Clipping Planes of the Camera

If your actor moves in a building, you may want to ignore the walls or furniture between the actor and the camera, you may use the Clipping Planes feature. By defining the range consists of Near and Far parameters, you may see the actors behind the wall or relieve the load of your system. This feature can not be set as a key in the Timeline.

Rule of Clipping-planes

The Clipping-Planes provide two parameters, Near and Far, to define the render range of a camera.

Setting the Near Clipping Plane Value

If your actor is indoor, the wall of the room will always hinder the view. You may use the Near Clipping Plane to filter out the objects within this distance.

  1. Go to the camera modify panel.
  2. In the Camera section, click the up arrow of the Near Clipping Plane.

    Near Clipping Plane = 0

    Near Clipping Plane = 40

    ClosedNote:
    • If you encounter Z-fighting situation (Two extremely close faces cause the flicking result), increase the Near Clipping Plane value by 1 or 2 may solve this problem.
    • Clipping Planes affects only the rendering result instead of actually cutting any entity in the project.

Setting the Far Clipping Plane Value

If your Terrain is so wide that it is beyond the camera's rendering range, you may adjust this value to solve this issue.

  1. Go to the camera modify panel.
  2. In the Camera section, click the up arrow of the Far Clipping Plane.

    Far Clipping Plane = 9999

    Far Clipping Plane = 12000

    ClosedNote:
    • The Sky will always be shown without considering the value of the Far Clipping Plane.
    • It is highly recommended to decrease this value if your scene is not so wide since increasing the Far Clipping Plane value can also increase the load of the system.