### Known Issues in 2021.2.0b3 * 2D: 2D Animations crash when entering Play Mode ([1338523](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/2d-animations-crash-when-entering-play-mode)) * AI: Crash with ComputeTileMeshJob when generating Navmesh ([1329346](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/crash-with-computetilemeshjob-when-generating-navmesh)) * Asset Importers: \[MacOS\] Second Unity instance in Activity Monitor is "not responding” after importing ([1331736](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/macos-second-unity-instance-in-activity-monitor-is-not-responding-after-importing)) * Audio: Crash on AudioMixer\_CUSTOM\_FindSnapshot when passing null as an argument to FindSnapshot() ([1341752](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/crash-on-audiomixer-custom-findsnapshot-when-passing-null-as-an-argument-to-findsnapshot)) * Audio: Error is thrown when Audio Clip is selected in the Project Browser ([1345239](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/error-is-thrown-when-audio-clip-is-selected-in-the-project-browser)) * Editor: Fixed an issue where input events are not always captured by the game view when target frame rate is set. ([1331894](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/mouse-events-are-not-always-fired-when-vsync-is-off)) _First seen in 2021.2.0a2._ _Fixed in 2021.2.0b4._ * GI: Fixed an issue where lightmap references would be lost when entering playmode after the scene is saved. ([1339841](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/hdrp-gi-lightmap-reference-is-lost-when-static-object-is-moved)) _First seen in 2021.2.0._ _Fixed in 2021.2.0b4._ * Global Illumination: Crash while sculpting Terrain and Baking Lightmaps ([1266511](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/crash-while-sculpting-terrain)) * Graphics - Analysis Tools: (Frame Debugger) Clear events constantly appear and disappear ([1341163](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/frame-debugger-clear-events-constantly-appear-and-disappear)) * HD RP: HDRP Template fills the Console with "Shader error...couldn't open include file" messages after building the project ([1342989](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/hdrp-template-fills-the-console-with-shader-error-dot-dot-dot-couldnt-open-include-file-messages-after-building-the-project)) * IL2CPP: \[Mono Upgrade\] Il2CPP player fails to start on Windows 7 ([1340258](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/il2cpp-player-fails-to-start-on-windows-7)) * IMGUI: Editor's Toolbar is sometimes replaced by a white bar when opening any Scene ([1341951](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/white-screen-replaces-the-play-scale-position-bars-editor-cannot-play)) * Input: Touch Input doesn't work in Play Mode when running an Editor on a Touchscreen device ([1341159](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/touch-input-doesnt-work-in-play-mode-when-running-an-editor-on-a-touchscreen-device)) * Linux: Editor crashes at 'GfxFramebufferGLES::SetBackBufferColorDepthSurface' or freezes when creating a new shortcut profile ([1334874](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/editor-crashes-at-gfxframebuffergles-setbackbuffercolordepthsurface-or-freezes-when-creating-a-new-shortcut-profile)) * MacOS: Non-development macOS Standalone builds with IL2CPP scripting backend have invalid signature, causing them not to run ([1348307](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/standalone-universal-il2cpp-build-fail-when-run-on-apple-silicon-hardware)) * Metal: Performance in Game View is significantly impacted by Gfx.WaitForPresentOnGfxThread when a second monitor is connected ([1327408](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/performance-in-game-view-is-significantly-impacted-by-gfx-dot-waitforpresentongfxthread-when-a-second-monitor-is-connected)) * Mobile: \[Android\] Build fails when there are 680 or more files in the Streaming Assets folder ([1272592](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/android-build-fails-when-there-are-680-or-more-files-in-the-streaming-assets-folder)) * Mobile Graphics: \[iOS\] Player crashing when connecting external Display via USB-C port ([1321153](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/ios-player-crashing-when-connecting-external-display-via-usb-c-port)) * Packman: User can't easily configure location of both UPM and Asset Store package local cache ([1317232](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/user-cant-easily-configure-location-of-both-upm-and-asset-store-package-local-cache)) * Quality of Life: Crash in SerializedProperty::IsValid when reordering a SerializedProperty list ([1320319](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/crash-in-serializedproperty-isvalid-when-reordering-a-serializedproperty-list)) * Scene Management: Crash on BuildPrefabInstanceCorrespondingObjectMap when overriding nested prefab inside AssetDatabase.StartAssetEditing() block ([1324978](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/crash-on-buildprefabinstancecorrespondingobjectmap-when-overriding-nested-prefab-inside-assetdatabase-dot-startassetediting-block)) * Scene Management: Recent Scenes break after upgrading project ([1338322](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/recent-scenes-break-after-upgrading-project)) * Scene/Game