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Fill Extrusion Layer flickering and rendering issue

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Description

While "fill-extrusion-ambient-occlusion-intensity" is greater than 0, setting fill extrusion layer with opacity less than 1 and height calculated by case expression makes all features flicker and have rendering artefacts.

Example with flickering:

```dart
await mapboxMap.style.addSource(GeoJsonSource(
id: sourceName,
data: geoJsonSource,
));

String someLayer = jsonEncode({
"id": layerName,
"type": "fill-extrusion",
"source": sourceName,
"paint": {
"fill-extrusion-ambient-occlusion-intensity": 0.5,
"fill-extrusion-ambient-occlusion-wall-radius": 20,
"fill-extrusion-ambient-occlusion-ground-radius": 20,
"fill-extrusion-ambient-occlusion-ground-attenuation": 0.5,
"fill-extrusion-opacity": 0.9,
"fill-extrusion-height": [
"case",
[
"==",
["get", "someState"],
true
],
10,
5
],
"fill-extrusion-color": [
"case",
[
"==",
["get", "someState"],
true
],
["get", "color"],
"#FFFFFF"
],
}
});

await mapboxMap.style
.addPersistentStyleLayer(someLayer, layerPosition);
```

Example with no flickering:

```dart
await mapboxMap.style.addSource(GeoJsonSource(
id: sourceName,
data: geoJsonSource,
));

String someLayer = jsonEncode({
"id": layerName,
"type": "fill-extrusion",
"source": sourceName,
"paint": {
"fill-extrusion-ambient-occlusion-intensity": 0.5,
"fill-extrusion-ambient-occlusion-wall-radius": 20,
"fill-extrusion-ambient-occlusion-ground-radius": 20,
"fill-extrusion-ambient-occlusion-ground-attenuation": 0.5,
"fill-extrusion-opacity": 0.9,
"fill-extrusion-height": 10,
"fill-extrusion-color": [
"case",
[
"==",
["get", "someState"],
true
],
["get", "color"],
"#FFFFFF"
],
}
});

await mapboxMap.style
.addPersistentStyleLayer(someLayer, layerPosition);
```

Removing ambient occlusion, using just a static number for height or setting opacity to 1 will solve the issue but makes it impossible to achieve the needed visual presentation for my layer.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the provided Dart reproduction in the issue and compare the two fill-extrusion configurations, focusing on ambient occlusion, opacity, and expression-based height. Trace whether the behavior is introduced by the Flutter integration or the underlying Mapbox rendering implementation; done means the layer renders without flickering or artefacts under the reported conditions.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
dart, flutter
Domain
computer-graphics, mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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