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https://github.com/larsbertram69/Lux_2.0

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/lux-pre-integrated-skin-shader-for-unity-5-rc3.286714/

Don't know. Worth a try I guess.

 

Ok. Lux is working. It adds some noise. Not sure why that is. It's mostly noticeable with back lighting. Also not sure why there's a black artifact on the nose. Didn't take too long to set up. Would probably need some more testing:

 

And it is a bit shiny. People are not shiny unless they are wet, sweating, or sunbathing.

 

Just a test. Testing the shader options/look. One variation has a lot of gloss.

 

Fixed the noise issue (created a new BRDF texture). Images are a better look at where SSS gets placed. (maps are full white). Black mesh with back lighting. Also slightly smooths the normals. More pics coming.

 

F_Face 5 using high poly slots and Lux skin renderer. The SSS is basically the red parts. It doesn't really show up that much on diffuse lighting without back lights.

 

That looks nice! Did you replace the shader for the skin with a custom (Lux) shader? How does this affect the clothing or does it not affect it at all? Will the skin keep it's own shader even when combining the UMA? Do they not have to be all the same shader?

Sorry for all the questions. lol

 

More gloss/SSS and tweaked the nose in the morph sliders:

 

Skin shader is the Lux (first set of pics use the same Face morph that's in the UMA face pack).

The skin should be on it's own material ie. UMA SSS skin material. Won't effect clothes. You can use as many UMA materials as you want. They are straight forward to set up.

This shader is new to me as well. These are just experiments I did in the past couple hours. I think the result are ok.

 

@justb, those look really, really good and are a huge improvement over the UMA Standard/Metallic shader. Are those images just using the textures straight out of your body retexture and/or face packs, or did you need to alter the textures to work with the shader?

Has anyone tried using the Alloy shaders with UMA? I've had my eye on this shader framework for a while, and it's currently 40% off on the Madness Sale. It has shaders for skin, eyes, and hair.

 

Ok is relative. Since we want a dozen UMAs to run around in the same area, we want to balance performance with looks. I think these look very nice! I realize it is the high poly slots and that would make a big difference, but with LOD's the higher poly slots might be nice as close ups.

Thanks for experimenting with these.

 

I did and they look better but Will is using the high poly slots for the faces so they don't look that good. I have not tried Alloy recently though and I know they have updated. I will be working on UMA again in a couple of weeks so will try again, but unfortunately, can't do it now.

Alloy is very nice for other things too though so if you can afford Alloy and don't prefer another shader, then it will be worth the money. I haven't used Lux though so can't compare.

 

Really, the high poly slots aren't that much more of difference. The previous male shots or the low poly versions. If you don't go extreme close up, low poly should be fine.

The textures were redone and several tweaks made to get them looking right. There are some sliders for the shader that effect the amount of SSS etc.

Haven't tried Alloy with UMA. This is the first SSS shader I've gotten to work with UMA.

 

I'm getting these shading artifacts (nose). All of the maps look correct. Not really sure what it could be. It goes away once you turn the model and the lighting changes:




Edit: It's the normal map.

 

@TeagansDad Uses: Albedo (should be tweaked for SSS shading), Skin mask (Specular, Gloss, SSS, and AO in one map, Normals, and BRDF (rim type texture)

 

Quote:
"- Normal Map: A normal map, but make sure that you only bake rather small details into it."

Kind of misses the point.

https://github.com/larsbertram69/Lux/blob/master/Lux Shader/Human/Skin/_Lux Skin Shader.txt

 

Got the Fast Fake Skin Shader working. Not quite the same, but still adds a bit of smoothness and no artifacts:

 

Looks like it's a problem in the shader, probably an overflow. Looks really good except for that issue though!

 

Love the shadows around his eyes in this shader. Looks very cool.

 

Yeah, this is definitely looking good.

 

Ohhhhhh.... Ahhhhhhhhh.... Bring on RPG starter 3!!! heheh

 

Actually youth of any of the races you make in your rpg pack 3 would be awesome as well. The asset store is really lacking in youth models. Would be nice to be able to have children playing around their homes, regardless of what race they are.

