Normals broken with Triplanar node and Shader graph 7.1.8 + URP

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Triplanar normal unexpectedly change the way light bounce when a applying rotation to an object.

Here is what I’ve done

  • Create a new shader PBR with shader graph
  • Add a Triplanar Node
  • Put the type of the node to “Normal”
  • Link it to the normal channel of the PBR master
  • Add a textured2d “normal”

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  • Assign the material to any object (for ex a cube)
  • Spin the object in the editor.

Before rotation

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After rotation:

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This is more visible in a video:

Expected result:

  • everything stay the same

Actual result:

  • Light change when rotating

Case 1215603 → Normals issue with Triplanar and Shader graph 7.1.8
https://fogbugz.unity3d.com/default.asp?1215603_ng03qrk736b2hv2p

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I did another video where the issue is more clear, And when there is no texture in the normal channel, it’s even more visible

Please note that I’ve noticed that changing the scale to -1 will flip the normals, but that issue was fixed by the PR #5426 on git
https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/ScriptableRenderPipeline/pull/5426

however, even after that fix, the triplanar bug is still there

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Did you ever resolve this? I’m having the same issue.

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