Advanced Lightning offsets the Origin and Direction when there is a layer over it

[NewtV]

I've animated Advanced Lightning Origin and Direction and everything works fine, but if I move an existing layer or create a new layer over the Advanced Lightning layer, the Origin and Direction are displaced. If I move the other layer down again, everything comes back to normal.

I've created Advanced Lighting in a black Solid layer in AE 2023. This problem didn't happen in versions 2022 and CS6.

[Mylenium]

Care to provide some screenshots, including the timeline and effect settings along with soem system info? Sounds highly unusual.

Mylenium

[NewtV]

The screenshots are like I've explained, If the Advanced Lightning is on top, everything works as expected. If there is another layer over them, they become a mess.
To avoid this problem, I have to convert them as a Pre-Comp layer

[Mylenium]

That's really weird, in particular since it only happens with a layer on top. Unless you've defined an obstacle layer, this should not even happen. I'd consider it as a bug.

Mylenium

[NewtV]

No doubt it's a bug, since it doesn't happen in previous versions.