know URP and HDRP use the exact same lightmapper, in the same way
Yeah, it's not a lightmapper issue. It seems to be a problem with how the directional light works in HDRP. If I rotate the light, it does come through the window, but then the direct lighting on the lower floor disappears.
dusty ridge
Yeah, it's not a lightmapper issue. It seems to be a problem with how the direct...
So, the directional light is not fully baked, but mixed or realtime?
autumn edge
The lights are fully baked, no mixed lighting. I just ran a test and it seems the problem isn’t the light itself, but the HDR sky I'm using. For some reason, it’s not contributing to the baked lighting.
autumn edge
So, the directional light is not fully baked, but mixed or realtime?
I'm sorry, I'm new to HDRP lighting. Do you know if there's something I need to do to make the baking process take the HDR skybox into account?
this are my settings for the sky box
I mean, the HDR sky is contributing some light, but the sun visible in the HDR image isn’t. In URP and Blender, if an HDR sky has a visible sun, it usually acts like a directional light. But that doesn’t seem to be the case in HDRP.
dusty ridge
this are my settings for the sky box
Environment tab of the lighting window has settings for which visual environment to use for baking
As there can be many in the scene
dusty ridge
I mean, the HDR sky is contributing some light, but the sun visible in the HDR i...
Sure URP does that? I seem to recall it didn't
If your directional light is baked, you shouldn't be able to rotate it and have its light follow the rotation
At least not until you've cleared baked data and it's being rendered as realtime temporarily
autumn edge
Environment tab of the lighting window has settings for which visual environment...
OMG, I feel so stupid it's right there in the image! It says there's no static lighting sky LOL. I'll try setting that and see what happens