Shader error in 'Nature/Terrain/Standard': maximum ps_5_0 sampler register index (16) on Android

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I’m getting the following errors while trying to build for Android on 2021.3.2f1

Shader error in 'Nature/Terrain/Standard': maximum ps_5_0 sampler register index (16) exceeded at Files/Unity/Hub/Editor/2021.3.2f1/Editor/Data/CGIncludes/TerrainSplatmapCommon.cginc(62) (on gles3)

Compiling Subshader: 0, Pass: FORWARD, Vertex program with DIRECTIONAL DIRLIGHTMAP_COMBINED DYNAMICLIGHTMAP_ON INSTANCING_ON LIGHTMAP_ON SHADOWS_SCREEN SHADOWS_SHADOWMASK _ALPHATEST_ON _NORMALMAP
Platform defines: SHADER_API_GLES30 SHADER_API_MOBILE UNITY_COLORSPACE_GAMMA UNITY_ENABLE_REFLECTION_BUFFERS UNITY_FRAMEBUFFER_FETCH_AVAILABLE UNITY_HARDWARE_TIER1 UNITY_LIGHTMAP_DLDR_ENCODING UNITY_NO_CUBEMAP_ARRAY UNITY_NO_DXT5nm UNITY_NO_FULL_STANDARD_SHADER UNITY_NO_RGBM UNITY_NO_SCREENSPACE_SHADOWS UNITY_PASS_FORWARDBASE UNITY_PBS_USE_BRDF3
Disabled keywords: FOG_EXP FOG_EXP2 FOG_LINEAR LIGHTMAP_SHADOW_MIXING LIGHTPROBE_SH UNITY_ASTC_NORMALMAP_ENCODING UNITY_ENABLE_DETAIL_NORMALMAP UNITY_ENABLE_NATIVE_SHADOW_LOOKUPS UNITY_HALF_PRECISION_FRAGMENT_SHADER_REGISTERS UNITY_HARDWARE_TIER2 UNITY_HARDWARE_TIER3 UNITY_LIGHTMAP_FULL_HDR UNITY_LIGHTMAP_RGBM_ENCODING UNITY_LIGHT_PROBE_PROXY_VOLUME UNITY_METAL_SHADOWS_USE_POINT_FILTERING UNITY_PBS_USE_BRDF1 UNITY_PBS_USE_BRDF2 UNITY_PRETRANSFORM_TO_DISPLAY_ORIENTATION UNITY_SPECCUBE_BLENDING UNITY_SPECCUBE_BOX_PROJECTION UNITY_UNIFIED_SHADER_PRECISION_MODEL UNITY_USE_DITHER_MASK_FOR_ALPHABLENDED_SHADOWS UNITY_VIRTUAL_TEXTURING VERTEXLIGHT_ON

Shader error in 'Hidden/TerrainEngine/Splatmap/Standard-AddPass': maximum ps_5_0 sampler register index (16) exceeded at Files/Unity/Hub/Editor/2021.3.2f1/Editor/Data/CGIncludes/TerrainSplatmapCommon.cginc(62) (on gles3)

Compiling Subshader: 0, Pass: FORWARD, Vertex program with DIRECTIONAL DIRLIGHTMAP_COMBINED DYNAMICLIGHTMAP_ON INSTANCING_ON LIGHTMAP_ON SHADOWS_SCREEN SHADOWS_SHADOWMASK _ALPHATEST_ON _NORMALMAP
Platform defines: SHADER_API_GLES30 SHADER_API_MOBILE UNITY_COLORSPACE_GAMMA UNITY_ENABLE_REFLECTION_BUFFERS UNITY_FRAMEBUFFER_FETCH_AVAILABLE UNITY_HARDWARE_TIER1 UNITY_LIGHTMAP_DLDR_ENCODING UNITY_NO_CUBEMAP_ARRAY UNITY_NO_DXT5nm UNITY_NO_FULL_STANDARD_SHADER UNITY_NO_RGBM UNITY_NO_SCREENSPACE_SHADOWS UNITY_PASS_FORWARDBASE UNITY_PBS_USE_BRDF3
Disabled keywords: FOG_EXP FOG_EXP2 FOG_LINEAR LIGHTMAP_SHADOW_MIXING LIGHTPROBE_SH UNITY_ASTC_NORMALMAP_ENCODING UNITY_ENABLE_DETAIL_NORMALMAP UNITY_ENABLE_NATIVE_SHADOW_LOOKUPS UNITY_HALF_PRECISION_FRAGMENT_SHADER_REGISTERS UNITY_HARDWARE_TIER2 UNITY_HARDWARE_TIER3 UNITY_LIGHTMAP_FULL_HDR UNITY_LIGHTMAP_RGBM_ENCODING UNITY_LIGHT_PROBE_PROXY_VOLUME UNITY_METAL_SHADOWS_USE_POINT_FILTERING UNITY_PBS_USE_BRDF1 UNITY_PBS_USE_BRDF2 UNITY_PRETRANSFORM_TO_DISPLAY_ORIENTATION UNITY_SPECCUBE_BLENDING UNITY_SPECCUBE_BOX_PROJECTION UNITY_UNIFIED_SHADER_PRECISION_MODEL UNITY_USE_DITHER_MASK_FOR_ALPHABLENDED_SHADOWS UNITY_VIRTUAL_TEXTURING VERTEXLIGHT_ON

I’m using 2021.3.2f1 and it’s a brand new, flat terrain made using this version. Here are my build settings:

What is the problem here and how can it be solved?

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Could you solve it? I’ve just faced the same in 2019.4.40f1.

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Still getting this error

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If I delete ‘library’ this works initially, then after some time the error comes back again. What’s going on? This is preventing building for Android.

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This is still an issue.

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I concur, this is still an issue.

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This is an error for me in 2021.3.19, unable to build my project because of it

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Any updates on this from Unity? I’ve tried clearing my shader caches, and reinstalling the editor.