how do I modify a unity tree shader?

I would like to add something to the tree leaf and bark shaders that are created by unity trees - TreeCreatorLeavesFastOptimized TreeCreatorBarkOptimized.

I downloaded the latest built-in shaders zip available on the unity site, but as soon as I place those two shaders in my project, I get tons of errors. Has anyone has any success doing this?

thanks!

 

ok, I got the shaders to not cause errors. I needed to inclue the Tree.cginc and TreeVertexLit.cginc files as well. But for some reason my shaders on the trees don't update when with the changes I've made to the downloaded one.

Has anyone run into this issue?

 

As far as i know,unity will render trees as 2D billboard if it is far from camera,on that case, it will check if there is custom shader named as BillboardTree

 

Thanks for the idea, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything at all. Either way, I need to modify the trees in their normal state, not the billboard state.

I did what little info I can find on it says - import the "built-in" version of the shader that you can download from the site and the engine should automatically replace it.

This does not seem to be the case.

 

Did you have any luck with tree shaders? I've stumbled upon same problem, guess it is possible to make totally new custom shader which will make use of the "Amb. Occlusion" property.

You can make a tree prefab and assign any shader you want.