View: Editor performance in the Scene View regressed drastically when multi selecting GameObjects ([1329140](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/editor-performance-in-the-scene-view-regressed-drastically-when-multi-selecting-gameobjects)) * Scripting: DomainReloadTests performance tests have regressed due to removal of built-in support for Visual Studio as a code editor ([1336648](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/domainreloadtests-performance-tests-have-regressed-due-to-removal-of-built-in-support-for-visual-studio-as-a-code-editor)) * Scripting: Increased Script Assembly reload time ([1323490](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/increased-reload-time)) * UI Toolkit: \[Shadergraph\] "Transform" node no longer appears in searcher when typed ([1344825](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/shadergraph-transform-node-no-longer-appears-in-searcher-when-typed)) * Video: Video player fails to start playing and null handle errors are thrown when running Unity Editor/Build with specific hardware ([1237818](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/video-player-fails-to-start-playing-and-null-handle-errors-are-thrown-when-running-unity-editor-slash-build-with-specific-hardware)) * Vulkan: Linux Editor using Vulkan crashes at " GfxDeviceVK::EnsureValidBackbuffer" when showing tooltips for ProBuilder buttons ([1335846](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/linux-editor-using-vulkan-crashes-at-gfxdevicevk-ensurevalidbackbuffer-when-showing-tooltips-for-probuilder-buttons)) * WebGL: \[iOS\] Video is not playing ([1288692](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/webgl-ios-video-is-not-playing-on-ios)) * WebGL: WebGL fails building on Windows 7 ([1340260](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/webgl-fails-building-on-windows-7)) * Windows: Editor crashes when exiting and keeping a tutorial project ([1338299](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/editor-crashes-when-exiting-and-keeping-a-new-micrograme-project)) ### New 2021.2.0b3 Entries since 2021.2.0b2 #### API Changes * Graphics: Added: Added class for drawing shadow cascades `UnityEditor.Rendering.ShadowCascadeGUI.DrawShadowCascades`. * Graphics: Added: Added common include file for meta pass functionality. ([1211436](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/hdrp-terrain-is-not-visible-in-baked-lightmap-scene-debug-view)) * Graphics: Added: Added IndentLevelScope (for VolumeComponentEditor child class only) to handle indentation of the field and the checkbox. * Graphics: Added: Added OverridablePropertyScope (for VolumeComponentEditor child class only) to handle the Additional Property, the override checkbox and disable display and decorator attributes in one scope. * Graphics: Added: Allowing Rendering Layer Names to not collide in UI. Includes a new API RenderPipelineAsset.prefixedRenderingLayerMaskNames to fetch a unique list of rendering layer mask names for UI needs. * Graphics: Removed: Removed GraphicsFormatUtility.GetDepthStencilFormat(int) after being public for two alpha releases. * HDRP: Added: Added a minimum motion vector length to the motion vector debug view. * HDRP: Added: Added a shortcut to HDRP Wizard documentation. * HDRP: Added: Added support for reflection probes as a fallback for ray traced reflections. (1338644) * HDRP: Added: Added support for Unlit shadow mattes in Path Tracing. ([1335487](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/unlit-shader-graph-with-shadow-matte-option-enabled-does-not-receive-shadows-when-path-tracing-is-enabled)) * HDRP: Added: Added support of motion vector buffer in custom postprocess. * HDRP: Added: Added tooltips for content inside the Rendering Debugger window. * URP: Added: Added Render Settings Converter to the Render Pipeline Converter, this tool creates and assigns URP Assets based off rendering settings of a Builtin project. * URP: Added: Two new URP specific scene templates, Basic which has a camera and directional light, then Standard which has the addition of a global volume with basic post effects setup. #### Changes * HDRP: Changed the Channel Mixer Volume Component UI.Showing all the channels. * HDRP: Depth of field at half or quarter resolution is now computed consistently with the full resolution option. (1335687) * HDRP: Hair uses GGX LTC for area light specular. * HDRP: Moved supportRuntimeDebugDisplay option from HDRPAsset to HDRPGlobalSettings. * HDRP: Replaced the context menu by a search window when adding custom pass. * HDRP: TAA jitter is disabled while using Frame Debugger now. * HDRP: When a ray hits the sky in the ray marching part of mixed ray tracing, it is considered a miss. * Package: Added the Code Coverage package to the Engineering feature set. * URP: Stripping shader variants per renderer features instead of combined renderer features. #### Fixes * Asset Import: Unity no longer uploads texture data to the GPU during texture importing, fixing a video memory leak that happens in some long import cases. ([1324536](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/editor-crashes-with-system-out-of-memory-error-when-importing-size-heavy-textures)) * Asset Pipeline: Fixed searching in the object selector would for some searches only show icons even if previews could be