Assets [WIP]AIO Dynamic Sky - Procedural Day-Night Cycle with Sun & Moon, Clouds & Starfield

It should be most easy to setup Dynamic Sky with Day Night Cycle, just like default SkyBox, just put the preset material in light setting, Done.

AIO Dynamic Sky isn't base on realistic calculation, It isn't volumetric clouds(too heavy) , including sun, moon, star field & clouds, sun light & moon light can affect the clouds,base on sm2.0, without extra mesh, should be light weight for most project.

Any comments are welcome.

 

Mobile Performance test on OnePlus 1, not perfect, but good enough for most project.

 

Rev the Old test WIP2
I decided to release this version soon.

 

When should we expect a release? And what price are you aiming for?

 

Thanks for your feedback.

I am working on the document, hopefully it can release in next month.(September)
The price not designed yet, I will lower the price when first release, maybe about US$15-20,
if it can sell enough quantity, I will implement more features, then I will rise the price.

 

Ok, that sounds good! It looks great, and very light weight, which is what I'm looking for.

 

I just submit the package to asset store, since this is my first submit, I don't know that after submission, I can't edit anything include the screen shot & text info. too bad I haven't use the preview first!





This is the sample come with the package running on my gtx1070 notebook, so the frame rate is pretty good, and this version haven't optimized for mobile.



Anyway, here is the Control script screen shot, there have a gizmos for you easy to see the sun path, also I find out the ambient lighting not work for most skybox shader, so there have I ambient lighting override function. it spend more time than I though to finish the script. Hope it will get approval soon.

 

Submitted the package more than 10 Days, still waiting for approval.

Just post some pic playing with AIO sky

 

Unity being slow as always

 

Too bad I can't release it on time!

 

Still Waiting!
Working on some presets for next update.

 

Soon I will be resubmit the package.

 

[RELEASED] The Asset available in asset store now!

https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/#!/content/102517

 

Support Thread

 

AIO Dynamic Sky v1.2 WIP
New Sun Shafts helper & fog color control , and next version the price will rise to $20, get it before too late.

Even you already have other package for the skybox, since the price it so low, one more package for option is a good ideal. This is the most easy setup, Affordable & practical solution. Buy it Now only $19.98

 

When I decide to make a sky shader, looking for reference, there is more than hundred paper in the net.

Which way should I go for? there are some high end sky system in unity, but that isn't easy to use, and thousand of parametric you need to deal with, and a lot of game object in the scene only for the sky, but there haven't one is simple and practical solution. so here we are, the difficult of sky shader is it not only you need programming work, you also need a lot of art work.

more than 30+ clouds map I tested, create from satellite photo, still not good enough, final one I use some fluid sim program to create the element, and a lot of photoshop work, and what we have actually still have a lot thing can improve.



one of fluids map I use.

 

AIO Dynamic Sky v1.2 is finished, I am testing it right now.
Working in editor between run time is very different, I find out the document don't have enough information, Trial & error is the only way, maybe I miss some detail?


New item in Inspector

 

Can you add some way to make a clouds presets?

and different clouds in the day and the night?

Is it possible to create this kind of look?

 

You mean the color or the clouds shape? There is two clouds shape included, Will add more later, color is easy to adjust in materials. customer tools not planning yet, since the shader may change in future.

 

I try to match you pic, at this moment what I can do like this.

 

Thanks its nice, the intensity of the moon and the sun is that adjustable?

and for the clouds I mean the shape of the clouds, different kind of clouds for day and night, therefore different presets. and for example more clouds in the evening and less during the day

 

Video give you more idea.

 

cool! i see the sun becomes more intense when rising, but I feel that close to the horizon it could also be more intense, just the like this image

 

sun can adjust, moon don't glow, only can adjust light affect the clouds. you need image effect to do that.

 

I will take yours opinion. Thank you.

 

Because I am on the trip, sorry for delay.
version 1.2 submitted, the new price is $19.98, it should be in the store for next two week.

 

The new version is in assets store now, faster that I though. I forget to mention the new version change the cycle setting, is may affect the old version a little bit, when you upgrade the old project, remember check the cycle setting.
And the sunshafts only preview in game window.

