This skyboxA special type of Material used to represent skies. Usually six-sided. More info
See in Glossary ShaderA small script that contains the mathematical calculations and algorithms for calculating the Color of each pixel rendered, based on the lighting input and the Material configuration. More info
See in Glossary generates a skybox from a single Cubemap Asset. This CubemapA collection of six square textures that can represent the reflections in an environment or the skybox drawn behind your geometry. The six squares form the faces of an imaginary cube that surrounds an object; each face represents the view along the directions of the world axes (up, down, left, right, forward and back). More info
See in Glossary consists of six square Textures and represents the entire view of the sky from every direction.
For information on how to create a Material that uses this skybox Shader, as well as details on how to render the skybox in your SceneA Scene contains the environments and menus of your game. Think of each unique Scene file as a unique level. In each Scene, you place your environments, obstacles, and decorations, essentially designing and building your game in pieces. More info
See in Glossary, see Using skyboxes.
| Feature | Built-in Render Pipeline | Universal Render Pipeline (URP) | High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cubemap skybox | Yes | Yes | No |
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Tint Color | The color to tint the skybox to. Unity adds this color to the Textures to change their appearance without altering the base Texture files. |
| Exposure | Adjusts the skybox’s exposure. This allows you to correct tonal values in the skybox Textures. Larger values produce a more exposed, seemingly brighter, skybox. Smaller values produce a less exposed, seemingly darker, skybox. |
| Rotation | The rotation of the skybox around the positive y-axis. This changes the orientation of your skybox and is useful if you want a specific section of the skybox to be behind a particular part of your Scene. |
| Cubemap (HDR) | The Cubemap Asset this Material uses to represent the sky. For information on how to create a Cubemap Asset from your input Textures, see Cubemap Asset. |
| Render Queue | Determines the order in which Unity draws GameObjectsThe fundamental object in Unity scenes, which can represent characters, props, scenery, cameras, waypoints, and more. A GameObject’s functionality is defined by the Components attached to it. More info See in Glossary. For more information on Render Queue, see SL-SubShaderTags. |
| Double Sided Global IlluminationA group of techniques that model both direct and indirect lighting to provide realistic lighting results. Unity has two global illumination systems that combine direct and indirect lighting.: Baked Global Illumination, and Realtime Global Illumination (deprecated). See in Glossary |
Specifies whether the lightmapperA tool in Unity that bakes lightmaps according to the arrangement of lights and geometry in your scene. More info See in Glossary accounts for both sides of the geometry when it calculates Global Illumination. When true, if you use the Progressive Lightmapper, back faces bounce light using the same emission and albedo as front faces. |