RealToon (An AAA Toon/Anime Shader and Stylized)

Hi everyone, to those who updated to RealToon 5.0.8p5 and to those new users whose RealToon version is 5.0.8p5.

I suggest to re-update your RealToon, this is because the Screen Space Outline button, DOTS button and Remove Outline button are not working.

Just go to Package Manager, RealToon then click Update.

 

Hi, I'm using RealToon with the built-in renderer. So far, RealToon is my favorite out of the popular toon shading assets due to its flexibility and quality.

I do have a problem though, when using outlines, they tend to shimmer as you change the viewing distance of the camera from the model. Is there any work around related to this?

Using 'outline width affected by view distance' does help to some extent, but there is still noticeable shimmering at certain distances. I'm thinking that this has to do with depth testing? Can some blurring happen at these distances?

 

Hi Nimzo93, thank you for using RealToon.

Can you provide a screenshot or video?
Send it by email support for a better long convo.

 

Hi ! @MJQStudioWorks

I'm trying to optimize my game for mobile with you shader and now i'm trying to bake Lightmap .
I enabled in the shader option the option "Optimize for light mode : Baked".

Is it possible to have better result and have a more cartoonish style like with realtime light ?

Here a screenshot with realtime , and a other with baked light



And here my lightmap settings:


And thanks for your help ! I really love the style of your shader !

Have a good day


Edit: In the same time, Is possible to optimize more your shader ? I was thinking to read it and see if I can optimize it , but I prefer ask you before if you have done the maximum on it ? Or I can do more? ( I don't know about shader so it's why i'm asking before I begin a new travel with the unknow ^^')
I'm only using it with features : "Self shadow" and "ShadowT" without trensparency and culling off

 

Hi shuskry, thank you for using RealToon,
And no problem

About lightmap:
The function of "Optimize for light mode : Baked" is to remove or disable all realtime features on the shader, means it is all baked.

Unfortunately, the lightmap on the RealToon URP shader is using the Unity lightmap, the baked shadow and shade can't be flat/cel shade look and can't be colored.

If you want both "RealTime and Baked" to be visible and used, set your light source to "Mixed".

Be sure to set all non movable objects to static.

*Take note that RealToon uses pixel light, not vertex light.
*Disable "Blit" on the Player Settings, this can improve performance.
*Less materials equals more performance on mobile.

 

Thanks for your anwser ! I didn't know for the "blit" option , so thanks !

Can I remove part of the shader Script to create a more optimized variant? To remove non use fonction ? Or it's loosing time ?

Have a good day

 

*Sorry for the late reply.
No problem

Most of the feature on the shader uses shader_feature keywords,
If a feature is not enable or not use, it will strip out on the final build.

You can modify the shader for your needs like removing some parts, add or anything.
Do it for your personal needs.

 

ok perfect !
Thanks for your time

 

I am sorry for bothering you with this again, but when can we expect texture overlays? For URP... you said next major update, but when's the ETA for that? Summer 2022 or End of 2022? Thank you and I am sorry again for bothering you with this question again.

 

Hello! I just purchased RealToon and its very well suited for us so far.

I was wondering if you have support, or will add support for being able to see characters through geometry, either as an outline or silhouette?

Is this something that can be done already? If not, is it something you would consider adding?

Also, any chance of adding in a Stipple / Dither Fade option?

 

Hi

I back for a other question.
I don't know why but when I'm using your shader with a texture, it's very pixelated on IOS...
I try with a normal material , and the bug appear only with your shader :/...
It's appear great on Unity editor , but when I build , this is here the problem

Here with the toon shader material:


And here with a basic new unity material created:




On the down image, the texture are smooth like I want...
But on the top image with your shader it's pixelated :/...

Thanks for your time!

 

Hi shuskry, thank you for reporting this one.
It seems it only occurs on IOS and it might be the Mipmap.

