Hi everyone,
I’ve noticed a strange behavior when using high-resolution environment textures (like 2K .env files). After the environment texture is loaded and applied to the scene, if I interact with the Inspector, there’s a noticeable visual difference.
Specifically, if I open the Debug Inspector, go to Scene > Env. Texture, and click the texture link , the scene immediately updates. Expecially when using a PBR material with high metallic and low roughness values, the visibility of reflections noticeably improves.
To illustrate this, I set up a minimal Playground example:
Steps to reproduce:
- Run the scene normally
- Open the Inspector (top-right button)
- Go to Scene > Env. Texture and click on the texture
- Notice how the scene appearance subtly but clearly improves right after
A video of the process is showed below:
I tried to apply Environment Texture both using the CubeTexture constructor and using createDefaultEnvironmentFunction, having the same results.
I’m wondering:
- Is this expected behaviour or a bug?
- Does the Inspector interaction somehow force a reload or rebind of the texture?
- Is this behavior something that can be controlled programmatically, for example through options in the CubeTexture constructor?
Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
