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FurShell: Performance-Umbau (Distanz-LOD, Cutout+Early-Z, Tip-to-Root) + Deferred+/HTrace-Fixes

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- Distanz-LOD am Renderer (Start/End/Min Shells, pro Kamera), Rendering Layer Mask wie beim MeshRenderer
- Cutout in der AlphaTest-Queue statt Transparent-Blend (Early-Z killt Overdraw), Shells tip-to-root submitted
- LightMode UniversalForwardOnly (Deferred+ hatte den Opaque-Pass sonst nicht gezeichnet)
- FurGBuffer-Pass (ComplexLit-Muster): HTrace WSGI sieht das Fell, kein Durchscheinen mehr
- Root-AO-Fix: Grading straehnen-relativ (gradeH) statt absoluter Shell-Hoehe -- schwarze Streifen weg
- Distanz-Aggregations-Fade wieder entfernt (auf Wunsch, Fern-Straehnen bleiben voll)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Assets/Scripts/Components/FurShellRenderer.cs
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@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ namespace Chameleon.Components
[SerializeField] Material _furMaterial; [SerializeField] Material _furMaterial;
[SerializeField, Range(1, 64)] int _shellCount = 32; [SerializeField, Range(1, 64)] int _shellCount = 32;
[Header("Distance LOD")]
// Shell cost is linear in the shell count and nobody can count 32 shells from a few meters away:
// full _shellCount up to Start, then a linear fade down to Min Shells at End (per camera, computed
// at draw time). Min Shells 0 stops drawing the fur entirely beyond End.
[SerializeField, Min(0f)] float _lodStartDistance = 8f;
[SerializeField, Min(0f)] float _lodEndDistance = 30f;
[SerializeField, Range(0, 64)] int _lodMinShells = 8;
[Header("Shape")] [Header("Shape")]
[SerializeField, Range(0f, 10f)] float _shellLength = 0.15f; [SerializeField, Range(0f, 10f)] float _shellLength = 0.15f;
[SerializeField, Range(1f, 1000f)] float _density = 250f; [SerializeField, Range(1f, 1000f)] float _density = 250f;
@@ -65,10 +73,9 @@ namespace Chameleon.Components
[SerializeField, Range(0.01f, 1f)] float _furSoftness = 0.5f; [SerializeField, Range(0.01f, 1f)] float _furSoftness = 0.5f;
// Per-strand edge anti-aliasing (soft strand silhouette + tip instead of hard clipped discs). // Per-strand edge anti-aliasing (soft strand silhouette + tip instead of hard clipped discs).
[SerializeField, Range(0f, 1f)] float _strandSoftness = 0.3f; [SerializeField, Range(0f, 1f)] float _strandSoftness = 0.3f;
// Fragments at/below this coverage are discarded so they don't write depth (the shader has // Alpha-cutout threshold: fragments at/below this coverage are discarded, everything above draws
// ZWrite ON to get a correct per-pixel z-order between overlapping fur objects - transparents // fully opaque (the fur renders on the AlphaTest queue - opaque + ZWrite gives per-pixel z-order
// otherwise sort per object and pop). Higher = harder strand edges, less halo where two fur // between fur objects AND early-Z overdraw rejection). Higher = thinner/harder strands.
// objects overlap.
[SerializeField, Range(0f, 1f)] float _depthSortClip = 0.3f; [SerializeField, Range(0f, 1f)] float _depthSortClip = 0.3f;
// Opaque base shell. On for the standalone prototype (full coverage); turn OFF on the painted // Opaque base shell. On for the standalone prototype (full coverage); turn OFF on the painted
// avatar so the camo body shows between strands instead of being sealed under a solid root. // avatar so the camo body shows between strands instead of being sealed under a solid root.
@@ -82,14 +89,16 @@ namespace Chameleon.Components
[SerializeField] Vector2 _windDirection = new Vector2(1f, 0f); [SerializeField] Vector2 _windDirection = new Vector2(1f, 0f);
[Header("X-Ray Reveal")] [Header("X-Ray Reveal")]
// The fur draws up to _shellCount stacked TRANSPARENT shells, so the mirrored X-ray glow composites // Fur-vs-body glow intensity match. Since the fur went opaque cutout only ONE fur fragment
// once per overlapping layer and blows out; this scales the per-shell glow down so the total reads // survives per pixel (no shell stacking anymore), so this typically wants ~1 to match the body
// at roughly the body's intensity. Lower = subtler. // instead of the old stack-taming ~0.2.
[SerializeField, Range(0f, 1f)] float _xrayFurStrength = 0.2f; [SerializeField, Range(0f, 1f)] float _xrayFurStrength = 1f;
[Header("Rendering")] [Header("Rendering")]
[SerializeField] ShadowCastingMode _shadowMode = ShadowCastingMode.Off; [SerializeField] ShadowCastingMode _shadowMode = ShadowCastingMode.Off;
[SerializeField] bool _receiveShadows = true; [SerializeField] bool _receiveShadows = true;
// Same dropdown/semantics as MeshRenderer's Rendering Layer Mask (decal/light layer filtering).
