Shader Forge - A visual, node-based shader editor

Hey guys.
Got a bit of a problem with refraction and a water shader I am working on.
Everything looks ok (would prefer a bit more color differentiation in the depth but it is fine for now) when looking at it front on, but when something is in the way between the camera and the water, it seems to get refracted as well, like the depth buffer is having no effect on it at all.

What I need is to have the refraction only take place on objects you see through the water mesh, not on anything in the way.

Looks Ok


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Notice the edges...

How can I get rid of this? (shader attached)

 

I'm trying to make a basic water shader. No normal maps, reflection, refraction. Really basic, but I'd like it lightmapped. Or maybe lit by dynamic lights. As long as it will go dark in dark parts of my level.

The problem with just using the Standard Unity shader, it makes the water bright when it's switched to transparent.

So with Shader Forge I'm almost there, but the best I can get has it becoming more transparent in the shadows, and when I shine my torch around it goes completely opaque. What am I missing? Is this even possible with shaders?

In the picture you can see the bricks under the water, but only in the shaded parts.

 

Looking for a Shader Forge expert to make us up a quick mobile terrain shader, PM me for details.

 

So an odd graphical glitch has been appearing with the character shader I've been tooling around with.
If I position the camera certain way, a black plane obscures the view and it seems to come from the character itself.
It's super clear to see when the camera is looking at the side and the character moves, as the black plane comes into front of the camera every now and then.

I'll try to pause the game and capture a screenshot but here's my graph if anyone can see any wrong moves.
(I tried searching around the forum outside of Shader Forge but couldn't find a mention of it)

 

I don't know how it could happen, but my first suspicion is that it somehow relates to the outline.

 

@Acegikmo: I bought Shader Forge a few days ago. It's a really handy and fun tool, good job! Also the hotkeys to show the placement menu for nodes starting with that letter is brilliant. I've never seen that kind of workflow.

I think I've encountered an issue with refractive shaders though. Basically the same as this user reported two years ago:
https://shaderforge.userecho.com/topics/19-getting-refractive-particle/

And I think what @Labyrith-Studios reports might also be related:

So, about my own problem. With a setup like this:


I get this when I put it on a particle system:



A few hours of bashing my head against the wall later, and with @richardkettlewell nudging me in the right direction (thanks again!), I found out how to get this, which is what I wanted:


To make that happen I had to manually change the final relevant line of the shader from:

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1. return fixed4(lerp(sceneColor.rgb, finalColor,0.0),1);

to this:

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1. return fixed4(lerp(sceneColor.rgb, finalColor,0.0),_Mask_var.r);

I am clueless on how I could have made Shader Forge do this from the node side. It feels to me like this would/should be basic functionality. Am I just overlooking something and it actually can be done, or is it just missing? Could this be hacked in with a code node or something like that? Will this get fixed/changed in the future?

 

Did anyone ever come up with an optimized solution for this? I thought about a shader that blends between normal and damaged materials on vehicle assets, but I fear that would need to be a fair bit more optimized to be feasible with a lot of enemies using the technique.
Thanks a lot for sharing the code, even if I can't find a way to optimize it, I might still be able to use it on a single hero asset.

 

I was wondering if this could be achieved using shader forge.

I guess is possible but if someone can advice on how to begin this, that would be great.

 

I also would like to do that, the only part I don't know how to do is getting the zDepht of the camera, I asked before about how to get it, and I still don't know how

 

Hi all,
I'm new to SF and trying to create pbr shaders for mobile. Using an HDR camera and setting up a linear color space works fairly well, but I'm getting black silhouettes when I use a tone mapper. The Unity standard shader works fine so I'm obviously missing something.
To try and fix it I've replicated one of the first examples Joachim showed using Skyshop and have replaced the sky shop images used in the Diffuse and Specular IBL with the probe image dynamically created by Enlighten. No luck.
My questions are: Do I need to go through these steps of connecting nodes to Diffuse and Specular Ambient light ports on the SF shader? Is this something Unity's shaders are doing behind the scenes but still have to be manually set up in SF? Do I still need to use Skyshop since Unity has since implemented pbr lighting? Can anyone give me some more recent resources to look at for this?

 

So, I'm just beginning my journey into anything art related. I picked up Substance Painter and I'm thinking about grabbing this. Will these two programs play nice together? Is there any major overlap in functionality? I want to make sure I'm going to get the best value by using them together.

 

@jtsmith1287 They should work nicely as they would any other texture. However, the textures that SPainter produces are best suited for the standard shader or a modified-to-your-needs Lit(PBR) preset in SForge. i will encourage you though to pick SForge up anyway since it can do a bunch more than just working with SPainter, like post-processing(aka image effects), custom sky-boxes, particle shaders, pretty much any effect or look you can think of.

it is a bit outdated right now though as @Acegikmo is working on a different project right now(Budgetcuts VR) and we don't know exactly when he is coming back to SF.

