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[Need More Info] Sunset Visible Through 'Tree Curtain'

Discussion in 'World Building, Scenes, Environment, & Overworld' started by Garfunkel Humperdinck, Oct 9, 2022.

  1. Garfunkel Humperdinck

    Garfunkel Humperdinck Bug Hunter

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    10/09/2022 14:48
    Title: Norgard Fens - Sunset Visible Through 'Tree Curtain'
    Reproduction Rate: 100%
    Blocker? No
    Details: The sun is quite visible through the tree curtain border thingy at the edges of the scene. Not just a glare, but you can clearly see the outline of the sun right through a tree. (Not showing that well in the screenshot below. More visible live.)
    Steps to Reproduce: Look at the border trees when the sun is behind them.
    User Specs:
    OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
    CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor (12) System RAM: 32678
    GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600 GPU RAM: 8146
    SotA.Win.64.1584.Date.10.07.22
    Area: Novia_R10_Swamp01_01
    Area Display Name: Norgard Fens
    Loc: (-90.7, 22.9, 315.9)
    Debug: Tm92aWFfUjEwX1N3YW1wMDFfMDF8fCgtOTAuNjU2LCAyMi45MDMsIDMxNS45MTQpfCgwLCAtMC42NjMsIDAsIDAuNzQ4KXwtNzk3Ljc1NDh8LTEuMTExNDUyfDguNTA4MDA4

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    Garfunkel Humperdinck, Oct 9, 2022
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    that means you have volumetric lighting on. do you have shadows on? it is only supposed to be used with shadows. there's supposed to be a check to disable it if shadows are off.
     
    Alley Oop, Oct 9, 2022
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    Yes. I have Shadows to Maximum and Volumetric Lighting checked. But should the sun itself be visible through tree trunks?
     
    Garfunkel Humperdinck, Oct 10, 2022
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    no, because it SHOULD be blocked by the shadow of the treecurtain.
     
    Alley Oop, Oct 10, 2022
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    okay, no amount of jiggling my settings can get the volumetric lighting to show without shadows showing, for me. the game DOES stop rendering shadows individually when there are too many/too much other stuff to render, but that seems unlikely here and with your specs.

    this is not gonna be scene-specific. please post again if you find some combination of toggling checkboxes that reliably makes the volumetric lighting show but the shadows not.
     
    Alley Oop, Nov 20, 2022
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