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August 26, 2015

Skybox water reflection problem on Unity 5.1.3f1

Since upgrading to Unity 5.1.3f1 Im having a strange issue where the reflection of my skybox in water (WaterProDaytime) moves and shifts around with the camera (head) movement making it appear as if the skybox's reflection is dancing around in the water. Reflection of other objects in the water is fine and appear as they should. This problem does not appear on unity 5.1.2f1 with the same project. Did something change between 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 that im not accounting for?
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    Inspiring
    August 26, 2015
    Does this issue only happen in VR, or is it also in the preview if VR is disabled?
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    Up and Coming
    August 26, 2015
    I see it in VR and in the editor window. If i disable VR I dont have the problem everything looks fine.
    Inspiring
    August 26, 2015
    This appears to be a new issue in 5.1.3 where the eye textures are vertically flipped in some cases. For now, I would recommend staying on 5.1.2p2 untils we sort the issue out.
    Up and Coming
    August 26, 2015
    I have the same issue on Unity 5.1.2p2, I haven't tried on 5.1.2p1 due to the known issue with stereoscopy.
    Works fine when reverting to 5.1.2f1
    Inspiring
    August 26, 2015
    Thanks for testing. It sounds like the issue was introduced in 5.1.2p1 or p2. We'll continue to debug it.
    Up and Coming
    August 30, 2015
    I have the same experience with this bug, any idea what the status is of this behavior ?

    I use the recommended 5.1.2f build from unity, but this version has the same issue.

    I tried version 5.1.p4, water bug is not there, but my game crashed at some points, no console errors, probably run time crash, so rolling back to a previous version does not work.

    Any idea what to do, maybe another version before 5.1.p4 that is stabe ?

    error log from 5.1.p4 :

    Crash!!!
    SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;E:\Gouden_Eeuw_VR\GVR_Builds\beta_build;E:\Gouden_Eeuw_VR\GVR_Builds\beta_build;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 530, UserName: 'Rob'
    OS-Version: 6.3.9600 () 0x100-0x1
    E:\Gouden_Eeuw_VR\GVR_Builds\beta_build\Alpha_build.exe:Alpha_build.exe (00200000), size: 16891904 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'E:\Gouden_Eeuw_VR\GVR_Builds\beta_build\Alpha_build.exe', fileVersion: 5.1.1.14815
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll:ntdll.dll (77D50000), size: 1499136 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17936
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNEL32.DLL:KERNEL32.DLL (75920000), size: 1310720 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNEL32.DLL', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNELBASE.dll:KERNELBASE.dll (75A60000), size: 880640 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNELBASE.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\HID.DLL:HID.DLL (75120000), size: 40960 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\HID.DLL', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WS2_32.dll:WS2_32.dll (76300000), size: 327680 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WS2_32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\USER32.dll:USER32.dll (76870000), size: 1388544 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\USER32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\VERSION.dll:VERSION.dll (754D0000), size: 32768 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\VERSION.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ole32.dll:ole32.dll (76460000), size: 1216512 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ole32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17905
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SHLWAPI.dll:SHLWAPI.dll (758D0000), size: 282624 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SHLWAPI.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ADVAPI32.dll:ADVAPI32.dll (763E0000), size: 507904 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ADVAPI32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\GDI32.dll:GDI32.dll (76710000), size: 1110016 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\GDI32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17902
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SHELL32.dll:SHELL32.dll (769D0000), size: 19582976 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SHELL32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17824
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\OPENGL32.dll:OPENGL32.dll (74AD0000), size: 909312 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\OPENGL32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINMM.dll:WINMM.dll (750F0000), size: 143360 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINMM.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\OLEAUT32.dll:OLEAUT32.dll (755C0000), size: 610304 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\OLEAUT32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17560
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSACM32.dll:MSACM32.dll (750D0000), size: 94208 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSACM32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\IMM32.dll:IMM32.dll (758A0000), size: 159744 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\IMM32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DNSAPI.dll:DNSAPI.dll (74E20000), size: 516096 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DNSAPI.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17481
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\IPHLPAPI.DLL:IPHLPAPI.DLL (75310000), size: 131072 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\IPHLPAPI.DLL', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINHTTP.dll:WINHTTP.dll (75270000), size: 651264 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINHTTP.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msvcrt.dll:msvcrt.dll (75660000), size: 798720 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msvcrt.dll', fileVersion: 7.0.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NSI.dll:NSI.dll (762E0000), size: 28672 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NSI.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\RPCRT4.dll:RPCRT4.dll (76220000), size: 761856 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\RPCRT4.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17919
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\combase.dll:combase.dll (76590000), size: 1560576 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\combase.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\sechost.dll:sechost.dll (75570000), size: 266240 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\sechost.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17734
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\GLU32.dll:GLU32.dll (750A0000), size: 151552 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\GLU32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DDRAW.dll:DDRAW.dll (749E0000), size: 966656 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DDRAW.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINMMBASE.dll:WINMMBASE.dll (75070000), size: 143360 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINMMBASE.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSCTF.dll:MSCTF.dll (75CA0000), size: 1122304 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSCTF.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17706
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINNSI.DLL:WINNSI.DLL (75210000), size: 32768 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINNSI.DLL', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SspiCli.dll:SspiCli.dll (75550000), size: 122880 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SspiCli.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DCIMAN32.dll:DCIMAN32.dll (75060000), size: 28672 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DCIMAN32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\cfgmgr32.dll:cfgmgr32.dll (76820000), size: 245760 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\cfgmgr32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DEVOBJ.dll:DEVOBJ.dll (75430000), size: 135168 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DEVOBJ.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CRYPTBASE.dll:CRYPTBASE.dll (75540000), size: 40960 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CRYPTBASE.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bcryptPrimitives.dll:bcryptPrimitives.dll (754E0000), size: 344064 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bcryptPrimitives.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\shcore.dll:shcore.dll (75180000), size: 569344 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\shcore.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17666
    E:\Gouden_Eeuw_VR\GVR_Builds\beta_build\Alpha_build_Data\Mono\mono.dll:mono.dll (10000000), size: 2293760 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'E:\Gouden_Eeuw_VR\GVR_Builds\beta_build\Alpha_build_Data\Mono\mono.dll', fileVersion: 1.0.0.1
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\PSAPI.DLL:PSAPI.DLL (76050000), size: 24576 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\PSAPI.DLL', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSWSOCK.dll:MSWSOCK.dll (75220000), size: 307200 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSWSOCK.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\kernel.appcore.dll:kernel.appcore.dll (73D60000), size: 36864 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\kernel.appcore.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll:uxtheme.dll (74F70000), size: 970752 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\dwmapi.dll:dwmapi.dll (74F50000), size: 106496 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\dwmapi.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    E:\Gouden_Eeuw_VR\GVR_Builds\beta_build\Alpha_build_Data\Plugins\OVRPlugin.dll:OVRPlugin.dll (74EC0000), size: 49152 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'E:\Gouden_Eeuw_VR\GVR_Builds\beta_build\Alpha_build_Data\Plugins\OVRPlugin.dll'
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCP120.dll:MSVCP120.dll (74960000), size: 462848 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCP120.dll', fileVersion: 12.0.21005.1
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCR120.dll:MSVCR120.dll (74870000), size: 974848 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCR120.dll', fileVersion: 12.0.21005.1
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\d3d11.dll:d3d11.dll (73940000), size: 1937408 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\d3d11.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\dxgi.dll:dxgi.dll (745C0000), size: 430080 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\dxgi.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\nvwgf2um.dll:nvwgf2um.dll (72B40000), size: 14647296 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\nvwgf2um.dll', fileVersion: 10.18.13.5560
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bcrypt.dll:bcrypt.dll (73D40000), size: 122880 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bcrypt.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvspcap.dll:nvspcap.dll (060F0000), size: 1425408 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvspcap.dll', fileVersion: 2.5.12.11
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SETUPAPI.dll:SETUPAPI.dll (76060000), size: 1773568 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SETUPAPI.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvapi.dll:nvapi.dll (72820000), size: 3260416 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvapi.dll', fileVersion: 10.18.13.5560
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\profapi.dll:profapi.dll (74BE0000), size: 61440 (result: 0), SymType: '-nosymbols-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\profapi.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MMDevAPI.DLL:MMDevAPI.DLL (74560000), size: 339968 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MMDevAPI.DLL', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\wdmaud.drv:wdmaud.drv (74830000), size: 221184 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\wdmaud.drv', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ksuser.dll:ksuser.dll (74EB0000), size: 28672 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ksuser.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
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    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\powrprof.dll:powrprof.dll (73EE0000), size: 262144 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\powrprof.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msacm32.drv:msacm32.drv (74E10000), size: 36864 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msacm32.drv', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
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    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\xinput9_1_0.dll:xinput9_1_0.dll (74820000), size: 24576 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\xinput9_1_0.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\LibOVRRT32_0_6.dll:LibOVRRT32_0_6.dll (72770000), size: 663552 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\LibOVRRT32_0_6.dll', fileVersion: 6.0.1.0
    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\D3Dcompiler_47.dll:D3Dcompiler_47.dll (72400000), size: 3596288 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\D3Dcompiler_47.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17672
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    ========== OUTPUTING STACK TRACE ==================