 

I tried with enable/disable Mipmap but nothing change :/

I have a other problem , When I use outline, I can see it on editor view, but when i'm clicking on Play in unity, outline are not visible :/ , also in build :/
(After multiple test , it's like if in the editor, the width of the outline are so much larger than when I click on play , enought to not see it on the first look)
I'm using the "De nor sob outline" renderer feature , without enabling outline on the material

Editor on left, play mode on right


On ios build I have the same result to the Play build mode on Unity

If I raise the width to have more outline on Build, for example 3 , Outline are showing only for big object ...

Here the result:

How Can I have the result from the Editor view ?



I saw people talking about a major update ? Do you have any estimation of the release ?

Edit: If it's can be usefull for debug, i'm using a Iphone 11 pro max and unity 2021.3

 

Hi thanks for the updates.

About the texture, it seems there might be something that need to do on the shader code for IOS.

About the "DeNorSob Outline", the screen resolution will affect the thickness of the outline.
The higher the resolution the thinner the outline, the lower the resolution the thicker the outline.
"DeNorSob Outline" is an edge detection type of outline with a combination of sobel.

About major updates, no release date yet or something.

 

Hi sorry for the late reply.
About the major update, no release date or ETA sorry about that.

 

I am trying to convert my project from the built-in render pipeline to HDRP withg 2022.1f1 and RealToon 5.0.8p5 using VRoid Studio characters. A common problem with VRoid characters is the skin pokes through the clothes at times, especially around the armpits.



The normal way I used to solve this was to erase the skin under the clothes, so the skin was not visible even if it poked through - you would just see the clothes.

The problem I am having however is if I make the skin "transparent" (click the transparency checkbox), and update the bitmap for the skin to remove that section near the armpits, you can now see right through the character instead of seeing the character's shirt.



I have tried fiddling with (Transparency) Blend - Source/Destination, but could not find a combination that would work. The skin sticking through the clothes, when marked as transparent and erased, is not showing the shirt underneath - you can see right through the character. (I did not erase any part of the shirt.)

Is there a solution to this problem with HDRP?

 

Okay, I won't pretend to understand why, but if I set "Culling: Off" and enable "Cutout" mode for the clothes layer with a Cutout value of 0.6 and Alpha Based Cutout turned on, then the transparent gaps in the clothes disappear....

... usually. Ugg, but not always! Many characters I cannot specify a Cutout value where the clothes appear everywhere except transparency - the clothes either go fully transparent, or no transparency (but the transparent areas show the contents of the game window camera!!! Very weird effect!) I guess there is a reason for "beta" on the HDRP shader version! ;-)

For example, the artwork has transparency for lower half of character (only the green top should be visible - the chest and legs should be transparent showing the trousers/body underneath.


Oh, closer to what it should look like for reference (except with problems of see through holes in armpits due to skin layer in front of clothes layer) - you can see the pants correctly with cutoff mode turned off - but you can see through the character at times too, which is bad.

 

Hi, sorry for the late reply.
If you are using RealToon HDRP - Cutout feature , I recommend you to change the rendering of your HDRP project settings to Forward.
In your case, use Transparency for semi-transparent.
If you just want to cutout something using its alpha channel, just use Cutout feature.

 

Thank you! That made a huge improvement!

 

Hi there, does anyone know why this is happening? The outline is rendered incorrectly on Unity - Apple silicon (M1 Max). It was working fine on my Intel / AMD - Macbook pro. Here is how this glitch looks. I also have the same issue with Unity Toon Shader ( I've made a post here about it)


I'm using Unity 2021.3 (LTS Apple silicon) - Built-In rendering pipeline - Real Toon 5.0.8p4

 

Hey! Did you figure it out? I am really curious about this bug since it could be an effect that I would like to use. Thanks.

 

Nop, fiddled around with the settings without success. And i cant find anyone else posting about it on the apple silicon section .. or answering my other post.

 

Hi, sorry for the late reply.
This needs to be address or report to unity.

