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[Toolkit bug]: lights can only be moved from certain camera position in the toolkit #1063
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Describe the bug
Lights can only be moved from certain camera position in the toolkit, this happens randomly and you can't really reproduce it. It's a very annoying thing because it fixes only with toolkit relaunch and this bug happens almost every toolkit new launch after some time. This bug also was a thing a year or so already
How do you reproduce the bug?
- You can't reproduce it since it happens randomly, but for me the bug happens almost every new toolkit launch after some time
What is the expected behavior?
Lights moving should be fixed so you could move them from any camera position
Version
1.5.2.0
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Media
I somehow can't upload the vid but here's the yt link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E88DYgIsQao
Activity
nxkb commentedon Jul 6, 2026
Hi @capybarych, thanks for filing.
Are you able to provide the kit logs from a session where this has started happening. ("Show Logs" button on the homescreen) If we get those we might be able to understand why its happening without a reproduction case. Also, If you do notice any steps or projects where this happens that would also be helpful.
capybarych commentedon Jul 6, 2026
Hi @nxkb. Heres the log, i got that bug at the end and then closed the project to get the log. Theres no steps to get this bug tbh, it happens to me when i place lights always and im currenly working on l4d2 lighting up all maps so its very annoying. Someone in the rtx remix discord said "i suspect sometimes this occurs if some invisible geometry is between the camera and the light gizmo, or if the light gizmo is too close to the camera and inside the nearclip plane" tho, but as you can see theres nothing but light in the open space in the vid i attached
kit_20260707_014419.log
nxkb commentedon Jul 7, 2026
@capybarych Thanks for the logs, very helpful in ruling some things out, though there's still not a perfect smoking gun. 2 more thoughts:
capybarych commentedon Jul 9, 2026
@nxkb idk why github didn notify me your message, but anyway, what is light manipulator? It happens faster when im just moving lights and creating new ones. Have you tried to recreate this bug on your end tho?
nxkb commentedon Jul 9, 2026
@capybarych oh I just mean the yellow light shaping controls that you can turn on and off here:
I have tried to reproduce on my side... but no luck yet. The transform controls work from all angles for me :/
capybarych commentedon Jul 10, 2026
@nxkb oh yeah i have this enabled
Thats unfortunate. Xorxor4d, if you know him, told me that he had this bug in nfs carbon sometimes. I dont know if its game specific?
nxkb commentedon Aug 3, 2026
@capybarych two more things for you to try:
NV-LL commentedon Aug 17, 2026
Hey @capybarych - checking in to see if you've been able to try the suggestions in the previous comment. We'd also like to inform you of our stale ticket policy, specifically that this ticket will be closed as 'went stale' if it does not receive a response in the next 2 weeks. Thanks!