Semi-Transparent Shader blocking skybox

Unity Engine
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So I’ve got a semi-transparent surface shader with ZWrite=On.
The problem I’m having is (I think) the object is writing to the depth buffer which is preventing the skybox on the camera from rendering at that position. I need ZWrite On though, because I want scene objects behind this semi-transparent shader to be blocked.

The solution I have so far is use 2 cameras.

1st camera just clears with skybox, doesn’t rendering anything else (culling = None)
2nd camera renders scene with clearFlags = Depth Only

This works, but was wondering if there’s some method I can use in the shader rather than have 2 cameras… Or can I manually draw the camera with skybox only, then render the scene after?

**Strange thing is, everything looks correct in the Scene View, my guess is the scene camera is doing more than the game camera in terms of clearing

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I guess this is my problem:

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damn, my queue was set to AlphaTest, setting to Transparent works, but no shadows anymore.

:frowning:

Still, If there’s a way to render a semi-transparent object after a skybox but with shadows I’d love to know. I’m thinking manually drawing the camera 2 times with different clear flags might work