[SerializeField] RenderingLayerMask _renderingLayerMask = RenderingLayerMask.defaultRenderingLayerMask;
// Hide the plain MeshRenderer on this object so it doesn't double-draw under the fur (the root // Hide the plain MeshRenderer on this object so it doesn't double-draw under the fur (the root
// shell already covers the surface). Leave off if you want a separately-shaded base mesh. // shell already covers the surface). Leave off if you want a separately-shaded base mesh.
[SerializeField] bool _hideSourceRenderer = true; [SerializeField] bool _hideSourceRenderer = true;
@@ -197,9 +206,19 @@ namespace Chameleon.Components
// to the on-disk state after OnEnable ran, and RenderMeshInstanced throws without it. // to the on-disk state after OnEnable ran, and RenderMeshInstanced throws without it.
if (!_furMaterial.enableInstancing) _furMaterial.enableInstancing = true; if (!_furMaterial.enableInstancing) _furMaterial.enableInstancing = true;
int count = Mathf.Max(1, _shellCount); // Distance LOD: scale the shell count down with camera distance (full count inside Start,
if (_instances == null || _instances.Length != count) // Min Shells at/after End). Per camera on purpose - the draw is per camera anyway, so the
_instances = new Matrix4x4[count]; // Scene View and a distant player camera each get their own appropriate count.
int maxCount = Mathf.Max(1, _shellCount);
float lodEnd = Mathf.Max(_lodEndDistance, _lodStartDistance + 0.001f);
float lodT = Mathf.InverseLerp(_lodStartDistance, lodEnd, Vector3.Distance(cam.transform.position, transform.position));
int count = Mathf.RoundToInt(Mathf.Lerp(maxCount, Mathf.Min(_lodMinShells, maxCount), lodT));
if (count <= 0) return; // Min Shells 0 => beyond End the fur is culled entirely
// The array stays at the max size; RenderMeshInstanced only reads the first `count` entries,
// so LOD changes don't reallocate per frame.
if (_instances == null || _instances.Length != maxCount)
_instances = new Matrix4x4[maxCount];
// all shells share the object's transform; they differ only by SV_InstanceID in the shader // all shells share the object's transform; they differ only by SV_InstanceID in the shader
Matrix4x4 m = transform.localToWorldMatrix; Matrix4x4 m = transform.localToWorldMatrix;
@@ -214,6 +233,7 @@ namespace Chameleon.Components
matProps = _mpb, matProps = _mpb,
shadowCastingMode = _shadowMode, shadowCastingMode = _shadowMode,
receiveShadows = _receiveShadows, receiveShadows = _receiveShadows,
renderingLayerMask = _renderingLayerMask,
}; };
for (int sub = 0; sub < mesh.subMeshCount; sub++) for (int sub = 0; sub < mesh.subMeshCount; sub++)
Assets/Shaders/FurShell.shader
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@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ Shader "Custom/FurShell"
// Low painted alpha => low opacity, so a lightly-painted texel fades in as faint short fuzz // Low painted alpha => low opacity, so a lightly-painted texel fades in as faint short fuzz
// instead of full-opacity fur with a hard border. Larger = softer/longer fade. // instead of full-opacity fur with a hard border. Larger = softer/longer fade.
_FurSoftness("Edge Softness (length fade)", Range(0.01, 1.0)) = 0.5 _FurSoftness("Edge Softness (length fade)", Range(0.01, 1.0)) = 0.5
// Per-strand anti-aliasing: soft strand silhouette + tip instead of hard alpha-clipped discs. // Per-strand anti-aliasing: softens the coverage falloff BEFORE the cutout clip, so it now mostly
// shapes where the cutoff lands rather than blending an edge (the fur is opaque cutout).
_StrandSoftness("Strand Edge Softness", Range(0.0, 1.0)) = 0.3 _StrandSoftness("Strand Edge Softness", Range(0.0, 1.0)) = 0.3
// Fragments at/below this coverage are discarded so they don't WRITE DEPTH (ZWrite is on, see // Alpha-cutout threshold: fragments at/below this coverage are discarded, everything else draws
// pass). Depth writes are what give two overlapping fur objects a correct per-pixel z-order // FULLY OPAQUE. Opaque + ZWrite means early-Z rejects hidden fur fragments before the fragment
// (transparents otherwise sort per OBJECT and pop); the clip keeps faint edge pixels from // shader runs (the main fur cost is overdraw), and overlapping fur objects sort per PIXEL via the
// occluding the other object with near-invisible fragments. Higher = harder strand edges but // depth buffer. Higher = thinner/harder strands, lower = fuller strands.
