I am trying to use custom depth values coming from various actors. One issue that I have been trying to address for the last few days really slows me down. Any help would be highly appreciated!
Basically, when I use Post Processing Volume applied with the CustomDepth material in the UE5 editing mode, everything works as expected; however, when I use Post Processing Volume with the CustomDepth material for the simulation mode, the custom depth display for a distant object disappears. Here are the screenshots that illustrate what I am trying to explain. All the screenshots are taken from the Small City level of the City Sample project.
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This is a screenshot with a normal view. There are two buildings marked with red and blue colors. I enabled “Render CustomDepth Pass” for both actors.
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The next screenshot shows the scene after I applied the CustomDepth post-processing material through Post Processing Volume as highlighted in the screenshot. You can also see both buildings marked with red and blue colors from this screen.
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This is what I am struggling with. When I hit the simulation mode with Post Processing Volume applied with the CustomDepth post-processing material, the blue-marked building disappears from the CustomDepth view.
Given that the blue-marked building is quite far from the camera (~500m), I am suspecting this might be related to the distance to the camera; however, I am not so sure about it.
I am wondering if anyone knows how to display the Custom Depth value for the far-distant object. I am also curious about what makes this difference between the view port and the simulation mode.
This might be not so relevant, but I turned off nanite for those two buildings because Custom Depth doesn’t work for the nanite-enabled static meshes. Any help would be greatly appreciated 