Models get much darker when switching levels, but are fine when playing the scene normally?

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Hello all!

I've been working on a personal project for the past couple of weeks, which so far has come along nicely except for this bug. I made some pretty big models in blender earlier today and decided to put them in a test scene to see if they worked well in proportion to all the other models. Fortunately, they turned out okay! So I started adding textures and materials to the models and set up a script to load the current level after the player is finished with the previous one. When I loaded everything up and got to the second level, everything was EXTREMELY darker than before. If I loaded up the scene and played it there, everything was fine, but if I loaded the first level and made my way to the ending and got to the second level that way, everything goes wrong. I also just switched my project over to Unity 5 by the way, never had a problem like this before.

Any suggestions?

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Answer by Wolfdog · Apr 19, 2015 at 10:19 AM

This is because you're continuously baking the lighting. Don't worry, as this will be changed automatically once you build the final game.

To fix it in the Editor, go to Window -> Lighting -> Lightmap Tab -> Disable Continuous Baking -> Press Build to bake the lighting.

Note that if you add more lights or make some changes, you have to bake the lightmap again.

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countmelvin · Dec 15, 2015 at 08:57 AM 0

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Thanks Wolfdog! You saved my frustrated learner. :)

sunderplugs11 · Apr 02, 2016 at 07:36 PM 1

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pro answer. not only explained how to fix it, but why it worked on .apk <3

logicandchaos · Jan 09, 2017 at 04:57 PM 0

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I had a similar problem with a transparent material that would become black when I reloaded the scene, but this completely fixed the problem thanks!

phangchanda · Apr 11, 2017 at 07:26 PM 0

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Thank you very much! You really save my neck this time. I will send my work to customer tomorrow. And face the same problem! OH! i love you wolfdog!

BrainSlugs83 · Jun 20, 2021 at 04:49 PM 0

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I had the exact opposite problem. I had to turn ON baked lighting to get the issue to go away in 2020.3.11f1. -- Just wow.

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Answer by marius_87 · Mar 11, 2015 at 01:03 PM

I found that by disabling "Continuous Baking" in Lighting > Scene > Other Settings and bake manually everything is working fine.

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Answer by wizbit · Jun 01, 2017 at 07:47 AM

Yup, on 5.6.1f1

you will need to make the following change on each scene

Lighting --> Scene (Tab) --> Lightmapping Settings (Section) --> uncheck "Auto Generate" then click on the "Generate Lighting" button.

seemed to do the trick for me.

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EEDemir · Nov 03, 2017 at 08:51 AM 0

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this worked for me. thanks a lot.

myworkema · Dec 31, 2017 at 12:01 AM 0

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For Unity 2017.2.0f3 Is Work for me Thanks

Tutorial on youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-aU$$anonymous$$LdIxRY

zukinet myworkema · Jan 17, 2018 at 11:15 PM 0

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thanks for sharing youtube link, it's more clear :)

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Answer by myworkema · Dec 31, 2017 at 12:02 AM

For Unity 2017.2.0f3 Is Work for me

Tutorial on youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-aUMLdIxRY

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Answer by fwalkerCirca · Aug 10, 2017 at 07:15 PM

Building the final game does not seem to change this. Am I missing something? It's the same problem, if I bake by hand things work correctly on the editor. But after building both the stand alone version and a WebGL version the problem is there! So frustrating.

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