// less edge halo between overlapping fur objects. _DepthSortClip("Alpha Cutoff (coverage)", Range(0.0, 1.0)) = 0.3
_DepthSortClip("Depth Sort Coverage Clip", Range(0.0, 1.0)) = 0.3
// Opaque base shell. On = solid root (full-coverage prototype); Off = the root also clips to the // Opaque base shell. On = solid root (full-coverage prototype); Off = the root also clips to the
// map so the painted body shows between strands (avatar integration). // map so the painted body shows between strands (avatar integration).
[ToggleUI] _SolidRoot("Solid Root", Float) = 1 [ToggleUI] _SolidRoot("Solid Root", Float) = 1
@@ -90,26 +90,298 @@ Shader "Custom/FurShell"
{ {
Tags Tags
{ {
"RenderType" = "Transparent" "RenderType" = "TransparentCutout"
"RenderPipeline" = "UniversalPipeline" "RenderPipeline" = "UniversalPipeline"
"Queue" = "Transparent" "Queue" = "AlphaTest"
// ComplexLit pattern (same as PlayerCamoLit / PictureTessellationLit): on the Deferred+
// renderer URP keeps SHADING the fur in its forward-only pass and stencils these pixels
// out of the deferred lighting - the GBuffer pass below only feeds data consumers
// (HTrace WSGI), it never causes double lighting.
"UniversalMaterialType" = "ComplexLit"
} }
LOD 200 LOD 200
// Shared by the FurForward and GBuffer passes so both extrude the SAME shells and clip the
// SAME strand silhouette - any drift between them would show as GI ghosting (HTrace reads the
// GBuffer pass, the eye sees the forward pass) or depth mismatches.
HLSLINCLUDE
#include "Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/ShaderLibrary/Core.hlsl"
CBUFFER_START(UnityPerMaterial)
float4 _BaseMap_ST;
half4 _BaseColor;
float _ShellCount;
float _ShellLength;
float _Density;
float _Thickness;
float _Taper;
float _TipFill;
float _Curvature;
float _DirRandomness;
float _SilhouetteStretch;
half _RootAO;
half _TipShade;
half _RimPower;
half _RimStrength;
float _FurThreshold;
float _FurSoftness;
float _StrandSoftness;
float _DepthSortClip;
float _SolidRoot;
float _WindStrength;
float _WindSpeed;
float _WindFrequency;
float4 _WindDirection;
float _FurObjScale;
half4 _XRayColor;
half _XRayPulseSpeed;
half _XRayPulseStrength;
half _XRayPulseShape;
half _XRayFurStrength;
CBUFFER_END
TEXTURE2D(_BaseMap);
SAMPLER(sampler_BaseMap);
TEXTURE2D(_FurMap);
SAMPLER(sampler_FurMap);
struct Attributes
{
float4 positionOS : POSITION;
float3 normalOS : NORMAL;
float2 uv : TEXCOORD0;
UNITY_VERTEX_INPUT_INSTANCE_ID
};
struct Varyings
{
float4 positionCS : SV_POSITION;
float2 uv : TEXCOORD0;
float3 normalWS : TEXCOORD1;
float3 positionWS : TEXCOORD2;
float shellH : TEXCOORD3; // 0 = root, 1 = tip
};
// cheap deterministic 2D hash -> [0,1)
float Hash21(float2 p)
{
p = frac(p * float2(123.34, 345.45));
p += dot(p, p + 34.345);
return frac(p.x * p.y);
}
Varyings vert(Attributes input)
{
Varyings output = (Varyings)0;
UNITY_SETUP_INSTANCE_ID(input);
// shell layer index -> normalized height (guarded so the non-instanced variant compiles)
#if UNITY_ANY_INSTANCING_ENABLED
uint shellIndex = input.instanceID;
#else
uint shellIndex = 0u;
#endif
// Instance 0 = TIP, last instance = root: instances rasterize in submission order, so
// tip-first is front-to-back on front faces - the nearest (tip) shells fill the depth
// buffer first and early-Z rejects the root shells behind them. Order is free to choose
// because the fur is opaque cutout (no blending to keep back-to-front).
float count = max(_ShellCount, 1.0);
float h = (count <= 1.0) ? 0.0 : 1.0 - (float)shellIndex / (count - 1.0);
// The instance matrix multiplies the object-space fur displacement by the avatar's world scale
// (objScale), so a naive extrusion shrinks/grows 1:1 with the player - too short on the small
// hider, too long on the big hunter. To keep the fur a CONSTANT world length (same absolute
// length at any size) we pre-divide the object-space offset by objScale; after the matrix's
// *objScale the net world displacement is then 1x. Wind sway shares this so it stays a constant
// world size too. (The gravity droop below intentionally does NOT - it scales with objScale.)
float objScale = max(_FurObjScale, 1e-4);
float dispComp = 1.0 / objScale;
// extrude along the normal; bend the tips down with h^2 for a gravity/curl droop.