 

They "play nice together" the same way Photoshop and Unity play nice together. Meaning they are different tools with basically no overlap between them, and both contribute their part to achieving your goal (hopefully). That said, if you have to ask the question you asked, I think it is unlikely that you'd get good value out of Shader Forge. It is a tool to help you make custom shaders. If you don't know what custom shaders are and why you'd want to make them, I don't think you'll get much out of Shader Forge. I suggest to download the free Lux Shader Framework from the assetstore and try out all the different shaders. Get a feel for how different shaders work and how they contribute to the visual representation of a 3D object. If you feel there's something specific that you can't achieve using Substance Painter and shaders available to you, you can investigate if Shaderforge would be able to help you make that shader (it can't make every shader you could write manually).

My experience so far was different.


P.S.: Budgetcuts looks super fun. I had watched a video somewhere a few days ago. I understand the (temporary?) shift in priorities.

 

care to explain? im curious

 

Heat haze shader I wrote about a few post above - can't be done without manually altering the generated shader apparently.

No Man's Sky style scanner effect shader (see video below) - can't be done according to someone on the slack chat

2 pass particle fire shader that I wrote manually (alpha blends particles first and then additively blends another pass over them) - can't be done as far as I know

I would be highly surprised if something like the advance normal mapped particle shader could be done with it, I'm pretty sure it can't: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/volumetric-smoke-shader.358315/

 

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196. AmbiguousMatchException: Ambiguous matching in method resolution
197.  at System.Reflection.Binder.FindMostDerivedMatch (System.Reflection.MethodBase[] match) [0x0002a] in /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/Binder.cs:106
198.  at System.MonoType.GetMethodImpl (System.String name, BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, CallingConventions callConvention, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[] modifiers) [0x000f8] in /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System/MonoType.cs:245
199.  at System.Type.GetMethod (System.String name, BindingFlags bindingAttr) [0x00011] in /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System/Type.cs:787
200.  at ShaderForge.SF_PreviewWindow.SetupPreview () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
201.  at ShaderForge.SF_PreviewWindow..ctor (ShaderForge.SF_Editor editor) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
202.  at ShaderForge.SF_Editor.InitializeInstance (UnityEngine.Shader initShader) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
203.  at ShaderForge.SF_Editor.Init (UnityEngine.Shader initShader) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
204.  at UnityEditor.ShaderForgeInspector.OnInspectorGUI () [0x0005a] in U:\Users\Warwick\Documents\Unity Projects\New Unity Project\Assets\ShaderForge\Editor\InternalResources\Inspectors\ShaderForgeInspector.cs:172
205.  at UnityEditor.InspectorWindow.DrawEditor (UnityEditor.Editor editor, Int32 editorIndex, Boolean rebuildOptimizedGUIBlock, System.Boolean& showImportedObjectBarNext, UnityEngine.Rect& importedObjectBarRect) [0x003af] in C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\Inspector\InspectorWindow.cs:1233
206. UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_LogException(Exception, Object)
207. UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogException(Exception, Object)
208. UnityEngine.Logger:LogException(Exception, Object)
209. UnityEngine.Debug:LogException(Exception)
210. UnityEditor.InspectorWindow:DrawEditor(Editor, Int32, Boolean, Boolean&, Rect&) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\Inspector\InspectorWindow.cs:1240)
211. UnityEditor.InspectorWindow:DrawEditors(Editor[]) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\Inspector\InspectorWindow.cs:1028)
212. UnityEditor.InspectorWindow:OnGUI() (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\Inspector\InspectorWindow.cs:353)
213. System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke(Object, Object[], Exception&)
214. System.Reflection.MonoMethod:Invoke(Object, BindingFlags, Binder, Object[], CultureInfo) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MonoMethod.cs:222)
215. System.Reflection.MethodBase:Invoke(Object, Object[]) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MethodBase.cs:115)
216. UnityEditor.HostView:Invoke(String, Object) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:250)
217. UnityEditor.HostView:Invoke(String) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:243)
218. UnityEditor.HostView:InvokeOnGUI(Rect) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:213)
219. UnityEditor.DockArea:OnGUI() (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\GUI\DockArea.cs:341)
220. (Filename: /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/Binder.cs Line: 106)
221.  
222. NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
223.  at ShaderForge.SF_Editor.Update () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
224.  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke (object,object[],System.Exception&)
225.  at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x000d0] in /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MonoMethod.cs:222
226. Rethrow as TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
227.  at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x000eb] in /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MonoMethod.cs:232
228.  at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000] in /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MethodBase.cs:115
229.  at UnityEditor.HostView.Invoke (System.String methodName, System.Object obj) [0x00013] in C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:250
230.  at UnityEditor.HostView.Invoke (System.String methodName) [0x00009] in C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:243
231.  at UnityEditor.HostView.SendUpdate () [0x00007] in C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:308
232.  at (wrapper delegate-invoke) UnityEditor.EditorApplication/CallbackFunction:invoke_void__this__ ()
233.  at UnityEditor.EditorApplication.Internal_CallUpdateFunctions () [0x00010] in C:\buildslave\unity\build\artifacts\generated\common\editor\EditorApplicationBindings.gen.cs:197
234. (Filename: /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MonoMethod.cs Line: 222)
235.  
236. NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
237.  at ShaderForge.SF_Editor.OnDestroy () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
238. UnityEngine.Object:DestroyImmediate(Object, Boolean)
239. UnityEditor.EditorWindow:Close() (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\EditorWindow.cs:689)
240. ShaderForge.SF_Editor:Update()
241. System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke(Object, Object[], Exception&)
242. System.Reflection.MonoMethod:Invoke(Object, BindingFlags, Binder, Object[], CultureInfo) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MonoMethod.cs:222)
243. System.Reflection.MethodBase:Invoke(Object, Object[]) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MethodBase.cs:115)
244. UnityEditor.HostView:Invoke(String, Object) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:250)
245. UnityEditor.HostView:Invoke(String) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:243)
246. UnityEditor.HostView:SendUpdate() (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:308)
247. UnityEditor.EditorApplication:Internal_CallUpdateFunctions() (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\artifacts\generated\common\editor\EditorApplicationBindings.gen.cs:197)
248. (Filename:  Line: -1)