 

I could use a touch of help. I've got a collection of objects in the scene with some of these materials applied. However, setting their color doesn't appear to be having any effect. Excerpt below:

Code (CSharp):

1. public void SetColor(Color color)
2. {
3.     plugMesh.material.color = color;
4.     capMesh.material.color = color;
5.     corrodedMaterial.color = color;
6. }

To clarify, the color property when inspected in the IDE debugger is correct, but in the scen and unity inspector the primary color is still white.

 

Hi, thank you for using realtoon shader.
You do need to access the shader property on the shader.

The property is "_MainColor".

See this unity c# api
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Material.SetColor.html

**RealToon uses custom name property "Main Color"
That is why the code you did, did not work.

 

Hi. Thanks for the cool tool. I have a question, is there a solution how to make a mask for the Rim Light and so that the Rim Light is not displayed in the place where there is a shadow or make it work only from the side of the light source, as in the Genshin Impact? I have Rim Light appears where it is not necessary Thank you

 

Hmm, that's still not working for me. I can set that Main Color in the inspector and see the change. When I do

plugMesh.material.SetColor("Main Color", color);

I can see the new value if I run GetColor("Main Color"), but don't see the change in the game. Is there a constant defining the propertyID (int value) so I can try that overload of the method? Here's a slightly larger code excerpt if that helps:

Code (CSharp):

1. [SerializeField] private Material plugMaterial;
2.  
3. private void Awake()
4.     {
5.         plugMesh.material = plugMaterial;
6.     }
7.  
8. public void SetColor(Color color)
9.     {
10.         plugMesh.material.SetColor("Main Color", color);
11.     }

(I'll note I'm not getting any exceptions or other debug messages during this either.)

 

Not "Main Color".
It should be "_MainColor".

 

Hi, as default, rim light will only visible or shine on the light area.

 

But my Rim Light always works in the shadow. And is there a way to use a mask?

 

Hi thanks for the update.
Did you adjust the shadow intensity option on the realtoon shader?

 

I realized that I need to increase the shadow intensity and brighten the Overall shadow color. Thank you.
And consider adding a rim light mask)

 

Ah! Thank you. I should have realized that. It's working now.

 

hello @MJQStudioWorks i have a question.
I don't know why this is a failed to compile on the build setting android.
RealToon cannot be found in "material - shader - universal render pipeline/...", and universal render pipeline/realToon can be found in "failed to file".
The problem cannot be found in IOS.
My urp version is 12.1.6 version and real toon is 5.0.8 p5. Please tell me the cause.

+ this error, too.
Shader error in 'Universal Render Pipeline/RealToon/Version 5/Default/Default': Program 'LitPassFragment', error X8000: D3D11 Internal Compiler Error: Invalid Bytecode: Incompatible min precision type for operand #3 of opcode #113 (counts are 1-based). Expected int or uint. at line 554

 

Hi, it should work properly on Android, be sure the "RealToon" folder is in the root "Asset" folder.

About the error, it only occurs on Apple Metal graphics.
I'm still troubleshooting this problem by the help of some RealToon users who uses Metal.

 

Hi.

I have some problems with using De Nor Sob Outline and Sobel Outline post-process in HDRP. It just does not work in standalone (it works fine inside editor tho). The scripting I've used to test it was mono with no stripping applied. You can easily repro this by making empty project and then import HDRP (12.1.7) with unity 2021.3.4f1.
There was completely nothing in logs so I really do not know what might be wrong.
Version of the RealToon was 5.0.8p5 (with is the latest).
The same thing happened on older version of unity (2021.1-2) and older versions of realtoon.

(I've attached two images even if it's really obvious how not working post-process on empty scene with single cube looks like )

 

Hi sorry for the late reply.
For it to show on build, you need to "Always Include" the DeNorSob Outline Shader.
See the documentation/user guide pdf on how to set it.

 

Is there any clever way to do tears on the face (ideally running down the cheek) with the RealToon shader (for HDRP specifically). I assume I can put another mesh in front of the face skin and treat it like glass (I can find rain shaders for glass), but it seems like a fair bit of work. E.g. all the blendshapes for the face would need to be extended to also warp the additional mesh. Just wondering if there were any other clever features of the RealToon shader that might help...