// The (h + 0.02) lifts the whole stack a hair off the surface: the root (h=0) would else
// sit exactly on the opaque body and z-fight it - the fur draws a CPU-baked mesh while the
// body uses GPU skinning, so their depths are not bit-identical. 0.02 of the shell length
// is invisible but separates the root cleanly.
float3 posOS = input.positionOS.xyz + input.normalOS * (_ShellLength * (h + 0.02) * dispComp);
// wind sway: nudge each shell along the wind direction (object XZ) by a time-varying
// amount. The phase is offset by object-space position so a gust rolls across the surface,
// and the h^2 weight keeps roots planted while tips travel most => the stacked shells read
// as strands bending in the wind.
float2 wdir = _WindDirection.xy;
float wlen = length(wdir);
wdir = (wlen > 1e-4) ? (wdir / wlen) : float2(1.0, 0.0);
float phase = _Time.y * _WindSpeed + (input.positionOS.x + input.positionOS.z) * _WindFrequency;
posOS.xz += wdir * (_WindStrength * _ShellLength * h * h * sin(phase) * dispComp);
// Gravity/curl bends toward WORLD down. Applied AFTER moving to world space and using ONLY
// unity_ObjectToWorld (positions/normals already prove that matrix correct). The previous
// object-space approach relied on unity_WorldToObject, which is NOT reliably populated in the
// RenderMeshInstanced path - when it falls back to identity the droop follows the mesh's own
// local down, so on the rotated player the fur hung sideways instead of toward true down.
float3 positionWS = TransformObjectToWorld(posOS);
// Curl droop in world down, scaled by the avatar's world size (objScale) so the bend tracks the
// player: a bigger avatar gets a proportionally bigger droop, a smaller one a smaller one. The
// fur length above is a CONSTANT world size, so scaling only the droop keeps the bend reading
// right relative to the body at every player scale (hider 0.5 / hunter 1.5). Applied after
// moving to world space, so the droop follows true world down regardless of player rotation.
positionWS.y -= _Curvature * _ShellLength * h * h * objScale;
VertexNormalInputs vn = GetVertexNormalInputs(input.normalOS);
output.positionCS = TransformWorldToHClip(positionWS);
output.positionWS = positionWS;
output.normalWS = vn.normalWS;
output.uv = TRANSFORM_TEX(input.uv, _BaseMap);
output.shellH = h;
return output;
}
// The full strand coverage (radial + height + painted-length opacity), shared so the forward
// and GBuffer passes threshold IDENTICAL silhouettes. Returns the coverage scalar the cutout
// clip thresholds; fragment stage only (uses screen-space derivatives).
// gradeH: the root->tip grading height for FurAlbedo. RELATIVE to this strand's own length -
// grading by the absolute shell height painted short strands root-dark across their whole
// visible run, which read as black strand streaks that scaled with _RootAO ("root AO is
// buggy"). Relative grading makes every strand bright at ITS tip and dark only where actual
// roots are visible.
half FurCoverage(Varyings input, float3 N, float3 V, out float gradeH)
{
float h = input.shellH;
// fur map: R = fur length (G/B/A unused). White default (no map) => full-length fur
// everywhere, so the standalone prototype is unchanged. The strand colour comes from the
// albedo map (_BaseMap) below, not from here.
float furLen = SAMPLE_TEXTURE2D(_FurMap, sampler_FurMap, input.uv).r;
// --- strand mask: one strand per cell, random length, radially tapered toward the tip ---
float2 g = input.uv * _Density;
float2 cell = floor(g);
float strandLen = Hash21(cell); // this strand's random max height (0..1)
// per-strand lean: shift the cell-local strand centre by a random direction that grows
// with height, so each strand tilts its own way. This is a fragment-space lean - geometry
// is shared per vertex while strands are per cell, so the tilt has to live here, not in the
// extrusion.
float rndAngle = Hash21(cell + 3.7) * 6.2831853;
float2 leanDir = float2(cos(rndAngle), sin(rndAngle));
float2 local = (frac(g) * 2.0 - 1.0) - leanDir * (_DirRandomness * h);
// silhouette stretch: at grazing angles the flat shell slices are viewed edge-on, so a
// strand breaks into squished, separated dots. Elongate the strand footprint along the
// tangent-space view direction - the axis the extruded shells drift apart on screen - so
// consecutive slices overlap into a continuous strand near the rim. The tangent frame is
// rebuilt from screen-space derivatives (Schueler's cotangent trick), so this stays generic:
// no per-mesh tangents required. graze^2 confines the effect to the silhouette, leaving the
// head-on look untouched. The branch is on a uniform, so the derivatives stay quad-uniform
// (safe) and the cost is skipped when the feature is off; at stretch==1 the basis rotation is
// a pure rotation => identity, so ramping it in is continuous.
