Planer Reflections: Cannot set property 'renderTarget' of null

[Arnie]

Hi, been trying to get planer reflections working by following the example demo, i plug all the assets in, in the same way presented in the demo but i keep getting an error which is:

Cannot set property ‘renderTarget’ of null

Editor here: https://playcanvas.com/editor/project/822043

I’m trying to understand how to use planer reflections for a big product configuator projects I’m working on so getting this working would be fantastic.

Where am I going wrong?

Thanks

[Leonidas]

Hi @Arnie,

Make sure to create the required scene layers in your project as well, check the example project on that:

After you create them and order them as required, don’t forget to add the Mirror layer to your active camera and any other entity that will be casting reflections.

[LeXXik]

To add to Leonidas, I think the example needs an update, as it is probably using an old API for render target. Perhaps, @yaustar can update at some point.

@Arnie you can grab an updated mirror.js from this project:
https://playcanvas.com/project/713058/overview/planar-reflections

[Arnie]

Thanks for this updated version, it did indeed fix some deprecation API warnings.

[Arnie]

Okay so took a look at all this layering and replicated it, no compile errors anymore, and its rendering “something” but its not quite working as expected.

It looks like this: https://launch.playcanvas.com/1212528?debug=true

Is there something I need to modify in the code?

Thanks

[Arnie]

After some fiddling it seems that the example shows a checkbox ticked that should’nt be ticked in order for reflections to work.

Please make sure that that tickbox is unchecked and it should work once all your layering and render order is set up

So nearly there but another issue has reared its head, the planer reflections work perfectly when the reflection plane is horizontal, but once the reflection plane is vertical, the reflections become upside-down and offset positionally.

https://launch.playcanvas.com/1212528?debug=true

Is this just a limitation of planer reflections?

Thanks

[Leonidas]

Thanks for sharing that!

@Arnie

Is this just a limitation of planer reflections?

I vaguely remember somebody else had the same issue, not sure if it was resolved. @LeXXik any idea?

[LeXXik]

Ah, yes, I think it was discussed here:

Problem with Planar Mirror Reflection

Hey everyone! I’m trying to implement a mirror in my project based on this example https://playcanvas.com/project/717166/overview/planar-mirror-reflection It works, but only if reflection is parallel to the ground. If I’m trying to place the mirror vertically, the reflection either freezes (with 0, 0, 0 plane rotation) or the reflection is misaligned (other orientations). Here is an example: And the project: https://playcanvas.com/project/808188/overview/ref-test As I understand the examp…

@Arnie you can check out that thread, and see if it helps you.