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A way to set the stencil buffer through shader graph?

Discussion in 'Graphics Experimental Previews' started by Desoxi, Jul 16, 2018.

  1. Desoxi

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    Well the question is as the title says :D
    Is there a way i dont know to set the stencil buffer via the shader graph?
     
    Desoxi, Jul 16, 2018
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  2. eizenhorn

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    Not yet
     
    eizenhorn, Jul 16, 2018
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  3. albertjames

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    What about now ? :)
     
    albertjames, Jul 15, 2019
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  4. alexhessler

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    How about now?
     
    alexhessler, Sep 16, 2019
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  5. AladinoTrent

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    Are there new News or solution for this?
     
    AladinoTrent, Oct 13, 2019
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  6. Blarghle

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    I would also like to know when this feature is coming
     
    Blarghle, Oct 24, 2019
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  7. koonm

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    How about now? It's 2021，still can't use stencil buffer?
     
    koonm, Jan 19, 2021
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  8. RR7

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    want
     
    RR7, Mar 13, 2021
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  9. tomekkie2

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    Generally you can set stencil overrides using RenderObjects in urp.
    Unfortunately there is no use of that for me. If I were using just Pass or Comp that would work. But I need PassFront, PassBack, CompFront, CompBack and RenderObjects have no these face selection options.
     
    tomekkie2, Apr 16, 2021
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  10. Aurigan

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    2022 ... is this possible yet?
     
    Aurigan, Jan 12, 2022
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  11. JJRivers

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    And a few months later.. ??
     
    JJRivers, Mar 1, 2022
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  12. RR7

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    still want
     
    RR7, Mar 2, 2022
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  13. KCGames47

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    Maybe I'm stupid, but is this really that hard for Unity to implement? like making a new .... node that generates a .... block of code? please correct me if I'm wrong...
     
    KCGames47, Mar 11, 2022
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  14. tonytopper

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    I could probably use this as well. Trying to use the stencil buffer to do some masking. Trying to use the base mesh to mask a submesh and this came up as a possible solution.

    Could this be done with a custom function in Shader Graph?
     
    tonytopper, Apr 20, 2022
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  15. CogumeloSoft

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    This is just unbelievable that something trivial like that is not implemented yet. That's the only reason why I keep using Amplify Shader Editor.
     
    CogumeloSoft, May 24, 2022
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  16. Mehrdad995

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    Bump, what about now?
    After 4 years has it been implemented yet?
    ---------------------------------------------------------
     
    Mehrdad995, Jul 2, 2022
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  17. vx4

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    yes it can be done since 2 years ago.
     
    vx4, Jul 5, 2022
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  18. CogumeloSoft

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    How?
     
    CogumeloSoft, Jul 8, 2022
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  19. vx4

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    implement native plug-in. lol
     
    vx4, Jul 8, 2022
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  20. CogumeloSoft

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    I have not idea what are you talking about
     
    CogumeloSoft, Jul 11, 2022
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  21. vx4

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    first you have to understand you cant change stencil buffer ot it state during shader excu this due to limation in Graphics API like DX11 or whatever you using. Everything shuld be set before excustion Draw cmd.

    Second, stencil buffer is couple depth buffer which also couple with RenderTexture in most cases. So,if you want set stencil buffer you can use for ex Graphics.SetRenderTarget or CommandBuffer.SetRenderTarget.

    3. you can change stencl state all of them like, stencil value Ref and othe link but RenderObjects in urp does not show them all so you have to craete your own Scriptable Renderer Feature.

    4.you can use Unordered Access View (UAV) or RenderTexture with RenderTexture.enableRandomWrite is enable to act like stencil buffer,where you can read write and mod pixel in inside shader.also you bind more than one if you want.

    5 if all of this does not work for you can create your own low-level rendering plugin where you can Graphics API.
     
    vx4, Jul 13, 2022
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  22. CogumeloSoft

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    There are many complex ways to use stencil buffers but that is not the topic of this thread:
    upload_2022-7-16_13-7-34.png

    If you're Implying that it should not be possible to add Stencil buffer settings to the shader graph I recommend you to take a look at Amplify Shader Editor. It's just a line of code in the final shader such as in the build-in pipeline.
     

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    CogumeloSoft, Jul 16, 2022
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  23. petey

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    Ahh damn! I was hoping there might be some built in solution to this :(
    I'm so bad at making shaders outside of the shader graph, and stencil stuff is so interesting!
    Has anyone managed to script anything for it yet?
     
    petey, May 15, 2023
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  24. pixelChisel

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    Well then, I guess I'll switch to Amplify for future projects...
     
    pixelChisel, Jul 26, 2023
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  25. Ofenkatze

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    Well, that's unfortunate, because Amplify shaders don't work with the Visual Effects Graph. So I'm stuck with making shaders in shader graph, copying them, then editing the stencil stuff in code. Which is not overly efficient. It would be a really handy feature to have in shader graph.
    Edit: Scratch that, can't use the modified shader in visual effects graph...
     
    Last edited: Aug 28, 2023
    Ofenkatze, Aug 28, 2023
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