 

Does the latest Shader Forge version supports the new Unity 5.4 instancing features? Thanks.

 

I know what custom shaders are, but I didn't know if the substance tools utilize/make them. I haven't done much with either tool, but I've been trying to pick them up on sale as I intend to eventually learn to use them. I just didn't know if I'd ever use shader forge. Looking into it more, it does look like I could take advantage of it at some point and it's almost half off right now. *slowly reaches for wallet*

 

Here's how I made this one. Not quite two passes, that you cant do in SF atm. but this one worked well for me

http://neatcorporation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1953

 

Thanks! That's looking good.

 

So whilst trying to make a new shader I seem to be coming into a few issues. The first of which I've seen about on the userecho which as the following:

I'm not to sure if they are both related or not...
Another one seems to be with how the objects are rendered (All of which was fine before adding the Comp Mask)

As you can see from the top view the floor object is being rendered over the other two, and the bottom shows the positions in which they are.

And to add clarity these are the nodes for the shader itself.

Anyway this is an awesome asset and thanks for making and continuing to work on it.

 

Bought Shader Forge. No Node Browser Panel in editor. MacBook Retina Unity 5.4.
It seems that is typical bug for many assets - IMO wrong screen coordinates calculation.
Usually I fix that kind of problem by myself but Shader Forge comes without source code.

 

An update on this one, the errors shown in the first image have now been cleared in the latest update (1.28).

I'm going to rewrite the shader from scratch to see where the issue pops up this afternoon.

 

So I rewrote the shader and this seems to arise when I have linked up the Component Mask, or the Slider to the opacity. As far as I can see there isn't anything from the nodes that could be affecting it.

I've attached some images of what I've found with the settings shown in the hopes that this might help with fixing the issue (if it is one in the code) or pointing me in the right direction.

 

yes indeed , latest release shader forge doesn't open and shows errors, i hope it gets patched soon

 

I wouldn't expect Shader Forge to get patched for Unity 5.5 so long as it is in beta. The normal pattern for plugins is to wait for an official release of a Unity update, and then make the patch.

 

Hi, does anyone know if it is possible in Shader Forge to identify UVs that are on the outer edge of a mesh UV shell?

 

No, it's not really possible in any vert/frag shaders, possibly not even in any shaders.
You'll have to add that data some other way, using vertex colors or similar

 

I see. Thanks! Can Shader Forge deal with multiple vertex color sets? Or just a unique one?

 

Just one, though you can use data from UV0/UV1/UV2/UV3 as well

 

Does the latest Shader Forge version supports the new Unity 5.4 instancing features?
Thanks.

 

Minor bug that irritated me and made me download again: Shader forge window shows wrong version number in Unity, still shows 1.18 after updating to 1.28

 

Hi.

