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SO true... I need my tyre tracks!

 

Hi, I'm using the official Unity 2018.1.0f2 release (non-beta) and I get this error after importing the asset (this is a VR project btw)

Shader error in 'VacuumShaders/Beast/Standard': invalid subscript 'uv2' at /Program Files/Unity/Editor/Data/CGIncludes/UnityStandardMeta.cginc(21) (on d3d11)

Compiling Vertex program with _TESSELLATION_FIXED
Platform defines: UNITY_ENABLE_REFLECTION_BUFFERS UNITY_USE_DITHER_MASK_FOR_ALPHABLENDED_SHADOWS UNITY_PBS_USE_BRDF1 UNITY_SPECCUBE_BOX_PROJECTION UNITY_SPECCUBE_BLENDING UNITY_ENABLE_DETAIL_NORMALMAP SHADER_API_DESKTOP UNITY_LIGHT_PROBE_PROXY_VOLUME UNITY_LIGHTMAP_FULL_HDR

 

Already fixed. Download new version.



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I bought Beast and came to the thread to see if anyone posted good examples of their results. Found coldwar and what appears to be butthurt from other publishers. Glad I'm not a shader dev! Thanks for the awesome asset, can't wait to try it out.

 

what do you mean by cold war and butt hurt?
I have missed something?

 

Does this work with unity terrain so we can have splatmaps painted around for more realistic ground texturing?

 

It is not terrain shader, but Unity Standard shader with built-in tessellation.



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Hi, I bought BEAST and it's working like a charme! I was just asking myself if triplanar projection would be possible? It would be an advantage as fast-skinning method on, for example, giant boulder meshes. Or would that skyrocket the performance?

 

what about requirement Directx 9 or more optimized for mobiles ? need OpenGL ES version ?
Thanks

 

Unity shaders do not support tessellation below sm4.6 (or gl4.1), more info is here.



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Beast shaders now are fully compatible with Curved World.




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Does this shader work with HDRP?

 

No



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I'd love to hear if anyone has tried this in VR and whether the performance hit was\is too much.

 

Hi, used Beast before and after update to 2019.1 noticed that • Removed recalculation of normals and tangents.
https://forum.unity.com/threads/beast.454483/page-2#post-2976263

Is it possible to get this feature back maybe as shader keyword? Or maybe you could send me an older version of Beast where it was still presented?

 

I can send previews version, just send me asset purchase invoice to vacuumshaders@gmail.com



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Hi, I'm having issues with shadows flickering when an object using Beast shader is rotated. Tried to max all settings, played with different tessellation modes etc, no luck. Looks like tessellated geometry slightly changes from frame to frame which causes shadows to look different and it produces visible flicker. Would appreciate any help. With the flickering issue it is not possible to use shadows currently for tessellated objects, would be too annoying for the user. Thank you!
(Unity 2018.4.8f1)

 

Can you capture a little video for shadow flickering?
Package includes "Unity Tessellation" shader, does it have the similar problems?



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Unity Tessellation shader has the same issue. I sent you a video example per email (from your Unity about page). Thank you for looking into it!

 

Hi @Arkhivrag, I have been sending your vacuumshaders@gmail.com address a number of emails for nearly a year now trying to get support and never had a reply.
I bought a few of your assets and sent pre and post sales support questions without reply.

I was happy to see that you are posting on the forums, so thought would be worth a shot to message you here.
Is vacuumshaders@gmail.com the correct email address? Its the one on your publisher page.

 

Yes, it is correct.



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ok...

 

I am unable to get secondary normal maps working with Beast in 2019.2.11f1. The maps work fine with Unity's Standard shader.

 

Confirm. Working on fix.



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Smoothness from a Metallic Alpha is another thing I found working in Unity's shader but could not get to work in Beast. Thank you for addressing. This shader is very good for Character Creator characters.

 

Download new update v2019.3



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Thanks, you did good. I left a review.

 

Hello I have a question is this hdrp usable or only unity buildin render?

 

Built-in render pipeline only.



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Does this work well in (PC) VR, Single pass instance mode ?

 

Have not checked myself.



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Did fresh import of Beast in 2020 LTS URP and am getting this error:

Shader error in 'Amazing Assets/Beast/Lit': 'InitializeStandardLitSurfaceData': output parameter 'outSurfaceData' not completely initialized at Assets/Beast/Shaders/LitInput.hlsl(93) (on d3d11)

Does anyone know how to fix?

 

For anyone else experiencing this, finally found the right google result:

adding ZERO_INITIALIZE(SurfaceData, outSurfaceData to Litinput.hlsl:95 fixes it

 

Hello, why can't I get results any similar to displacement in Blender? My tessellated stone looks barely different from a flat geometry. See the screenshots, it has default flat wall, tessellated and displaced in Blender. I have recalculate set to Normals and Tanget, strength is 1 in both cases, factor is at 64. Tessellated mesh probably has even more tris than the one from Blender, yet looks way worse.

Tessellated

Standard

Displaced in Blender

 

I do not know how Blender works, but you can switch Unity's editor scene window to wirefame mode and see how shader generates tessellation. Also make sure material uses appropriate displace texture.



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Blender

Tessellated


Tessellated has seemingly even more tris, but it doesn't have as much lighting variation as hipoly mesh. It's lit like a flat surface, even if I go crazy with the strength. Displaced texture is the same in both cases.

 

So, tessellation works.

Problems seems to be in the used displace texture then. Try reducing texture's compression setting, import it as Single channel (Red) texture or convert it to 16/32bit texture.



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Hi beast! With this your asset Can I edit the shader in URP shader graph to have other texture slot blend combination and yet work with you tesselation?! Can you show the shader graph of your tesselate shader?
Regards!

 

Shader is written as HLSL file. It can not be edited in the ShaderGraph.



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Very cool shader.

Prebuy question: Does it work on mobile and webgl? if yes, is it performant?

 

Requires device with tessellation support. May not work on mobile devices. Doesn't work on WebGL.

 

Hi @Arkhivrag ,
this is probably a stupid question, but is there a way to adjust colliders to the tessellated model? For example, if I have a rock wall and I move the tessellation slider up, can I somehow adjust the collider to that wall?

 

No,
Colliders are not affected by shaders.

 

Really neat work! Have bought this some time ago and it pushes my procedural terrain to the next level.

One question though, have you considered adding a triplanar texturing mode?
That would make this the ultimative shader for even more usecases. Would buy it as a separate asset/plugin too.

 

Added to a wish-list.

 

Thank you

 

Hello, asset works great but i get this https://imgur.com/a/AzaGTm0 any idea how to fix it? smooth normals works but takes down the strength alot

 

If normals are not smoothed, this kind of 'cracks' will appear on any mesh edges, vertices where are not connected.

 

thanks! is it possible to do the smoothing in runtime?

 

Yes.
Using AmazingAssets.Beast; directive in your script adds GenerateSmoothNormals extension method to the Unity Mesh class (details in the Manual file).