[FREE] [OPEN-SOURCE] Outline Effect

What was causing the problem is that I had the script attached to the wrong camera in the scene. Feeling stupid now.
But something else: Doesn't it work with the Universal Render Pipeline?

 

Hey Any plans for URP support ?

 

There are no plans right now to support URP but maybe in the future once URP becomes more widely used.

 

Hey!

That does not seem to work...

The Cam:


And the actual object with SpriteRenderer,,,


Any ideas?

Olafs

 

HMm..so for some reason the Alpha cutoff doesn't do anything for me. any ideas. I would like to get this to work. Also how do I use Auto enable feature? I want it to turn on automatically when character is occluded by any object (buildings, walls, etc.) I can set this up manually, but i rather have it on auto. What do I have to type in the script (I'm not a coder, I am using playmaker)

he otherwise it works GREAT!

 

Thank you for this cool asset!

 

Is there any way to get rid of auto-merging mesh outlines?

 

Hello, thanks for this asset, it's amazing!!

I used the erase renderer to hide the hidden parts of the outline, and wondered if it was possible to have the outline go along the resulting "remaining" visible fill zone (have an outline around the whole fill zone)
It's a bloc seperated in several pieces.

Current result:

Result I woul'd like

Result without erase renderer (hidden parts shows up obv.)


Anyway the current result is already very good and suficient, but I ask in case it is already possible to do but didn't find out how.

EDIT: I achieved this by disabling eraseRenderer and using color 2 on the pieces that should mask/cover the outline instead, and enabling Add lines between colors. I used a fully transparent color for color 2 so no outline/fill will be visible.
Problem is the blocks rendering gets their transparency equal to the fill amount because of this. I would need to leave the materials of the blocks that have an Outline script (with 2 as a color parameter (transparent)) unchanged so they don't get altered by the outline asset, but still take them into account to cover the visible outline as before. I don't know if it is possible though...

Cheers

 

Hi
since I Am using the Outline Effect with an HTC Vive Pro VR Set (via SteamVR) I get a black screen on the desktop and the screen inside the HTC totally is white.
When I disable the script "Outline Effect" on VRCamera everything is ok.
Can you help me?

Thank you very much.
Greetings Matthias

 

I know this is late but I had the same issue and I just now fixed it.

The line of code that was the problem was OutlineEffect.cs line 227:

if (outline.SharedMaterials[v].HasProperty("_MainTex") && outline.SharedMaterials[v].mainTexture != null && outline.SharedMaterials[v])

The final "does it exist" check should be at the beginning, so just move that

outline.SharedMaterials[v]

to the front:

if (outline.SharedMaterials[v] && outline.SharedMaterials[v].HasProperty("_MainTex") && outline.SharedMaterials[v].mainTexture != null)

 

Is it possible to not have the outline be visible through other geometry? I can see the outline from places I don't want to see it.

 

Never mind I found out about the Erase Renderer option

 

any tips into making it render the lines above all? cause if i have two objects next to each other the outline does not show where it overlaps

 

Well simply great,

plug & play, easy to use, simple and quick.

Very well for beginners like me.

 

Any support for Blur ?

 

Does this plugin support HoloLens2?

 

Hi! Thanks for the asset! I've tried it today but I run into an issue: if I have 2 sprites that overlap (e.g. a background and a character) and I add the Outline component to the character, it doesn't show up unless I disable the sprite renderer of the background.

 

I have the same problem, did you find a solution?

 

Hi,
I am facing the same problem in Oculus Quest 2. Did you manage to find any solution?

 

Anyone figure out how to stop outline from showing through walls and other objects? Disable render just removes the outline all together.

 

Hey! I am loving your asset pack. If I import the project it works just fine, but I'm trying to set it up from scratch in a different project. It seems like everything is working but, when I push play, the scene looks very dark suddenly. Any thoughts or advice?

 

Hi, I'm using this script but I want to be able to display 4 colours instead of three, but it seems that's not possible. Is there a way to set this up to display more than three colours because changing the colours of one of the 3 already supplied isn't an option for me, thanks

 

Hello, I have a problem when adding a post process effect of bloom. Outline is also affected by the bloom, which is not desired. Any ideas how to make outlines not be affected by bloom? Thanks.

 

Just a quick note on the OutlineEffect script. On prerender, you're applying the outline material to all existing outlines regardless of if they are enabled or not:

Code (CSharp):

1. if (outline.eraseRenderer)
2.                                     m = new Material(outlineEraseMaterial);
3.                                 else
4.                                     m = new Material(GetMaterialFromID(outline.color));

Changed it to that:

Code (CSharp):

1. if (outline.eraseRenderer)
2.                                     m = new Material(outlineEraseMaterial);
3.                                 else if (outline.enabled)
4.                                     m = new Material(GetMaterialFromID(outline.color));

 

Is there anyway to add glowing or blinking effect to the outline only?

 

This asset is amazing and served me well when making my game. The only problem I have is that with thin objects (like the paper in the picture) the lines are kind of messy. Why is this happening?
I assume it is because of the inner edges of the model. Can this be prevented?

 

I see this error when I import the asset:

Assets/ThirdParty/OutlineEffect/OutlineEffect/OutlineEffect.cs(28,19): error CS0234: The type or namespace name 'VR' does not exist in the namespace 'UnityEngine' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

Thanks for your work!

 

If 2 sprites are there(1 background and other one the object where outline script is atatched ) then outline is not displayed. if I deactivate background then Outline is visible. Please help.

 

isn't it optimized for mobile devices?

 

hey developer, isn't it optimized for mobile devices

 

he no longer develops this app

 

Change "UnityEngine.VR" to "UnityEngine.XR"

 

Can't highlight in URP rendering mode, how to solve

 

I downloaded the project and even the DEMO scene isn't working, what to do ?

 

Same here

 

I am using Unity XRIT and have added the Outline Effect script to XR Origin main camera and Outline component to my 3D gun that I want to highlight. It is a VR room and I have added bool enable to my Hover events in the gun's XR Grab interactable. However, it is not working.

 

Great asset. I have problems getting this to work on HoloLens 2, however. While the outlines show up when testing the App in the Editor and via holographic remoting, they do not show when deploying to the HoloLens. Has anyone experienced a similar issue or has an idea what could be going wrong?

 

How can I get the shader to create lines between objects with the same colour? I want to render my entire scene with black outlines.

 

Same here. Any update on URP Support.
How can we make it work in URP. Any help.