I can’t understand how to use Rendering Layer Mask in Adaptive Probe Volume and Probe Adjustement Volume, can someone help me understand the purpose of this feature and can I use it to make certain objects ignore lighting from APV?

What is the “Rendering Layer Mask” in Adaptive Probe Volume (APV)? That’s like a filter that tells her lighting system which objects to illuminate with the APV. Objects have tags, which are known as rendering layers. The APV applies only to objects on the layers you select in its Rendering Layer …

Hello, thank you for such a detailed responce, but I am still having issues with this: [image] Here on left you can see configuration of Rendering Layers Mask for the APV. On the top right there is inspector view of my water plane, as you can see, it belongs only to “Light Layer 1” Rendering Laye…

Your issue happens because the water plane is on “Light Layer 1,” but your Adaptive Probe Volume (APV) setup is not properly excluding that layer. Even though you created a Probe Volume Override (PAV) to change the mask, setting it to “Everything” means it still includes the water plane’s layer, so …

Are you sure this is the right way? I tried this again, but this time I created the “Base” Rendering Layer Mask, so I can exclude only NoAPV RML from APV, but nothing really changed after bake. Here’s the configurations. [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] I also tried including Light Lay…

For me using Sky Occlusion worked well, since this appeared from no samples in these areas, but your situation is different, and I don’t think I know the solution, but I will let you know if I find one

Bump, @SharpCreator , I followed your instructions in your message , and didn’t have success with RLM for APV. Could you please take a look at my post , part Option B?

How to use Adaptive Probe Volume Rendering Layer Mask

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Hey @Ritbulau , did you find a solution to your problem? I’m also having dark/bright squares with APVs, asked here: Adaptive Probe Volume Square Artifacts/Shadows

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How to use Adaptive Probe Volume Rendering Layer Mask

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