    0073865D (Alpha_build) Mesh::ShouldIgnoreInGarbageDependencyTracking
    003CE319 (Alpha_build) RectT<int>::Contains
    00472EF1 (Alpha_build) PlayerMainWndProc
    00474C15 (Alpha_build) PlayerWinMain
    007C5D08 (Alpha_build) PlatformThread::Exit
    008019B8 (Alpha_build) PlatformThread::Exit
    75937C04 (KERNEL32) BaseThreadInitThunk
    77DAAD1F (ntdll) RtlInitializeExceptionChain
    77DAACEA (ntdll) RtlInitializeExceptionChain

    ========== END OF STACKTRACE ===========

    **** Crash! ****
    Inspiring
    August 31, 2015
    I'm getting the same issue after updating my project to 5.1.3f1, though not specifically on water(havent tried) but instead on all box projected reflections. Any solution would be greatly appreciated
    Inspiring
    August 31, 2015
    Can you see if 5.1.2f1 works instead?
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    Up and Coming
    September 2, 2015
    I'm going to bump this thread since it's what I came here to post - this is an error that doesn't just affect water, or skybox reflections - I've noticed it in all box-projected reflections in Unity since 5.1.1f1.

    In 5.0.x this wasn't a problem, but it is now - parallax isn't being preserved on objects that are using reflection probes. Keeping my head still while I rotate it will make the reflections look correct. But once I start moving my head around and engaging the positional tracking, the reflection completely falls apart.

    I've tried this in 5.1.1f1, 5.1.1p4 and 5.1.2
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    Inspiring
    September 2, 2015
    Can confirm this is happening with 5.1.1f1, 5.1.1p4 and 5.1.2.
    Though 5.1.3 crashes outright with vr mode enabled so i cant confirm that one.

    edit: Also just noticed that the screen mirror doesnt show this effect, its only visible directly in the HMD