Strumpy Shader Editor [Now Open Source]

hi there

the shader editor is very cool
but i have a problem
i want to create a cut out shader with a specular map and without backface culling
and the cut out doenst work
i tried it like this : http://screencast.com/t/iienASBx2DGm but i doenst work (i use png files)
and the specularity works but the effect is very weak

maybe someone can help

 

For a cut out shader you need to put the transparency into the clip channel.

 

many thx Zomby138 and stramit

the cut out works fine
but know i have the problem that the backface culling is on
in the Master is set it off but its on
http://screencast.com/t/Tuwu4HIr2

an idea ?

many thx

 

For me, setting backface culling off works fine.

So it definitely can work.

 

Hi any one here interested in sharing there material created in shader editor with community and improve the program, by making more and more functionality in it.

 

Good idea.. i was thinking about that too.
@stramit : maybe you can put every completed shader/graph file that been posted here on first page (well that if you don't mind)

 

Hey everyone, just wanted to share my shader graph that i have been putting together so I can use it for my models... and this one is an all purpose shader...for, well everything. I am still trying to add to it so i can have stuff like mappable reflections on models using alphas but i don't have a pro licence... anyway, here is the graph... enjoy.

and happy thanksgiving...and hopefully someone can expand the use of it...

 

Would it be possible to add support for material input? This would reduce complexity of some shaders alot, for example this here, Instead of using FirstTexD and FirstTexN I could just add one material input node with same(?) outputs as master node has as inputs.

Here is screenshot of blender's nodes with virtually same functionality than what I have in that unity node screenshot, except the curves of course. Curves would be nice addition to SSE

Also why multiply, subtract and other similar operations does not have arg3 like lerp does? It would make those nodes a bit more useful.

 

Hi stramit this editor is really coming along nicely, I am not sure why but the bug I submitted earlier seems to still be there, I cannot do a capital "A" for any name or input I type in the editor. I am on a Windows version and when I do a caps lock or shift + a, it does nothing, lowercase is fine however. Also is there a method for creating a shader that has transparency that can cast/receive shadows like the leaf shaders? Is using the Clip the only way to use transparency at the moment? Thanks for the help, and keep up the good work!

 

I need video tutorial.....

 

Strumpy, thanks so much for this tool, it is highly appreciated.

Below is the current shader graph I am working on (Bumped ColoredSpecular Emission Lightmap).

I want to make sure the graph I have made is the right way to do this (we all know things can work and be inefficient), and I was also wondering, would my current implementation work with the Beast lightmapping, and do I need to do anything special to make the lightmaps use secondary UV's for lightmapping purposes? Everything seems to be working how I want, but I'm new to this aspect of game design...

 

Ok...attached is the shader I made using SSE as well as my test project.

If I build and load this on my iPod Touch 4G, it hangs at the loading screen.

Even worse, once this happens, NO Unity apps I build (using SSE shaders or not) will run (they all hang at load) on my IPT until I restore my iPod within iTunes!

What am I doing wrong? All I wanted to do was make a bumped shader with colored spec maps and lightmapping...

 

OK, I think I narrowed it down more, it seems to be an issue with the Unity Editor or something related to my input as I have tried to rename things in other parts of the editor and the same thing is happening. That is great to hear about the 'clip' handling being put into the shadow pass, I am looking forward to the workaround in the next release in the interim. Again thanks stramit, if I find what is going on with the input stuff I will share it here.

 

Extremely useful and comprehensive, though I noticed the TriPlanar graph still produces the unsightly pixel lines wherever the texture repeats. I'd really love to have a working TriPlanar shader for complex terrain geometry such as caves and natural bridges.

 

I'm trying to duplicate a UDK graph again, and I can't see how to simply display the objects own vectors. In the UDK graph, its done via transforming [0, 0, 1] from Tangent to World, yet the Editor only has O2W and W2O.

 

can anyone explain how to use the Time node? I was following Clamps planet tutorial for setting up UV panning, but nothing ends up panning, also the UV pan shader example graph doesn't pan things... do I need to update something in script?

 

Non-Pro, It is working I just didn't realize...since I had been using the editor shader cache on a material in order to see it quickly update when launching the game, after exporting to an actual shader it works, thanks!

 

This plugin is awesome - thank You for sharing this! Is it free for commercial use? Do You have plans to make it commercial in future like shaderfusion? Anyway - Your plugin is much more user-friendly and better then sf.

