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13 changes: 11 additions & 2 deletions tutorials/3d/environment_and_post_processing.rst
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Screen-Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*This feature is only available when using the Forward+ renderer, not
Mobile or Compatibility.*
*This feature is only available when using the Forward+ and Compatibility renderers,
not Mobile.*

As mentioned in the **Ambient** section, areas where light from light nodes
does not reach (either because it's outside the radius or shadowed) are lit
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materials that have an AO texture defined. Values higher than ``0.0`` will
make the SSAO effect visible in areas darkened by AO textures.

.. note::

Since Godot 4.6, a simplified version of SSAO is available in the Compatibility
renderer. This implementation has a different look, but should perform
significantly better on low-end devices compared to SSAO in Forward+.

When using the Compatibility renderer, only the **Radius** and **Intensity**
parameters can be adjusted.

.. _doc_environment_and_post_processing_ssil:

Screen-Space Indirect Lighting (SSIL)
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+-------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
| Screen-Space Reflections| ❌ Not supported. | ❌ Not supported. | ✔️ Supported. |
+-------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
| Screen-Space Ambient | ❌ Not supported. | ❌ Not supported. | ✔️ Supported. |
| Screen-Space Ambient | ✔️ Supported. | ❌ Not supported. | ✔️ Supported. |
| Occlusion (SSAO) | | | |
+-------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
| Screen-Space | ❌ Not supported. | ❌ Not supported. | ✔️ Supported. |
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