 

Took a look at the Black Desert models. Base tris are around 11,108 tris and hair is....9, 646

Since the fast fake skin shader is working, I'll upgrade to that for now and possibly look at something else later (possibly remodeling the faces all together). Will tweak it a bit more and try the fem. Right now, the gloss isn't showing up.

 

Finals. First 2 are with no back lighting. Directional is at 1.4 intensity.

Unfortunately, eyebrows need to be black since they need to share the skin material, any other settings mess up the look, (might be tweakable).

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More pics (5's the limit):

 

Those look great. Which of the three shaders are you using? The "FastFakeSkin", "NotSoFastFakeSkin" or the "NotSoFastNotsoFakeSkin"?

 

NotSoFastNotsoFakeSkin (3 textures plus the matcap, BRDF and Beckmann)

 

I wondered about that. I'm curious if creating "mesh eyebrows" would work well. Basically just floating a small group of polygons over the face, and putting the eyebrow textures on that.

 

Probably a better solution. Will also increase eyebrow resolution. Will do that.

 

The shaders look great but what about performance? The shader's description is "not so fast" so since UMAs are generated and runtime, do the shaders slow that down? Could be a problem since most of us adjust our code to allow the UMA's to generate. I am curious about how fast they actually are...or are not.

 

My guess is the shader is not so fast ... for mobile. But you can do a stress test by using that shader in the LOD scene that comes with UMA53 and see how it would work for your target tech.

 

I test it when I have my demo for UMA done. I don't use mobile but will with networking, I want it to rebuild quickly.

 

It shouldn't have any effect on rebuild speed - just on how fast it draws the completed meshes.

 

Well, won't the rebuild include the completed meshes?

 

You'd have to test it. There's also the other options for the shader, but those would have to be set up using the appropriate maps.

I think not so fast basically refers to the amount of maps it uses. Since Not so fast has the 3 main textures and the 3 shader textures. The size of those could be reduced. It's not going to be like default UMA since it only uses 3 textures.

That's the price of using better graphics. You could always give an option in your game if possible.

The face pack will still contain the default PBR textures and legacy. The SSS plus eyebrows will most likely be an upgrade.

 

Oh, I see where you're going with this. You're right, it will be slightly slower because there are more textures to composite, but it should be negligible.

 

This is the middle one. It uses only 3 textures : Albedo, Normal, and matcap. It doesn't have any of the SSS effects, AO and is missing a few sliders(brightness, ambience). Still usable though with the maps provided, but you'd have to set it up. I can provide the current slider settings, ref image and colors. (using the high poly slots):




settings:

 

Body re-texture updated to Skin shader:

 

M_Face 2 (Low poly slots)

 

That's really looking good, Will!

 

Face pack 1 texture maps are converted for SSS shader. Still need seam fix, overlays and eyebrows.

 

Some male eyebrows 1-3:

 

Eyebrows can really change a face! Could they go out a little bit past the corner of the eye, at least some of them? Or is there an issue there.

 

Those are already done Perhaps I'll check on the next ones. They are limited by the eyebrow plane. Possibly, would have to re export it.

 

Super nice with some options... I agree with Teila that some brows that are a little "longer" would also be super - when looking at for example picture two I get the feeling that it stops a bit short.. So a tad longer if possible. But overall awesome!!!

 

Hey, jusb!
Is it possible to make unity cloth using for example chain from Demon Armor ?

 

Just one request, could you please stop using tga as texture format? Its ruining my git server harddrive space : p
png is lossless as well and takes waaay less space. I dont see any reason for using an uncompressed format, it would also reduce downloading time for your customers a lot : )

 

It's possible. Some people have done it (they've also manage to use physics bones). I wouldn't be able to do it unless some script or system was set up/provided since I'm not really a coder.

It would have to be generated at runtime through script. I'd have to be able to assign the cloth to the mesh and then have UMA generate it. It would also require using mesh or capsule colliders ie. Obi cloth

If anyone has a system like this I'd be willing to have a look at it a possibly convert some things (depending on how complex it is).

 

You can get a texture converter that converts bulk textures if you prefer. I do TGA because it gives the dev the option to use them or not. Conversion is straight forward. By default Unity compresses to DXT1-DXT5.

examples:

http://listoffreeware.com/list-of-best-free-bulk-image-converter/
http://www.batchconverter.com/image-converter.html