if (_SilhouetteStretch > 0.0)
{
float graze = 1.0 - saturate(dot(N, V));
graze *= graze;
float3 dp1 = ddx(input.positionWS);
float3 dp2 = ddy(input.positionWS);
float2 duv1 = ddx(input.uv);
float2 duv2 = ddy(input.uv);
float3 dp2perp = cross(dp2, N);
float3 dp1perp = cross(N, dp1);
float3 T = dp2perp * duv1.x + dp1perp * duv2.x;
float3 B = dp2perp * duv1.y + dp1perp * duv2.y;
float invmax = rsqrt(max(dot(T, T), dot(B, B)));
T *= invmax; B *= invmax;
float2 vt = float2(dot(V, T), dot(V, B));
float vlen = length(vt);
float2 sdir = (vlen > 1e-4) ? (vt / vlen) : float2(1.0, 0.0);
float stretch = 1.0 + _SilhouetteStretch * graze;
float along = dot(local, sdir) / stretch; // compress coord => elongate footprint along sdir
float perp = dot(local, float2(-sdir.y, sdir.x));
local = float2(along, perp);
}
float dist = length(local);
// allowed radius shrinks with height => the strand narrows toward its tip. _TipFill is a
// floor on that radius (as a fraction of the base thickness): the taper only thins a strand
// down to _TipFill, never to a point. With few shells the pointy tip breaks into floating
// discs ("dots") because consecutive shell slices stop overlapping; holding a minimum radius
// keeps neighbouring slices wide enough to bridge the inter-shell gap. 0 = sharp needles
// (dots return), higher = fuller, slightly rounded tips.
float taperedR = pow(saturate(1.0 - h), _Taper * 0.5);
float radius = _Thickness * max(taperedR, _TipFill);
// --- coverage: three factors multiply into a scalar that the CUTOUT clip thresholds.
// radialCov : strand silhouette falloff (soft ramp -> the cutoff lands softly).
// heightCov : each strand thins out toward its own random tip (_TipFill caps the height).
// lenOpacity : LOW painted alpha => LOW coverage, so lightly-painted texels lose their
// strands at the cutoff earlier -> short, sparse fuzz at paint borders.
// The fur map's alpha still also caps the strand HEIGHT (effectiveLen).
// The fur is opaque cutout: coverage no longer blends - it only decides clip-or-draw.
float effectiveLen = strandLen * furLen;
float radialCov = 1.0 - smoothstep(radius - max(radius * _StrandSoftness, 1e-4), radius, dist);
float heightCov = 1.0 - smoothstep(effectiveLen * (1.0 - _StrandSoftness), effectiveLen + 1e-4, h);
float lenOpacity = saturate((furLen - _FurThreshold) / max(_FurSoftness, 1e-4));
half alpha = (half)(radialCov * heightCov * lenOpacity);
gradeH = saturate(h / max(effectiveLen, 1e-3));
// _SolidRoot keeps the base shell fully covering (full-coverage prototype), but still honours
// the painted length so the boundary keeps its soft fade instead of a hard opaque ring. On
// the painted avatar it is turned OFF so the root also thins to the strands and the camo body
// stays visible between them.
if (_SolidRoot > 0.5 && h <= 0.0)
alpha = (half)lenOpacity;
if (furLen <= _FurThreshold) alpha = 0.0h;
return alpha;
}
// base colour is the PAINTED ALBEDO (the camo under the fur), sampled per-texel so each strand
// wears the colour beneath it, times the global tint (white by default). Root/tip grading is
// shared so HTrace's injected GI (from GBuffer albedo) matches the visible strand colour.
half3 FurAlbedo(float2 uv, float h)
{
half3 albedo = SAMPLE_TEXTURE2D(_BaseMap, sampler_BaseMap, uv).rgb * _BaseColor.rgb;
// two shades of that one colour: roots a touch darker (fake self-occlusion), tips a touch
// lighter - a subtle root->tip gradient rather than two independent colours.
half ao = lerp(1.0h - _RootAO, 1.0h, h);
return albedo * (ao * lerp(1.0h, 1.0h + _TipShade, h));
}
// Shading normals of at/beyond-the-horizon shell fragments point away from (or barely toward)
// the camera and shade darker than the fur right next to them - the silhouette band showed
// scattered dark strand streaks (verified with an N*V debug render). Nudge such normals toward
// the view until they face it by at least MIN_NV, so limb strands light like the surface they
// visually belong to. Shading-only; coverage/silhouette math keeps the raw normal.
float3 ClampNormalToHorizon(float3 N, float3 V)
{
const float MIN_NV = 0.2;
float nv = dot(N, V);
return (nv >= MIN_NV) ? N : normalize(N + (MIN_NV - nv) * V);
}
ENDHLSL
Pass Pass
{ {
Name "FurForward" Name "FurForward"
Tags { "LightMode" = "UniversalForward" } // UniversalForwardOnly, NOT UniversalForward: since the cutout rework the fur renders in the
// OPAQUE pass (AlphaTest queue), and the Deferred+ renderer draws opaques via the GBuffer
// pass - a shader with only a UniversalForward pass is skipped entirely there (invisible).
