Lighting differences between editor and build

[jade tendon]

HI, I have some issues with the lighting in my horror game. The flashlight should fade really fast, wich it does in the editor, but in the build, it is somehow brighter and the player can see further. What also bothers me is that you can see the different brightness steps in the distance.

Does anyone know what the issue could be?

[glad fjord]

More specific, build on what platform with what quality settings, which render pipeline

Some target platforms may not support the same color space editor is using, or your quality level for building to that target may have differences in other settings like HDR

[jade tendon]

Im using the Universal Render Pipeline, for Pc. This is the quality setting for the build:

[glad fjord]

With URP most of the settings are in the URP asset "PC_RPAsset"

But since the the same quality level is selected as in editor, in theory they are using the same graphics settings

[jade tendon]

yea, idk 🤷‍♂️

I could prob lower the range of the flashlight but that doesnt solve the issue.

[glad fjord]

Looks like the difference could be between volumes / volume profiles

[jade tendon]

I use one global volume for post processing

[glad fjord]

No obvious reason why they would be different
But I guess it could be possible that you're loading the scene in the build in some different way than in the editor, so different volume components are present

I'd try making a new volume + profile as well as a new URP asset with different settings just to see if it seems to make the difference ...different

[jade tendon]

I only use one scene

[glad fjord]

If you can't make it better, you can try to make it worse to see what makes it worse

[jade tendon]

alr ill test some things 👍

[glad fjord]

If nothing reveals any clues I'd try a new scene and next a new project to try test if there's a difference in lighting between those
Just to know if we're searching in the right area at all

[jade tendon]

okay good idea

[glad fjord]

...and after new project a new project in a different editor version just to be sure

I think with the same graphics settings and volume profile the result should match the editor 100%

Project Settings > Player category does have some settings that affect the build regardless of graphics, but I don't recall any directly relevant ones off the top of my head

[jade tendon]

yea I think these settings should be alright, cant see something there that would change it

[fair flume]

I'd go as far as making it darker in the editor so that it would look correct in the build.

At least that's hopefully the result.

[glad fjord]

That'll work as a bandaid