 

Going to finally pick it up in the upcoming weeks.. Wanted to know if I could disable the clouds

 

yes! of course you can. use cloud density zero.

 

Ver1.3 uploaded, This version is much better than v1.2.

 

The AIO v1.3 have change a lot, the old sky shader only have 2 layer, the v2 shader have 4 layer, although there is 4 layer, but it all Combine to One Layer clouds, like fbm noise, it make the clouds shape look better, since 4 layer in different depth, so it look more like volumetric clouds.

The clouds layer have a normal maps, but the sun is directional light, is only have one direction, so I project the sun to the sky dome, make it like a point light, so it can lighting the clouds in different direction.

 

Try to make it loops

 

Now I want to make the procedural star field, because no matter how large you texture in the skybox, it still look blur.





the most easy way is random tile map.





it should be in the next version AIO Sky!

 

looks very nice!

 

hi,

I'm discovering your asset at the moment and i am quite impressed! Congrats!
Talking about performance, what can u say about AIO vs traditionnal sky system?
I'm hunting fps (like any of us) and i really appreciate the different style you show on your video: realistic, toon, low poly...

I already own some sky systems, but i'm always looking at interesting solutions. I want something to look like zelda breath of the wild...Toon but real classy (not low poly) here is my project:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/takeshi-the-game-the-adventures-of-takeshi-one-man-game.505741/

The question is: can i get some volumetric clouds with low fps count?

 

About fps, it should better that most sky system but not good enough in mobile, on GT650m notebook, 1080p more than 200 fps, in my phone only get 20fps, but I was planed to move some gpu work to cpu, let say as this moment, every pixal need to calculate the day night cycle, it is for user easy to use it, but not good for the gpu, if I make 2 version shader, runtime and editor mode, then I can get both thing, fast and easy to use.

 

And AIO isn't use volumetric clouds, I alway want to try volumetric clouds, maybe furture.

 

About zelda breath of the wild, I don't think it is volumetric clouds, it is more like my solution, but it mainly base on hand paint clouds, so unless you will paint your clouds, as this moment, AIO Sky can't do the same thing, but I will try to remake the same sky, since I away need to remake my clouds maps, to make a good clouds map isn't easy, I already try a lot.

 

thanks you for all your explanations!! . No matter volumetric or not, the result is quite impressive!

 

Thank! and the moon glow now! can lighting the clouds.

 

AIO Sky 1.4 will be release soon, here is the PC day/night cycle demo.

DEMO

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Hi, sorry for the noob question but i think with aio sky i would loose volumetric lighting...IS there a possibility to implement this?

 

I am not sure what you mean, but you can use sun shafts in AIO sky, also some free assets for volumetrix lighting & here , it should work will AIO sky.

 

sorry

thanks sorry i missed your answer.
I would be interested cause you are talking about one drawcall "or setpasscall" i guess?
Is there any possibility to check the performance of this asset?Cause the main reason i would change my sky system is performance gain...
And there is one thing we would need is a calendar manager like Azur sky (but too complicated) or an event manager like Enviro to check hours passed and day passed...

Could you implement that? Only to check hours passed would be great and enough...
Thx in advance

EDIT: oops i didn't see the demo link above!! many thanks

 

There are demo you can try.
https://mega.nz/#F!ydZCCA4D!fLDs1FfD1tmW9LRvX8OJlQ

We won't seen the calendar manager too soon, since AIO isn't too popular, I only can use my free time to keen development, so I can't promise when will we get it.

 

sorry but what do you mean by since it's aio? sorry but what does AIO mean?

So it's hard to check when an hour has passed?

 

Sorry that I was accident post the unfinished answer.

We won't seen the calendar manager too soon, since "AIO sky" isn't too popular, I only can use my free time to keen development, so I can't promise when will we get it.

 

No need for the calendar manager don't waiste your time!!!
We need Only one function called every hour passed would be enough! So it's more simple and easier to do.
What about that?

 

Not in next version. I almost finish next verion. Maybe in 1.5.

 

ok thanks for your prompt anwer!