// ForwardOnly is drawn by both the deferred renderer's forward-only pass AND the plain
// forward renderer, so this works on either path (same ComplexLit pattern as PlayerCamoLit).
Tags { "LightMode" = "UniversalForwardOnly" }
Cull Back Cull Back
Blend SrcAlpha OneMinusSrcAlpha // Opaque alpha-cutout (no blending): every surviving fragment writes depth, so
// ZWrite ON although this is a transparent blend: URP sorts transparents per OBJECT, so two // 1) overlapping fur objects sort per PIXEL via the depth buffer (no per-object popping), and
// overlapping fur objects would swap their whole-object z-order as the camera moves (visible // 2) early-Z rejects hidden fur fragments BEFORE the fragment shader runs - shell fur's main
// popping where the fur balls overlap). Writing depth resolves the occlusion per PIXEL instead: // cost is overdraw (shell behind shell, fur behind walls), which this cuts massively.
// whichever object draws first, the second one's hidden fragments fail ZTest. Fragments below // To maximise the early-Z win the shells are submitted TIP->ROOT (front-to-back on front
// _DepthSortClip coverage are discarded (see frag) so faint edge pixels don't occlude. Within // faces, see the h mapping in vert); with no blending the draw order is free to choose.
// one object the shells are submitted root->tip (= back-to-front on front faces), so its own
// blending still composites correctly.
ZWrite On ZWrite On
ZTest LEqual ZTest LEqual
// Depth bias toward the camera so the fur wins the depth test against the body. The fur // Depth bias toward the camera so the fur wins the depth test against the body. The fur
@@ -131,136 +403,8 @@ Shader "Custom/FurShell"
#pragma multi_compile _ _ADDITIONAL_LIGHTS_VERTEX _ADDITIONAL_LIGHTS #pragma multi_compile _ _ADDITIONAL_LIGHTS_VERTEX _ADDITIONAL_LIGHTS
#pragma multi_compile_fragment _ _ADDITIONAL_LIGHT_SHADOWS #pragma multi_compile_fragment _ _ADDITIONAL_LIGHT_SHADOWS
#include "Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/ShaderLibrary/Core.hlsl"
#include "Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/ShaderLibrary/Lighting.hlsl" #include "Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/ShaderLibrary/Lighting.hlsl"
CBUFFER_START(UnityPerMaterial)
float4 _BaseMap_ST;
half4 _BaseColor;
float _ShellCount;
float _ShellLength;
float _Density;
float _Thickness;
float _Taper;
float _TipFill;
float _Curvature;
float _DirRandomness;
float _SilhouetteStretch;
half _RootAO;
half _TipShade;
half _RimPower;
half _RimStrength;
float _FurThreshold;
float _FurSoftness;
float _StrandSoftness;
float _DepthSortClip;
float _SolidRoot;
float _WindStrength;
float _WindSpeed;
float _WindFrequency;
float4 _WindDirection;
float _FurObjScale;
half4 _XRayColor;
half _XRayPulseSpeed;
half _XRayPulseStrength;
half _XRayPulseShape;
half _XRayFurStrength;
CBUFFER_END
TEXTURE2D(_BaseMap);
SAMPLER(sampler_BaseMap);
TEXTURE2D(_FurMap);
SAMPLER(sampler_FurMap);
struct Attributes
{
float4 positionOS : POSITION;
float3 normalOS : NORMAL;
float2 uv : TEXCOORD0;
UNITY_VERTEX_INPUT_INSTANCE_ID
};
struct Varyings
{
float4 positionCS : SV_POSITION;
float2 uv : TEXCOORD0;
float3 normalWS : TEXCOORD1;
float3 positionWS : TEXCOORD2;
float shellH : TEXCOORD3; // 0 = root, 1 = tip
};
// cheap deterministic 2D hash -> [0,1)
float Hash21(float2 p)
{
p = frac(p * float2(123.34, 345.45));
p += dot(p, p + 34.345);
return frac(p.x * p.y);
}
Varyings vert(Attributes input)
{
Varyings output = (Varyings)0;
UNITY_SETUP_INSTANCE_ID(input);
// shell layer index -> normalized height (guarded so the non-instanced variant compiles)
#if UNITY_ANY_INSTANCING_ENABLED
uint shellIndex = input.instanceID;
#else
uint shellIndex = 0u;
#endif
float count = max(_ShellCount, 1.0);
float h = (count <= 1.0) ? 0.0 : (float)shellIndex / (count - 1.0);
// The instance matrix multiplies the object-space fur displacement by the avatar's world scale
// (objScale), so a naive extrusion shrinks/grows 1:1 with the player - too short on the small
// hider, too long on the big hunter. To keep the fur a CONSTANT world length (same absolute
// length at any size) we pre-divide the object-space offset by objScale; after the matrix's
// *objScale the net world displacement is then 1x. Wind sway shares this so it stays a constant
// world size too. (The gravity droop below intentionally does NOT - it scales with objScale.)
float objScale = max(_FurObjScale, 1e-4);
float dispComp = 1.0 / objScale;
// extrude along the normal; bend the tips down with h^2 for a gravity/curl droop.