 

Hi there are alot of ways to do that but some of it are need some work.

You can try to use Unity HDRP VFX/Particle system and apply the shader by material format.

 

hi, I want change URP rendering from forward rendering to deferred rendering.
Is there any way to support deferred rendering

 

Hi thank you for using RealToon,
About deferred rendering, i'm planning to add that if possible, currently i'm still doing some experiement or testing about it.

Currently only RealToon HDRP support that.

Note:
Soon, Unity will add Forward+ Rendering.

 

Thanks for all the previous answers. Another one sorry. I am doing a tracking virtual camera close up face shot of a character using RealToon HDRP (Unity 2022.1f1, RealToon 5.0.8 Beta). I am getting some flicker. Experimenting with settings, it appears to be related to the hardness of the shadow. If set Shadow Hardness to zero, the face skin flickers (see start of video below). If set to 1, the face skin stops flickering but the hair flickers instead (second part of video). If the character does not walk, there is no flickering. So I assume its noise or similar sneaking in? The character's head is probably twisting side to side a little with the walk animation.

But I am kind of stuck - I cannot work out settings to use that does not result in flicker. Any suggestions appreciated. Pre HDRP I did not have this problem. Note: I am still learning all the HDRP and lighting settings. Thanks!

https://youtube.com/shorts/GIpA5pAtuTo

 

Hi sorry for the late reply,
You can increase the shadow resolution more than 4k,
Try change the light shadow resolution/quality to Custom and then change it to 8k or even 16k.

Before you can change it to more thatn 4k, you do need to increase the Shadow Atlas and Shadow Max Resolution to 16k
you can set it on the HDRP project current settings or quality.
Increasing the shadow resolution will remove or prevent flickering, try also adjust the filtering.

 

Hello @MJQStudioWorks
I've read your respond about Cutout and HDRP, you told user to use Forward.
But if I want to use deferred only, can this bug get fixed for deferred ?
Bug : the cutout part does not reveal the mesh underneath correctly.
Unity 2022.1.9f1, HDRP 13.1.8

 

Hi Spikebor, yes currently to get a 100% correct cutout, use the Forward Renderer.

*I'm still troubleshooting the the cutout problem on deferred rendering.
The cause of this is the GBuffer not correctly cutting it.

*It will work fine sometimes like there is something at the back, sometimes if there is nothing at the back.

 

Thank you for your respond, I hope you can figure it out soon ^^.

 

Hello,
unfortunately URP 13+ (Unity 2022.1+) changed a few things and the DeNorSob Outline render feature doesn't work on this version

Code (CSharp):

1. You can only call cameraColorTarget inside the scope of a ScriptableRenderPass.
2. Otherwise the pipeline camera target texture might have not been created or might have already been disposed.

Would you consider making a small update to take this into account?
Issue is related to Blit and how render pass works. I'm not familiar with those things but here are the topics mentioning the problem and solutions:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-to-blit-and-access-rendertargets-in-urp-13.1259055/
https://forum.unity.com/threads/doc...very-blit-function-does.1211508/#post-7735527

 

Heya all!

So to start, this is a fresh URP Install of RealToon following the included readme:

• ...not seeing a URP Example Package, just Built-In and HDRP
• ...tried HDRP just in case that worked...nope...see image above
• ...aren't there ANY other examples? You have a ton of screens and interesting looks but there's just a girl in a bamboo forest? Could use a bit more (e.g. Flat Kit )

Looks like a great asset otherwise!

Thank you thank you!

-Steven

 

Hi Necka_,
Thank you for reporting this.
I'll check this.

 

Hi SteveB,
For that example scene to work on URP,
You do need to change the materials shader to URP shader.

For the environment, it uses unity shaders while the character uses RealToon.

Note:
I already planned to add an example for RealToon URP soon.