To reproduce the issue do the following in both Rhino 7 and Rhino WIP.
** Note : Both Version have Rhino Render as the default engine**
1- Create a box
2- Switch to Arctic mode (with the default ambient occlusion)
3- Switch camera to use Two-point perspective.
you can see that Rhino WIP shows unexpected shading at the Horizon, while Rhino 7 Renders things nicely.
Rhino 7:
Rhino 8:
System info for GPU & Plugin nerds:
Rhino 8 SR0 2023-5-30 (Rhino WIP, 8.0.23150.10305, Git hash:master @ a7f16b00e39d903cb1a0d15887ca9d9d8eec1492)
License type: Commercial, build 2023-05-30
License details: Cloud Zoo
Expires on: 2023-07-14Windows 11 (10.0.22621 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 1.3e+02Gb)
Computer platform: DESKTOP
Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 5-24-2023 (M-D-Y).
> Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display attached to adapter port 0
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port 1
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA A40 (NVidia) Memory: 48GB, Driver date: 5-24-2023 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.98
> Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- There are no monitors attached to this device!OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: HighVendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 5-24-2023
Driver Version: 31.0.15.3598
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 49140 MBRhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\V-Ray for Rhinoceros\V8\VRayForRhino.rhp “V-Ray for Rhino”
C:\ProgramData\McNeel\Rhinoceros\7.0\Plug-ins\Datasmith Rhino Exporter (d1fdc795-b334-4933-b680-088119cdc6bb)\DatasmithRhino7.rhp “Datasmith Exporter” 5.2.0.0Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.0.23150.10305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.0.23150.10305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.0.23150.10305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk_ui.rhp “Renderer Development Kit UI”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.0.23150.10305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoCode\RhinoRoslyn.rhp “RhinoRoslyn” 8.0.23150.10305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoCode\RhinoCodePlugin.rhp “RhinoCodePlugin” 8.0.23150.10305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoCode\RhinoCPython.rhp “RhinoCPython” 8.0.23150.10305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.0.23150.10305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\ConstraintsUI.rhp “Constraints UI” 8.0.23150.10305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8 WIP\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”



