► Advanced Dissolve ◄

@Arkhivrag do you have a version of this asset that will work in Unity 5.6.6? The asset store page says 5.4 or higher but the current version seems to conflict with 5.6.6

 

What is the problem with 5.6.6?



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Here are the errors that pop on after importing the RenderPipeline - Standard package

 

RenderPipeline - Standard.package is part of the asset for Unity 2019, do not import it into Unity 5.6. Instead download package from the store using Unity 5.6



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Hello @Arkhivrag

Would you consider for a future release to move some keywords to local (they're all in global at the moment)

following that thread: https://forum.unity.com/threads/shader-keyword-limit.545491/#post-4751381

That would help for people relying on multiple 3rd party assets that grow the 256 keyword limit quite fast (even though it's stripped in builds, there is still the error popping in editor and that create issues while play-testing)

thanks

 

Hi there,

How do you get the effect on the right with Advance Dissolve shader attached to the left object.

I mean how to fill the space between 2 walls with different texture?

I tried all the shaders available in the asset.

 

Advanced Dissolve shader does not create Cross Section effect.
Dissolve and Cross Section are different type of effects.



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Hey there... I'd really like to add some glowing edges to some of my materials using a fresnel component to add to the emission component in the shader (not the dissolve edge, just the whole object).

I'm always a little bit lost when trying to dig into the code of the Advanced Dissolve shaders... I mostly use the Standard Specular version. Can you advise on the easiest way I can add this modification and expose a few uniforms to control the fresnel variables and emission contribution?

 

There is no easy way, especially in the case of Standard Specular shaders.Sorry.



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We are working into a isometric RPG and I'm looking for a solution to remove the tree/object that hide the camera like the screenshot below.

Our challenge is that we already use custom shaders and can't really switch to dissolve's shaders. Before going forward, is there a simple solution we could use with your asset?

 

The easiest solution is - replace your custom shader with Advanced Dissolve.
Another solution is to manually copy Advanced Dissolve math into your shader.



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Is there any update on moving this to HDRP?

Thanks

 

Waiting HDRP to be released as production ready.



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Would this asset work with objects that have the toony colors pro 2 shader on them?

Toony colors pro 2: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/toony-colors-pro-2-8105

 

No, needs manual integration.



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I didn't understand how to use it. After downloading from the store I only get one folder with only 2 files.
Folder : VacuumShaders
Files : RenderPipeline - Lightweight and RenderPipeline - Standard
and that's it. Really don't understand what's going on here. I would love to get help

 

Those two files are packages for Standard and Lightweight render pipelines. Based on your project import appropriate one.



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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSS

 

Hello. I tried importing the current (2019.5) "RenderPipeline - Standard" package into a Unity 2018.4.9f1 project and receive 23 errors about EndFoldoutHeaderGroup as follows.

 

You can not import asset for Unity 2019.x into Unity 2018.x
Remove asset from the project, clear asset store cache folder and re-download asset. Based on your Unity editor version (2018.4) appropriate package will be downloaded.



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Hello! Is support for URP coming in the nearest future?

P.S. The shader is awesome, by the way

 

URP is not released yet.
Or am I missing something



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Hey! May be you have any beta or something of HDRP version?

 

Just waiting HDRP to be released as production ready and became more stable.



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Howdy Arkhivrag,
We are using the Universal Render Pipeline (it is production ready finally!) Any word on if this shader will work with the URP? If you have a LWRP version, it should be pretty easy for us/you to adapt it for the URP, no?
Cheers,
Colin

 

URP is available only in Unity 2019.3, yes? And it is not released yet.
I have to wait for its final release to know what kind of shader code I'll have to work with.



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Can I use it to dissolve a dead npc? Can I see the documentation before purchasing it?

 

You can dissolve mostly everything. Check attached ReadMe file.



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The LWRP version of the shader can be quite easily updated to work in URP. Did this, can confirm

 

@Arkhivrag,

Hi, I love your product, Finding it quite large and hard to figure out atm, I wanted to achieve something simple which I talk about in this thread;

https://forum.unity.com/threads/how...cool-down-counter-effect.799884/#post-5316975

Keep in mind, I want this effect on all my units in an RTS game, not sure if this will start to be taxing

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

 

All you have to do is provide fill texture or alpha that will be used by Advanced Dissolve shader for hiding parts of the circle.
As for performance, Advanced Dissolve is Alpha Cutout shader and has the same performance as such shaders, + cost for additional effects (like dynamic object mask, triplanar noise projection, etc) which in your case is not necessary.