// The (h + 0.02) lifts the whole stack a hair off the surface: the root (h=0) would else
// sit exactly on the opaque body and z-fight it - the fur draws a CPU-baked mesh while the
// body uses GPU skinning, so their depths are not bit-identical, and now that fur is
// transparent (ZWrite Off) it can't rely on a depth write to win the tie. 0.02 of the shell
// length is invisible but separates the root cleanly.
float3 posOS = input.positionOS.xyz + input.normalOS * (_ShellLength * (h + 0.02) * dispComp);
// wind sway: nudge each shell along the wind direction (object XZ) by a time-varying
// amount. The phase is offset by object-space position so a gust rolls across the surface,
// and the h^2 weight keeps roots planted while tips travel most => the stacked shells read
// as strands bending in the wind.
float2 wdir = _WindDirection.xy;
float wlen = length(wdir);
wdir = (wlen > 1e-4) ? (wdir / wlen) : float2(1.0, 0.0);
float phase = _Time.y * _WindSpeed + (input.positionOS.x + input.positionOS.z) * _WindFrequency;
posOS.xz += wdir * (_WindStrength * _ShellLength * h * h * sin(phase) * dispComp);
// Gravity/curl bends toward WORLD down. Applied AFTER moving to world space and using ONLY
// unity_ObjectToWorld (positions/normals already prove that matrix correct). The previous
// object-space approach relied on unity_WorldToObject, which is NOT reliably populated in the
// RenderMeshInstanced path - when it falls back to identity the droop follows the mesh's own
// local down, so on the rotated player the fur hung sideways instead of toward true down.
float3 positionWS = TransformObjectToWorld(posOS);
// Curl droop in world down, scaled by the avatar's world size (objScale) so the bend tracks the
// player: a bigger avatar gets a proportionally bigger droop, a smaller one a smaller one. The
// fur length above is a CONSTANT world size, so scaling only the droop keeps the bend reading
// right relative to the body at every player scale (hider 0.5 / hunter 1.5). Applied after
// moving to world space, so the droop follows true world down regardless of player rotation.
positionWS.y -= _Curvature * _ShellLength * h * h * objScale;
VertexNormalInputs vn = GetVertexNormalInputs(input.normalOS);
output.positionCS = TransformWorldToHClip(positionWS);
output.positionWS = positionWS;
output.normalWS = vn.normalWS;
output.uv = TRANSFORM_TEX(input.uv, _BaseMap);
output.shellH = h;
return output;
}
half4 frag(Varyings input) : SV_Target half4 frag(Varyings input) : SV_Target
{ {
float h = input.shellH; float h = input.shellH;
@@ -268,109 +412,20 @@ Shader "Custom/FurShell"
float3 N = normalize(input.normalWS); float3 N = normalize(input.normalWS);
float3 V = GetWorldSpaceNormalizeViewDir(input.positionWS); float3 V = GetWorldSpaceNormalizeViewDir(input.positionWS);
// fur map: R = fur length (G/B/A unused). White default (no map) => full-length fur float gradeH;
// everywhere, so the standalone prototype is unchanged. The strand colour comes from the half alpha = FurCoverage(input, N, V, gradeH);
// albedo map (_BaseMap) below, not from here. // Alpha cutout: below the threshold the fragment is gone (writes neither color nor depth),
float furLen = SAMPLE_TEXTURE2D(_FurMap, sampler_FurMap, input.uv).r; // above it the fragment draws fully opaque. The 0.003 floor keeps zero-coverage fragments
// dropping even at cutoff 0.
// --- strand mask: one strand per cell, random length, radially tapered toward the tip ---
float2 g = input.uv * _Density;
float2 cell = floor(g);
float strandLen = Hash21(cell); // this strand's random max height (0..1)
// per-strand lean: shift the cell-local strand centre by a random direction that grows
// with height, so each strand tilts its own way. This is a fragment-space lean - geometry
// is shared per vertex while strands are per cell, so the tilt has to live here, not in the
// extrusion.
float rndAngle = Hash21(cell + 3.7) * 6.2831853;
float2 leanDir = float2(cos(rndAngle), sin(rndAngle));
float2 local = (frac(g) * 2.0 - 1.0) - leanDir * (_DirRandomness * h);
// silhouette stretch: at grazing angles the flat shell slices are viewed edge-on, so a
// strand breaks into squished, separated dots. Elongate the strand footprint along the
// tangent-space view direction - the axis the extruded shells drift apart on screen - so
// consecutive slices overlap into a continuous strand near the rim. The tangent frame is
// rebuilt from screen-space derivatives (Schueler's cotangent trick), so this stays generic:
// no per-mesh tangents required. graze^2 confines the effect to the silhouette, leaving the
// head-on look untouched. The branch is on a uniform, so the derivatives stay quad-uniform
// (safe) and the cost is skipped when the feature is off; at stretch==1 the basis rotation is
// a pure rotation => identity, so ramping it in is continuous.
