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Sun coordination with Skybox
Is there a way to make sure the directional light for a scene is where the skybox's "sun" is? Thanks.
You'll have to do it manually by positioning the directional light where the "sun" should appear to be for the player. The good thing is that the directional light can be outside the playable area so that it always appears to be in the same place as the sun in the skybox. Turning on your sky in the scene view can help you align it properly.
I had $$anonymous$$e aligned with the Directional Light "close" to the scene's main action. Using the tip here, I simply multiplied all Position transforms by 100, and it was perfect.
So basically, to align with the default Skybox, my directional light was at XYZ -20, 47, 34. I changed that to -2000, 4700, 3400 and its perfect from all feasible angles and positions within the playable scene.
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
public class DirectionHelper : Editor
{
[MenuItem("Healpers/SetLightDirection")]
static void SetDirection()
{
Transform selected = Selection.transforms[0];
if(!selected)return;
selected.forward = -SceneView.lastActiveSceneView.camera.transform.forward;
}
}
This worked wonderfully for me. $$anonymous$$uch easier then setting it manually like I was before.