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Thanks bro, it took me a few days to process what you said since I have never worked with shaders before, but now I have result.

I am using a ArcTan2 Texture I found on google, and using it as a Cutout source, However, The Transition isnt very smooth, I can only assume because the resolution of my ArcTan2 Texture isnt high enough (Cant find anything higher), Any pointers would greatly be appreciated.

If you have any other suggestions, I would be grateful

 

I managed to increase the resolution, Also Making the ArcTan2-Texture .PNG made a big difference, but its still not perfect, I am not sure if I keep increasing the resolution of the ArcTan2-Texture would be the right way to go, I am not sure if this would Impact performance.

 

I have found an even Bigger problem, Changing the Dissolve value of one tank effects both tanks, ... how do I go around that? I read Somewhere that adding [PerRendereData] before the properties solve that, But it didnt for me.

Code (CSharp):

1. Properties
2.     {
3.        
4.         _MainTex ("Sprite Texture", 2D) = "white" {}
5.         _Color ("Tint", Color) = (1,1,1,1)
6.        
7.         _StencilComp ("Stencil Comparison", Float) = 8
8.         _Stencil ("Stencil ID", Float) = 0
9.         _StencilOp ("Stencil Operation", Float) = 0
10.         _StencilWriteMask ("Stencil Write Mask", Float) = 255
11.         _StencilReadMask ("Stencil Read Mask", Float) = 255
12.  
13.         _ColorMask ("Color Mask", Float) = 15
14.         _ClipRect ("Clip Rect", vector) = (-32767, -32767, 32767, 32767)
15.  
16.         [Toggle(UNITY_UI_ALPHACLIP)] _UseUIAlphaClip ("Use Alpha Clip", Float) = 0
17.  
18.  
19.  
20.         //[HideInInspector] _DissolveCutoff("Dissolve", Range(0,1)) = 0.25 //why is there 2 of these here? //this one is tottally here in error
21.                  
22.            
23.         //Advanced Dissolve
24.         [PerRendererData] _DissolveCutoff("Dissolve", Range(0,1)) = 0.25 // I should probabaly [PerRendererData], however this isnt working
25.        
26.         //Mask
27.         [PerRendererData][KeywordEnum(None, XYZ Axis, Plane, Sphere, Box, Cylinder, Cone)]  _DissolveMask("Mak", Float) = 0
28.         [PerRendererData][Enum(X,0,Y,1,Z,2)]                                                _DissolveMaskAxis("Axis", Float) = 0
29.         [PerRendererData][Enum(World,0,Local,1)]                                            _DissolveMaskSpace("Space", Float) = 0    
30.         [PerRendererData]                                                                   _DissolveMaskOffset("Offset", Float) = 0
31.         [PerRendererData]                                                                   _DissolveMaskInvert("Invert", Float) = 1      
32.         [PerRendererData][KeywordEnum(One, Two, Three, Four)]                               _DissolveMaskCount("Count", Float) = 0      
33.    
34.         [PerRendererData]  _DissolveMaskPosition("", Vector) = (0,0,0,0)
35.         [PerRendererData]  _DissolveMaskNormal("", Vector) = (1,0,0,0)
36.         [PerRendererData]  _DissolveMaskRadius("", Float) = 1
37.  
38.         //Alpha Source   //What I want to change is here
39.         [PerRendererData] [KeywordEnum(Main Map Alpha, Custom Map, Two Custom Maps, Three Custom Maps)] _DissolveAlphaSource("Alpha Source", Float) = 0
40.         [PerRendererData] _DissolveMap1("", 2D) = "white" { }
41.         [PerRendererData] [UVScroll] _DissolveMap1_Scroll("", Vector) = (0,0,0,0)
42.         [PerRendererData] _DissolveMap1Intensity("", Range(0, 1)) = 1
43.         [PerRendererData] [Enum(Red, 0, Green, 1, Blue, 2, Alpha, 3)] _DissolveMap1Channel("", INT) = 3
44.         [PerRendererData] _DissolveMap2("", 2D) = "white" { }