I'm playing around with some shader effects and I got now a problem where I don't know how it could work:

Pics tell more than thousand words so here is my graph:



I'm trying to get custom UVs into my texture sampler (in CG I would do:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. float2 customUVs;
3. customUVs.u = ...;
4. customUVs.v = ...;
5. float4 color = sampler2D(myTexture, customUVs);
6.  

As the vector2 node has no input channels, I'm not sure how I can build this with in SF. Am I missing something or can anyone tell me how to achieve that?

Many thanks,
Patrick


PS: btw, SF is a pretty neat tool. Learned some much by just toying around with it.

 

You're looking for the Append node

 

Sounds like it could be a faulty reinstall. Did you do a clean one? As outlined here: http://acegikmo.com/shaderforge/faq/?Q=erroronnewversion#erroronnewversion

 

Wow, that was fast and works like a charm! Thank you!

 

I'm trying to create a cartoony fog shader that emphasizes silhouettes.
The idea is to color the world differently based on distance to the camera, but still keep high contrast between one layer and the next, instead of a soft gradient. Also, the change from one layer to another should not happen on an object's surface, since that would break its silhouette, but rather "around it" (I tried using ObjectPosition instead of WorldPosition for this, but I'm having no luck so far)

Here are some examples:
https://gyazo.com/9b1daa4a78936e083d9ac7599300acf6
(Here, on the left, you can notice the high contrast between the different layers of buildings (I don't know how they did it). While on the right, it looks more like your common fog effect, which makes everything look flat and the same colour)

https://gyazo.com/08f084d8f2e560bd756a9075654b0844
(This one is 2D, but it shows what I'm trying to achieve in 3D. As you can see, each layer is a solid colour, instead of a gradient, and the objects are always on one layer or another, never in between)

Any ideas on how to approach this?

 

The building is either lighting carefully placed or "fog" plane (billboard).

Though maybe if you add a fog color per object distance to screen, maybe with a y bias that blend with the normal fog, and keep the terrain shader normally fog.

something like (pseudo code):
YBlend = distance(ObjectWorldPos.y, FragWorldPos.y)
distFlatFog = distance(CamWorldPos, ObjectWorldPos)
finalColor = c + Lerp(distFlatFog, fog, Yblend)

 

Heya Joachim (or anyone else listening in) , just bought shaderforge (long overdue!) and I'm looking forward to explore shader creation YAY!

Unfortunately I came across a problem with my first shader project. I'm working on an unlit shader that uses the lighting information as an opacity map. If a light shines on an object, the lit parts should be opaque and the shadowed parts transparent. Or at least that's what it's supposed to do. It works with a direct light, but with a point light it's completely transparent. Hope someone can give me some pointers! Thanks!

 

Only thing I can think of is maybe multi-light is not set up in your shader settings?

 

Hmm any idea what I should connect there?

 

Is it possible to use [PerRendererData] in Shader Forge? Or would I need to compile the shader then add the tag manually to the generated code, and remember to add every time its compiled?

 

Under light count, make sure Multi-light is selected. Not guaranteeing this will solve your problem, but only thing I can think of off the top of my head.

 

Many thanks for the help. But unfortunately it was already selected :,(

 

Does it have the same behavior in both forward and deferred rendering? Set those in your project settings to see if one works.

Actually lets take this into the shader forge forum. so it has a dedicated thread. See you there!

 

That happened a few pages behind, this is the answer from Acegikmo: "Make sure you enable multiple lights under the shader's lighting settings, and make sure your project supports multiple pixel lights under the quality settings"

You have the first part, meybe is the second that you have to check out

 

Hey,
So we are getting a NullReferenceException error on one of our shaders, It still works, we just can't open it in shader forge any longer, just opens to a blank window.

Here's the error;




Other shaders are opening fine, we've not had a problem with shader forge except lately when we upgraded to 1.28.

 

Hi @Acegikmo,

Wonder if you can help me. I bought another asset off the store that is a really nice city scene. In it's construction they used shaderforge to make the materials. The user can change the colours to suit and get different looks. Only problem is the scene has a massive amount of draw calls now as all items have multiple materials on them. Even up to 16 a model.

I've had shaderforge a while but not needed it for this game so have not had time to study it yet. I was wondering if there is a way of selecting those multiple materials and mapping and using shadorforge to combine them or at least reduce them. Basically creating a shader that takes these as its input and brings the draw calls down to decent levels.

Sorry if this is an impossibilty. Shaders are totaly new to me and have been avoiding learning them for this first game.

Thanks

doc

 

If all the materials are the same, or if some materials are shared across several buildings, you might be able to use Static Batching.

 

With the new 5.5 beta and the feature of particles being able to send custom vertex data. Will you be adding the ability for us to access that data in shaderforge?