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Blendshapes and shaders

Discussion in '2019.1 Beta' started by Mullan7, Nov 11, 2018.

  1. Mullan7

    Mullan7

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    The latest release notes have this:

    Shaders: Added support for BLENDWEIGHTS and BLENDINDICES semantics in vertex shaders

    If understand right, does this mean it's now possible to use blendshapes on a mesh without a skinned mesh renderer?
     
    Mullan7, Nov 11, 2018
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  2. Kaspar-Daugaard

    Kaspar-Daugaard

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    Hi, it's the bone indices and weights that are accessible from shaders, not the blend shapes.

    You can access the blend shapes data via script if you want to do your own implementation. FYI blend shapes use compute shaders if available from 2018.3, so the SkinnedMeshRenderer version is pretty efficient. You can also use the BakeMesh() function to write the output to a static Mesh, though that uses the CPU and not GPU.
     
    Kaspar-Daugaard, Nov 12, 2018
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  3. Mullan7

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    That's really heplful. Thanks for the detailed info!
     
    Mullan7, Nov 13, 2018
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  4. kenamis

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    Is there a way to force the blendshape compute shader to update? I'm finding the blendshape data becoming incorrect/out of date with a procedurally built mesh when GPU Skinning is enabled. Without, the blendshapes are working as expected.
     
    kenamis, Jan 15, 2019
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  5. LeonhardP

    LeonhardP

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    Could you please submit a bug report for this issue and reply in here with the issue ID? It would also help a lot if you could provide a smal reproduction project.
     
    LeonhardP, Jan 16, 2019
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  6. ReadyPlayGames

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    Are there any examples of BLENDWEIGHTS and BLENDINDICES in use that we can learn from?
     
    ReadyPlayGames, May 19, 2019
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  7. Thaina

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    Is that available in all mobile? Or is it fallback to CPU when it not supported?
     
    Thaina, Jun 15, 2019
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