45.         [PerRendererData] [UVScroll] _DissolveMap2_Scroll("", Vector) = (0,0,0,0)
46.         [PerRendererData] _DissolveMap2Intensity("", Range(0, 1)) = 1
47.         [PerRendererData] [Enum(Red, 0, Green, 1, Blue, 2, Alpha, 3)] _DissolveMap2Channel("", INT) = 3
48.         [PerRendererData] _DissolveMap3("", 2D) = "white" { }
49.         [PerRendererData] [UVScroll] _DissolveMap3_Scroll("", Vector) = (0,0,0,0)
50.         [PerRendererData] _DissolveMap3Intensity("", Range(0, 1)) = 1
51.         [PerRendererData] [Enum(Red, 0, Green, 1, Blue, 2, Alpha, 3)] _DissolveMap3Channel("", INT) = 3
52.  
53.         [PerRendererData][Enum(Multiply, 0, Add, 1)]  _DissolveSourceAlphaTexturesBlend("Texture Blend", Float) = 0
54.         [PerRendererData]                              _DissolveNoiseStrength("Noise", Float) = 0.1
55.         [PerRendererData][Enum(UV0,0,UV1,1)]          _DissolveAlphaSourceTexturesUVSet("UV Set", Float) = 0
56.  
57.         [PerRendererData][KeywordEnum(Normal, Triplanar, Screen Space)] _DissolveMappingType("Triplanar", Float) = 0
58.         [PerRendererData][Enum(World,0,Local,1)]                        _DissolveTriplanarMappingSpace("Mapping", Float) = 0  
59.         [PerRendererData]                                               _DissolveMainMapTiling("", FLOAT) = 1  
60.  
61.         //Edge
62.         [PerRendererData]                                       _DissolveEdgeWidth("Edge Size", Range(0,1)) = 0.25
63.         [PerRendererData][Enum(Cutout Source,0,Main Map,1)]     _DissolveEdgeDistortionSource("Distortion Source", Float) = 0
64.         [PerRendererData]                                       _DissolveEdgeDistortionStrength("Distortion Strength", Range(0, 2)) = 0
65.  
66.         //Color
67.         [PerRendererData]                _DissolveEdgeColor("Edge Color", Color) = (0,1,0,1)
68.         [PerRendererData][PositiveFloat] _DissolveEdgeColorIntensity("Intensity", FLOAT) = 0
69.         [PerRendererData][Enum(Solid,0,Smooth,1, Smooth Squared,2)]      _DissolveEdgeShape("Shape", INT) = 0
70.  
71.         [PerRendererData][KeywordEnum(None, Gradient, Main Map, Custom)] _DissolveEdgeTextureSource("", Float) = 0
72.         [PerRendererData][NoScaleOffset]                                 _DissolveEdgeTexture("Edge Texture", 2D) = "white" { }
73.         [PerRendererData][Toggle]                                         _DissolveEdgeTextureReverse("Reverse", FLOAT) = 0
74.         [PerRendererData]                                                 _DissolveEdgeTexturePhaseOffset("Offset", FLOAT) = 0
75.         [PerRendererData]                                                 _DissolveEdgeTextureAlphaOffset("Offset", Range(-1, 1)) = 0  
76.         [PerRendererData]                                                 _DissolveEdgeTextureMipmap("", Range(0, 10)) = 1      
77.         [PerRendererData][Toggle]                                         _DissolveEdgeTextureIsDynamic("", Float) = 0
78.  
79.         [PerRendererData][PositiveFloat] _DissolveGIMultiplier("GI Strength", Float) = 1  
80.        
81.         //Global
82.         [PerRendererData][KeywordEnum(None, Mask Only, Mask And Edge, All)] _DissolveGlobalControl("Global Controll", Float) = 0
83.  
84.         //Meta
85.         [PerRendererData] _Dissolve_ObjectWorldPos("", Vector) = (0,0,0,0)      
86.     }

 

I'm not sure about the resolution issues but if you gameobject use the same material then they will be affected the same . However I think you can get around this by enabling GPU instancing . that way at runtime they have different copies of the same material. At edit time no there is no way to separate them other than having multiple materials

 

Thanks for reply, do you mean enabling this?


