Issue with at least 43 out of 161 lights not being displayed in the scene, both in the viewport and

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Hello,

I am experiencing an issue while using Blender 3.1.2, where some lights at the bottom of the Outliner are not being displayed when I have a large number of lights in the scene. In my current scene, I have a total of 161 lights, but at least 43 of them are not showing up. This issue occurs both in the viewport and in the final rendered image. Also, when I delete one light, another one starts showing up, as if there is a limitation.

Is there a limit to the number of lights that can be displayed, or is this issue caused by some settings or constraints? I have already considered factors such as GPU performance, but I am still facing this problem.

If anyone has encountered this issue before or knows a solution, I would greatly appreciate your advice.

Thank you in advance.

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If you’re using Eevee, the limit is 128

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Thank you for your reply.
That’s bad news for me. It seems surprisingly low, but how do you guys solve this problem? Is it possible to manipulate the upper limit?

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Nope, sorry. It’s an OpenGL limitation. However, Eevee Next will remove this limit altogether, so you should just be able to wait for 4.0 or maybe even 3.6 :slight_smile:

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Okay, that is a great update! Thank you very much for letting me know. I would like to deal with it now with the current constraints.