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Hello World

Create a new Scene​

  • Create a new Scene and save it.
  • Destroy the Directional Light object generated automatically.
  • Create a Plane by Create > 3D Object > Plane and make it Static.
  • Create a new Material with Kanikama/KanikamaStandardSurface shader.
  • Change its Kanikama Mode to Array.
  • Set the Material to the Renderer of the Plane.
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Setup Lights​

  • Create a Point Light by Light > Point Light and change it to Baked mode.
  • Add Kanikama Unity Light component to the Light object.
  • Repeat the above to create another Light (the position should be different from the first one).

Kanikama Manager​

  • Drag the prefab in the following path to your Scene and unpack it completely.
    • U#: Packages/Kanikama/Prefabs/KanikamaManager.prefab
  • Add two Kanikam Unity Lights created above to the Light Sources field in the Inspector window.
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Kanikama Window​

  • Open Kanikama Window from Window > Kanikama.
  • Click the Create Settings Asset button in the Unity category. A UnityBakingSetting.asset will be created.
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Bake Static​

  • Click Bake static button in the Kanikama window.
  • Kanikama will bake lightmaps after turning off Point Lights.
  • The baked lightmaps and LightingDataAsset are stored in [YourSceneName]_kanikama_unity_static/ directory.
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Bake Kanikama​

  • Click Bake Kanikama button in the Kanikama window.
  • Kanikama bakes lightmaps two times.
  • The baked lightmaps are stored in [YourSceneName]_kanikama_unity/ directory.
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Create Assets​

  • Click Create Assets button in the Kanikama window.
  • Kanikama creates Texture2DArray assets with slice count 2.
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Set Assets to Kanikama Manager​

  • Click the Setup Assets to KanikamaManager from UnityBakingSetting asset button.
  • Kanikama sets the Texture2DArray to the Lightmap Arrays field (and Directional Lightmap Arrays field if the asset exists) and Slice Count field becomes 2.
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Set Receivers to Kanikama Manager​

  • Click the Set KanikamaGI Receivers to KanikamaManager in the Kanikama window.
  • Kanikama sets the Plane to the Receivers field of the GI updater.
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Hello World​

  • Play Unity Editor.
  • Change the colors of two Lights from the Inspector window.
  • Note the GI updater works only when the Game window is active.
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