The thing is, I have another asset, that can do what I am talking about (changing the alpha from a script and it only effects that one object) , but these assets are so hard to read, I dont even know how its working. I mean thats why i bought them in the first place "because I dont know how to make them myself".

 

Select the material that you are using . And look at the options. you should see an option to enable GPU instancing. Or, if you just want separate materials altogether duplicate the material and assign it to you the second gameobject

 

I dont see such an option;



Man this is getting me so demoralised, I feel like I have no choice but to master shaders just to get past this lol

 

Oh.... It's textMeshPro... I think those shaders are not really designed with the idea of having GPU instancing because text wouldn't usually need different settings for each letter. Do you have another curved world sprite shader you could try?

 

Ahh, I see what you mean, all the other options Have a few problems, they interact with other lights, which is not what I am looking for, or, it has an alpha cut off-setting, and no matter how i fine tune it, the Dial becomes jagged. Let me show u two examples:

TextMesh:


With All The Other Options:

 

1. For clear cutout effect using texture, make sure texture quality is good. If you downloaded it from google it may be compressed and not suitable for your needs. I can suggest to recreate same texture in photoshop your own. And it will be perfect.
2. If multiple meshes need unique and independent from each other effect - make multiple materials for such meshes.
3. If Dissolve material must not interact with light - use Unlit shaders.



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Thank you for reply

but these units are created at run time, its for an rts game, how do I make multiple materials for that. Is there no way to use the same material? I have another shader asset, that comes with a script attached with a variable Alpha, whereby if I change the alpha from the script, it only effects that object individually regardless of how many copies of that same object are in the scene. Any Idea if I could somehow Implement this with this shader?

The other asset I am referring to is (in case you already have it):

 

You can Instantiate() material run-time.



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My project uses URP on Unity 2019.3 which is not released yet. Please let me know if it is possible to convert Advance Dissolve LWPR shaders to URP shaders, Thank you.

 

any tutorial for this asset available? I just need that effect static on my Level to "lookthrough" roof. No idea how to setup asset

 

Documentation and example scenes inside package.



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Huge fan of this asset... it was fundamental to a couple projects I did last year! For a new project, I'm moving over to HDRP. Now that it's out of preview, does that mean it's final enough for Advanced Dissolve to be adapted for it? Do you have any sense of when Advanced Dissolve might be ready to use with HDRP?

Thanks!

 

Hi There, Thanks for this awesome shader,
I'm facing a strange issue with the shader when switching it in play mode (I have a ref of metallic_sm4 material that I copy this way `new Material(settings.StandardCutout)`, then copy back all properties from prev standard material to the cutout shader), this is what happens :

On the left is Unity standard material, on the right advance dissolve, you can see it misses some shader functionalities (Metallic is not well rendered, same for height) but whenever I simply expand the Shader panel of Adv diss shader then everything gets updated and the correct look.

Left element selected you can see the standard shaders

Right element selected is adv diss.

Just expanded the shader inspector and it gets updated.


Simple question : Do I need to make a certain operation on the new material to get things updated?

Can it be related to too many shader keywords beeing used ?
[Edit] : Seems unrelated, I replaced all keyword but _GLOBAL ones by `shader_features_local` (using 2019.3), keyword limit warnings does not show up anymore, but I still have the issue. Will try to copy shader keywords to see if theres is a difference.
[Edit 2] : Copying keywords from standard material to advance dissolve seems to make things work way better. There are still issue, maybe some keywords that are in the advance dissolve material but not in the standard shader. I don't know how we can compare what is missing.
[Edit 3] : Manually removing standard shader default keywords in the newly created material before copying renderer material's value do seems to fix our issues
```
//You'll have to check on your own which keywords are up in the material you use as copy
materials[0].DisableKeyword("_SMOOTHNESS_TEXTURE_ALBEDO_CHANNEL_A");
materials[0].DisableKeyword("_SPECGLOSSMAP");
///this extension method copies keywords and properties to the material
materials[0].CopyShaderPropertiesAndKeywords(s);
```

 

Unity 2019.3 still in beta, it may change after release.



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Hi I just purchased your shader. I already done the tutorials but I have one problem. when I create my own material and put it on my object, the dissolve effect don't work. I already made a Mask Controller on my scene. already copy the properties of cactus pack in order to make the dissolve work on my own created material but still nothing. Please help me, I'm on Unity2019.2.19f1 LWRP.