The MotionVectors pass (drawn by HTrace and URP against the real camera
depth buffer) was stock URP: no cutout clip and ZWrite on, so it wrote
the wall depth back into the hole after opaques. The skybox then failed
the depth test there (black disc) and all screen-space effects
(SSAO/GI) shaded the hole with the occluded wall's depth.
The pass now runs ApplyHeroCutout before URP's fragment entry point.
ObjectMotionVectors.hlsl forces its own entry via include_with_pragmas,
so the pragmas are declared explicitly and the file is plain-included.
Complements the earlier GBuffer clip; XR MV pass and ShadowCaster stay
stock on purpose. Includes render-queue churn on the occluder material.
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Reveal the player when geometry sits between the orbit camera and the
character: a screen-space circular mask in a URP/Lit clone (HeroCutoutLit)
clips occluders in front of the player, depth-gated so only geometry nearer
than the hero is cut. The cutout lives outside UnityPerMaterial (SRP batcher
intact) and is a no-op when disarmed, so occluders look identical to URP/Lit.
A runtime driver (HeroCutout.cs on Main/GameManager) feeds the player's
screen position, radius, feather and depth into global shader properties and
only arms while the third-person orbit vcam is live; it disarms in
first-person, free-cam and the pause menu. Applied to the lobby walls via a
dedicated occluder material (floor left solid). Shipped but shelved for now.
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