[Unity pls add this] Added render queue to VFX Graph (Unity 2019.2+)

Dno why this isn't implemented, took only 3 lines to change/add, replace this file:
https://gist.github.com/kamyker/d7efe8b9a1c93f65d2f0420cf201d73e

I'm using Unity 2019.2, newest package supported there: 6.9.2-preview.

Select output node in vfx graph and change Custom Render Queue in Properties panel. You have to use names like "Transparent+1" etc defined here: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/SL-SubShaderTags.html

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Drawbacks: bad performance?

 

How is this still not in 8.2.0, it's only 3 lines of code.

 

Hey, so what would your Custom Render Queue look like in the end? How's the performance drawback? Thanks for finding this. Can't believe it's not in the official release already.

 

Here's what Unity sets by default:

Code (CSharp):

1. public virtual string GetRenderQueueStr()
2.         {
3.             switch (owner.blendMode)
4.             {
5.                 case BlendMode.Additive:
6.                 case BlendMode.Alpha:
7.                 case BlendMode.AlphaPremultiplied:
8.                     return "Transparent";
9.                 case BlendMode.Opaque:
10.                     if (owner.hasAlphaClipping)
11.                         return "AlphaTest";
12.                     else
13.                         return "Geometry";
14.                 default:
15.                     throw new NotImplementedException("Unknown blend mode");
16.             }
17.         }

Custom Render Queue will basically overwrite these settings.

For ex "Transparent+1" is render queue 3001

 

Thank you. So this should fix my issue where different VFX graph effects are sorted by their bounding box only?

 

Bumb. @officials: that would be very nice if that could be supported in the next VFX graph version!

 

Hi, Kamyker!
I replaced the script but I have no parameter Custom Render Queue. How can i solve this problem?

 

Hey, where/how did u change it? VFX package has to be embedded otherwise changes are overwritten.

 

I just replaced the script with your version here: Library\PackageCache\com.unity.visualeffectgraph@8.2.0\Editor\Models\Contexts\Implementations



This should generally work for URP?

 

Nope, u have to move that folder to:
ProjectName\Packages\com.unity.visualeffectgraph@8.2.0
and edit Packages\package-lock.json

Code (CSharp):

1.     "com.unity.visualeffectgraph": {
2.       "version": "file:com.unity.visualeffectgraph@8.2.0",
3.       "depth": 0,
4.       "source": "embedded",
5.       "dependencies": {
6.         "com.unity.shadergraph": "8.2.0"
7.       }
8.     },

 

Thanks for your help!

 

This was really helpful Kamyker!

But I totally agree, why is the ability to set the render queue not an option for without having locally hack the implementation? Is this something we will see in the not too distant future?

 

FYI - This still works great with VFX Graph 10.3.

It would be great if there was core support for setting the render queue for VFX graph, and we didn't have to hack it every upgrade.

 

Not sure what your use case is, but you can set the material render queue for a VFX Graph through code without needing to modify the package, at least in HDRP. See this post for how. There's also some info about it from the VFX Graph dev in that thread.

 

I can confirm this worked for me. No need to mess with package-lock and move a folder (which source-control doesn't like). Just a simple script did it for me, I call it in my Start() function on the vfx graph and voilà.

 

Is this still possible in 2022?