Fix for material extension when defines not defined, set default min near to 0.5, minor fix.

examples/tweakpane-editor/script.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
     FullScreenPlugin,
     GLTFAnimationPlugin,
     HalfFloatType,
+    HemisphereLight,
     KTX2LoadPlugin,
     KTXLoadPlugin,
     NormalBufferPlugin,

src/core/camera/PerspectiveCamera2.ts

@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ export class PerspectiveCamera2 extends PerspectiveCamera implements ICamera {
      * Automatically manage near and far clipping planes based on scene size.
      */
     @bindToValue({obj: 'userData', onChange: 'setDirty'})
-        autoNearFar = true
+        autoNearFar = true // bound to userData so that it's saved in the glb.
 
     /**
      * Minimum near clipping plane allowed. (Distance from camera)
      * @default 0.2
      */
     @bindToValue({obj: 'userData', onChange: 'setDirty'})
-        minNearPlane = 0.2
+        minNearPlane = 0.5
     /**
      * Maximum far clipping plane allowed. (Distance from camera)
      */

src/core/material/UnlitMaterial.ts

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export class UnlitMaterial extends MeshBasicMaterial<IMaterialEvent, UnlitMateri
 
     constructor({customMaterialExtensions, ...parameters}: MeshBasicMaterialParameters & IMaterialParameters = {}) {
         super(parameters)
+        !this.defines && (this.defines = {})
         this.fog = false
         this.setDirty = this.setDirty.bind(this)
         if (customMaterialExtensions) this.registerMaterialExtensions(customMaterialExtensions)

src/core/object/RootScene.ts

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ export class RootScene extends Scene<ISceneEvent, ISceneEventTypes> implements I
 
     private _v1 = new Vector3()
     private _v2 = new Vector3()
-    
+
     /**
      * Refreshes the scene active camera near far values, based on the scene bounding box.
      * This is called automatically every time the camera is updated.
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ export class RootScene extends Scene<ISceneEvent, ISceneEventTypes> implements I
         const camera = this.mainCamera as ICamera
         if (!camera) return
         if (camera.userData.autoNearFar === false) {
-            camera.near = camera.userData.minNearPlane ?? 0.2
+            camera.near = camera.userData.minNearPlane ?? 0.5
             camera.far = camera.userData.maxFarPlane ?? 1000
             return
         }
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ export class RootScene extends Scene<ISceneEvent, ISceneEventTypes> implements I
 
         // new way
         const dist1 = Math.max(0.1, -this._v1.normalize().dot(camera.getWorldDirection(new Vector3())))
-        const near = Math.max(camera.userData.minNearPlane ?? 0.2, dist1 * (dist - radius))
+        const near = Math.max(camera.userData.minNearPlane ?? 0.5, dist1 * (dist - radius))
         const far = Math.min(Math.max(near + radius, dist1 * (dist + radius)), camera.userData.maxFarPlane ?? 1000)
 
         // old way, has issues when panning very far from the camera target
@@ -557,14 +557,14 @@ export class RootScene extends Scene<ISceneEvent, ISceneEventTypes> implements I
 
     /**
      * Minimum Camera near plane
-     * @deprecated - use camera.userData.minNearPlane instead
+     * @deprecated - use camera.minNearPlane instead
      */
     get minNearDistance(): number {
         console.error('minNearDistance is deprecated. Use camera.userData.minNearPlane instead')
         return this.mainCamera.userData.minNearPlane ?? 0.02
     }
     /**
-     * @deprecated - use camera.userData.minNearPlane instead
+     * @deprecated - use camera.minNearPlane instead
      */
     set minNearDistance(value: number) {
         console.error('minNearDistance is deprecated. Use camera.userData.minNearPlane instead')

src/materials/MaterialExtender.ts

@@ -97,9 +97,8 @@ export class MaterialExtender {
 }
 
 function updateMaterialDefines(defines: MaterialExtension['extraDefines'], material: IMaterial) {
-    if (!defines) return
-    if (!material.defines) {
-        console.warn('Material does not have defines', material) // todo: check when material.defines is undefined
+    if (!defines || !material) return
+    if (material.defines === undefined || material.defines === null) { // required for some three.js materials
         material.defines = {}
     }
     let flag = false