shown. ([1309396](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/object-selector-windows-size-slider-disappears-when-only-items-with-default-icon-are-in-the-list)) * Audio: Fixed OnAudioFilterRead does not working as expected with respect to the component enable checkbox. (1338710) _First seen in 2021.2.0._ * Burst: Fixed Burst's handling of stack-recovery, in the editor, on Apple Silicon hardware. (1345235) * Editor: Fixed undo on the Advanced Object Selector using the Search Picker not reverting the object field to its original value. (1336998) * Graphics: Fixed alignment in Volume Components. * Graphics: Fixed Light Layers with duplicate names being hidden in Light or Renderer component. (1335982) * Graphics: Fixed memory leak when changing SRP pipeline settings, and having the player in pause mode. * Graphics: Fixed regression where RenderTextureDescriptor.depthBufferBits or RenderTexture.depth could return GraphicsFormat.None when setting the properties to 24 or 32 bit. (1340405) * Graphics: Skip wind calculations for Speed Tree 8 when wind vector is zero. ([1335487](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/unlit-shader-graph-with-shadow-matte-option-enabled-does-not-receive-shadows-when-path-tracing-is-enabled)) * HDRP: Fixed aliasing artifacts that are related to numerical imprecisions of the light rays in the volumetric clouds. (1340731) * HDRP: Fixed an issue where disabled reflection probes were still sent into the the ray tracing light cluster. * HDRP: Fixed an issue where enabling GPU Instancing on a ShaderGraph Material would cause compile failures. (1338695) * HDRP: Fixed an issue with asymmetric projection matrices and fog / pathtracing. ([1330290](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/hdrp-spotlight-beam-is-offset-when-using-a-camera-with-custom-projection-matrix)) * HDRP: Fixed an issue with resolution dependence for physically based depth of field. * HDRP: Fixed bad feedback loop occuring when auto exposure adaptation time was too small. * HDRP: Fixed cases in which object and camera motion vectors would cancel out, but didn't. * HDRP: Fixed custom pass volume not executed in scene view because of the volume culling mask. * HDRP: Fixed exposure issues with volumetric clouds on planar reflection. * HDRP: Fixed HDRP material upgrade failing when there is a texture inside the builtin resources assigned in the material. ([1339865](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/copying-file-failed-copying-resources-slash-unity-builtin-extra-to-temp-slash-copyassets-slash-unity-builtin-extra)) * HDRP: Fixed issue with sky settings being ignored when using the recorder and path tracing. ([1340507](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/sky-disappearing-with-hdrp-recorder-plus-path-tracer-on-the-hdrp-template-and-there-is-an-issue-with-the-when-accumulation-is-on)) * HDRP: Fixed nullref when enabling fullscreen passthrough in HDRP Camera. * HDRP: Fixed object outline flickering with TAA. * HDRP: Fixed Pixel Displacement that could be set on tessellation shader while it's not supported. * HDRP: Fixed remapping of depth pyramid debug view. * HDRP: Fixed sceneview debug mode rendering. ([1211436](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/hdrp-terrain-is-not-visible-in-baked-lightmap-scene-debug-view)) * HDRP: Fixed some resolution aliasing for physically based depth of field. (1340551) * HDRP: Fixed tessellation displacement with planar mapping. * HDRP: Fixed the shader graph files that was still dirty after the first save. ([1342039](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/hdrp-sg-new-graph-remains-dirty-after-the-first-save)) * HDRP: Fixed the transparent cutoff not working properly in semi-transparent and color shadows. (1340234) * HDRP: The HDRP Wizard is only opened when a SRP in use is of type HDRenderPipeline. * macOS: Fixed Dedicated Server installation not being detected properly. (1345084) _First seen in 2021.2.0b1._ * Profiler: Fixed System.Thread threads tracking and visualization in Timeline view of Profiler Window. ([1339407](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/poor-profiler-performance-when-navigating-the-timeline-view-and-reviewing-data-with-many-threads)) * Shadergraph: Fixed a ShaderGraph issue where a material inspector could contain an extra set of render queue, GPU instancing, and double-sided GI controls. * Shadergraph: Fixed GPU instancing support in Shadergraph. ([1319655](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/shader-graph-errors-are-thrown-when-a-propertys-shader-declaration-is-set-to-hybrid-per-instance-and-exposed-is-disabled)) * Shadergraph: Fixed indent level in shader graph target foldout. ([1339025](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/hdrp-foldout-is-indented-in-the-graph-inspector-while-urp-slash-built-in-is-not)) * Shadergraph: Fixed ShaderGraph BuiltIn target not having collapsible foldouts in the material inspector. (1339256) * Shaders: Fixed a regression in draw call performance after switching to dynamic keyword limits. ([1333713](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/performance-regression-with-the-new-keyword-system)) _First seen in 2021.2.0a16._ * URP: Fixed ShaderGraph materials to select render queue in the same way as handwritten shader materials by default, but allows for a user override for custom behavior. (1335795)