Shader Forge Extensions

Introduction
I've been using Shader Forge the last few days, and while it's a really useful tool, I kind of missed the possibility of making a set of nodes into a reusable function. After some conversing with the author of Shader Forge, I came up with a pretty nice workaround for the time being, which doesn't require any hacking whatsoever, just plug and play.

What is it?
This dockable window (found under "Window > Shader Forge Extensions") allows you to save the currently selected nodes to a file, after which it shows up in the list below. This allows you to easily re-use parts of your shaders in other shaders with the click of a button! Not too mention it allows you to share your "clips" with other users!



Installation
The most simple way of installing this is just dropping the .cs file in your "ShaderForge/Editor/Code"-folder.

I also made a "Clips" folder in there which I use to store my clips.

Usage
Simply select the nodes you wish to save to a file, click the "Save"-button and a window will come up asking you where to save it. As long as you place it under the assets-folder, "Shader Forge Extensions" can find it!

The "Load"-button allows you to load a clip from a file and add it into your current shader, after which you can decide to save it to your own clip-library!

The "Refresh"-button refreshes your clip-library.

The "X"-button behind each clip allows you to delete it permanently. Don't worry, you'll be asked if you are sure before it actually happens.

Download
You can find the latest version on my GitHub: https://github.com/LennardF1989/UnityScripts/

Direct link: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LennardF1989/UnityScripts/master/Shader Forge/Shader Forge Extensions/ShaderForgeExtensions.cs

License
Due to its simple nature, I have no interest in keeping the source a secret.

If you decide to modify this tool, please share it with me through this topic, although this is not a requirement. As long as you give credits where credits are due with a link to this topic.

Changelog
v1.3 (27-01-2017)
- Updated to support Unity 5.5

v1.2 (27-05-2014)
- Clips are now inserted relative to the camera position (top left) or the currently selected node(s), rather than the position they were in at the time of creating.

v1.1.1 (26-05-2014)
- Fixed an issue where a wrongly formed search would print an error in the console

v1.1 (26-05-2014)
- Various bug fixes to prevent Unity from crashing
- Added search option
- Updated the GUI to be more appealing

v1.0 (26-05-2014)
- Initial version

 

Awesome. This will help a lot. Thanks

 

Just pushed a new version to GitHub.

v1.1 (26-05-2014)
- Various bug fixes to prevent Unity from crashing
- Added search option
- Updated the GUI to be more appealing

http://forum.unity3d.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=97425&d=1398533452

EDIT:

v1.1.1 (26-05-2014)
- Fixed an issue where a wrongly formed search would print an error in the console

 

Thanks, this is really appreciated.

 

Just pushed a new version to GitHub.

v1.2 (27-05-2014)
- Clips are now inserted relative to the camera position (top left) or the currently selected node(s), rather than the position they were in at the time of creating.

 

Just noticed this but it's been awhile, would it still work with SF?

 

It still does.

 

this is awesome thanks!

 

I still use it myself constantly so if it breaks at any point, I'll try to fix it!

 

Thanks for the great tool In Unity 5.5, it appears to be broken, but the fix was easy. It looks like stuff that was happening in the ShaderForgeExtensions constructor now needs to wait for OnEnable to run:

Code (CSharp):

1.       public ShaderForgeExtensions()
2.       {
3.          //<--- MOVED STUFF HERE TO OnEnable()
4.       }
5.  
6.       public void OnEnable()
7.       {
8.          HOPanelUtils.SetWindowTitle(this, SF_GUI.Icon, "SF Extensions");
9.  
10.          minSize = new Vector2(275, 100);
11.  
12.          _scrollPosition = Vector2.zero;
13.  
14.          _previousFilter = _currentFilter = string.Empty;
15.  
16.          Refresh();
17.       }

 

Thanks for the tip @hmx_manrad - I have since updated the Git with a v1.3

 

Thanks for this useful tool!

 

still working in 5.6 :O awesome tool!

 

Not working in 2018

 

Yeah that's unfortunate.

 

Heads up, managed to get working in 2019. Opening shader forge via example shaders on 2019.4.31f1. Just seems to be an error with the window system changing, so I just click "open with shader forge" on the example shaders in unity, then "return to menu" in the opened shader forge window. Undocks itself each window change but works well enough.