Upgrading to 26.2

In Pixotope 26.2 we are creating our own separate Pixotope Custom Depth Stencil. This way we do not interfere anymore with Unreal Engine’s Custom Depth Pass.

Default value

All Pixotope specific actors will automatically start using the new stencil system. Their default Pixotope Custom Depth Stencil is 1.

The global default can be adjusted in the Project Settings

Where to set

Pixotope Custom Depth Stencil can be found on the actor in Pixotope Component Settings.

In Blueprints

Pixotope Custom Depth can be adjusted in plugin using the Pixotope Component Settings Manager. It should be done on construction or begin play.

Migration

To ease conversion of projects that used multiple actors with Pixotope specific stencils we provide a one click conversion:

1. Open the Utilities tab

2. Click "Convert Static Meshes to use Pixotope stencil"

   

   
   

3. The conversion

   • reads Unreal’s CustomDepth Stencil Value and copies it to Pixotope Custom Depth Stencil

Visualize Pixotope Custom Depth Stencil

To confirm the stencils are correct, change Debug > Visualization Mode to
Pixotope Custom Depth Stencil

Disable for XR without inputs

Pixotope Custom Depth is enabled by default and needed for most of our compositing pipeline. It can be disabled if needed (Ex. XR without any inputs) with Pixotope.PixotopeCustomDepthEnabled false.