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Question by TheSaviour · Oct 08, 2016 at 04:53 PM · shadermaterialskyboxskyboxesrenderwithshader

What happens if I use the wrong shader for a skybox?

I once created a new material, set a texture to that material and set the shader to Particles Additive (or something like that). When I went to the Lighting window, it said "Shader for this material does not support skybox rendering". But I did it anyways. I set the skybox to this material. And it actually worked. To be honest, my game actually doesn't look that bad. Should I keep it this way? Will there be consequences since I'm using a shader that is not compatible with skybox?

Or should I just do it the normal way (by setting material shader to skybox)?

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Answer by danw_unity · Jan 16, 2017 at 01:35 PM

Hi,

The warning message "Shader for this material does not support skybox rendering" only means that the shader has not been tagged as a skybox or background shader in one of a few ways, three of which are:

  1. It has a name containing "Skybox" (case sensitive)

  2. It is tagged "RenderType" = "Background"

  3. It is tagged "PreviewType" = "Skybox"

The warning doesn't know about what your shader actually does. As long as it is suitable for rendering after the opaque objects in your scene, you should be fine.

Dan

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