Regards,
Mad

 

This is an amazing tool and couldn't have happen at a better time . A few of us finally have some time to get a few projects started and cant wait to use this shader editor. Its just a marvelous visual aid to shader development in unity . We will be deploying to PC but primarily targeting I Devices and while we've read that there will be extra support for I Devices in Beta 4.0 , does this mean they currently are not supported at the moment?
Awesome work again guys and donations are a must

 

Thank you for the immediate response.. We are targeting 3GS and later ( shader model 2.0) and will do some testing in the following days to come. We will keep you posted and thnx again for the amazing tool

 

Hey stramit, is it possible to create shader that will allow to have backfaces with different colours? LIke for the inside of a jacket

 

... yeah, but what about the TriPlanar graph, you know, I'd just like to, maybe, uhm....

 

Finally got around to checking out the editor. Using the November 26 package, I'm hitting a couple of bugs and I'm sure some user error

Right clicking doesn't bring up the node menu for me. Ctrl+click doesn't do it either. So I haven't been able to do much. OSX 10.5.8 with a lovely mighty mouse.

This one's a little hard to explain. If I click on a node connector and drag it to nowhere, it never goes away. Even if I close the tab and reopen it, the bezier line is still stuck to the mouse. So there's no way to cancel a connector drag.

If I switch from pixel to vertex (or simple) while that's happening this line in NodeEditorWindow.cs:
NodeEditor.Instance.OnGUI( );
throws a null reference exception and the editor can't continue to function. I'd guess it needs a catch for if there's no node connected to the bezier or something.

 

Redownloaded and imported into a new project. Same results. Here's a pic of what imports. I'm not sure what more help I can give you. I don't think the middle button scrolling is working as well. Maybe my mouse just sux Stinks because it's a really cool project!

 

Hey, (sorry if this is a repeat question) are there any plans for multi-pass support? I recently had to code a double-pass manually for an outline shader and I feel very sorry for myself It would be great to whip up some more complex stuff without having to go ascii.

Cheers

 

@FatiguedArtist

Unfortunately surface shaders lack actual pass semantics, so you can't have a surface shader that does multiple passes in the traditional sense.

However, if you increase the size of the material array on the renderer, additional materials, if lacking a submesh, will redraw over the existing mesh. This means you can just assign two materials to the renderer, one for each pass, which is great for things like outline shaders or instance-reflections.

(Unless you happen to have a better way of handling it, I'm yet to find a way that works with surface shaders in one shader file)

 

Wicked awesome mega fast response time Texel, that's fantastic.

Yeah I thought that might be so, as when I tried to manually specify a pass in a strumpy shader, it wouldn't work. However I managed to use a simple grabpass, which allowed me to create an outline I could use separately, and place on an object instantiation (though now I may as well just use that mat on a multi-material mesh, thanks to your advice).

You wouldn't happen to know a way to get around the 'smoothing issues', that happen with vertex expansion, without re-writing the mesh with a different triangle array would you?

 

I appreciate your workload. I was just inquiring. You don't need to overwork yourself on my account, but thank you kindly.

 

Awww ...well, i am sure i won't have to worry about it... but if i dupe the mesh, i don't want the cloth sim to mess with it... but hey, still love your shader...

 

@Neptune_Imaging:

Graph

That's the structure for forking backfaces and lighting them properly, it's fairly straightforward in that you swap things a based on the sign of the viewdirection's z-value, Just be aware your not truly detecting backfaces, but normals pointing towards the camera.

 

Hi, I'm pretty new to this shader editor. I have played around with it though and was hoping I could help a friend get some stuff working. He needs to have a Diffuse, Specular, and Lightmap on some objects in his scene. I haven't had a chance to really sit down with him and get a lot of details but my main question is where would I add the Lightmap? I will be able to get more details Sunday if this question is to general.

 

If you use beast, you don't add them in the shaders, unity will auto add them when compiling a surface shader

 

How can I build a mirror shader or water shader?

 

use distortion graph as a start...for reflection you can use script from here "http://www.unifycommunity.com/wiki/index.php?title=MirrorReflection2" to generate reflection. you need to add sampler2D node with "_ReflectionTex" as node name and connect the same uv node for the refraction.

 

can anyone post simple example of cubemap reflective diffuse colored transparent shader to build on?.. i'm pulling off my hairs.. new stuff for me..

 

Would you ever share this shader?