if (_SilhouetteStretch > 0.0)
{
float graze = 1.0 - saturate(dot(N, V));
graze *= graze;
float3 dp1 = ddx(input.positionWS);
float3 dp2 = ddy(input.positionWS);
float2 duv1 = ddx(input.uv);
float2 duv2 = ddy(input.uv);
float3 dp2perp = cross(dp2, N);
float3 dp1perp = cross(N, dp1);
float3 T = dp2perp * duv1.x + dp1perp * duv2.x;
float3 B = dp2perp * duv1.y + dp1perp * duv2.y;
float invmax = rsqrt(max(dot(T, T), dot(B, B)));
T *= invmax; B *= invmax;
float2 vt = float2(dot(V, T), dot(V, B));
float vlen = length(vt);
float2 sdir = (vlen > 1e-4) ? (vt / vlen) : float2(1.0, 0.0);
float stretch = 1.0 + _SilhouetteStretch * graze;
float along = dot(local, sdir) / stretch; // compress coord => elongate footprint along sdir
float perp = dot(local, float2(-sdir.y, sdir.x));
local = float2(along, perp);
}
float dist = length(local);
// allowed radius shrinks with height => the strand narrows toward its tip. _TipFill is a
// floor on that radius (as a fraction of the base thickness): the taper only thins a strand
// down to _TipFill, never to a point. With few shells the pointy tip breaks into floating
// discs ("dots") because consecutive shell slices stop overlapping; holding a minimum radius
// keeps neighbouring slices wide enough to bridge the inter-shell gap. 0 = sharp needles
// (dots return), higher = fuller, slightly rounded tips.
float taperedR = pow(saturate(1.0 - h), _Taper * 0.5);
float radius = _Thickness * max(taperedR, _TipFill);
// --- soft coverage (replaces the old binary alpha-clip) so the fur fades IN with alpha
// instead of a hard on/off edge. Three factors multiply into the output alpha:
// radialCov : soft, anti-aliased strand edge instead of a hard disc.
// heightCov : each strand fades out toward its own random tip (_TipFill caps the height).
// lenOpacity : LOW painted alpha => LOW opacity. A lightly-painted texel reads as faint,
// short fuzz that blends over the body -> the soft transition asked for,
// instead of full-opacity fur with a hard border. The fur map's alpha still
// also caps the strand HEIGHT (effectiveLen), so low alpha is short AND faint.
// The mesh is drawn on the Transparent queue and the shells are submitted root->tip, i.e.
// back-to-front on front faces, so these alphas composite correctly over the camo body.
float effectiveLen = strandLen * furLen;
float radialCov = 1.0 - smoothstep(radius - max(radius * _StrandSoftness, 1e-4), radius, dist);
float heightCov = 1.0 - smoothstep(effectiveLen * (1.0 - _StrandSoftness), effectiveLen + 1e-4, h);
float lenOpacity = saturate((furLen - _FurThreshold) / max(_FurSoftness, 1e-4));
half alpha = (half)(radialCov * heightCov * lenOpacity);
// _SolidRoot keeps the base shell fully covering (full-coverage prototype), but still honours
// the painted length so the boundary keeps its soft fade instead of a hard opaque ring. On
// the painted avatar it is turned OFF so the root also thins to the strands and the camo body
// stays visible between them.
if (_SolidRoot > 0.5 && h <= 0.0)
alpha = (half)lenOpacity;
if (furLen <= _FurThreshold) alpha = 0.0h;
// Discard low-coverage fragments BEFORE they write depth (ZWrite is on for per-pixel
// sorting between overlapping fur objects): a near-invisible edge pixel must not occlude
// the fur behind it. The 0.003 floor keeps the old fully-transparent drop as a minimum.
clip(alpha - max((half)_DepthSortClip, 0.003h)); clip(alpha - max((half)_DepthSortClip, 0.003h));
// Keep the raw grazing term for the rim highlight below (the clamp would dim it),
// then clamp the shading normal so silhouette strands don't go dark (see helper).
half rawGraze = saturate(1.0h - saturate(dot(N, V)));
N = ClampNormalToHorizon(N, V);
// --- shading (lightweight URP) --- // --- shading (lightweight URP) ---
// base colour is the PAINTED ALBEDO (the camo under the fur), sampled per-texel so each half3 albedo = FurAlbedo(input.uv, gradeH);
// strand wears the colour beneath it, times the global tint (white by default). The fur map
// no longer carries colour - only length.
half3 albedo = SAMPLE_TEXTURE2D(_BaseMap, sampler_BaseMap, input.uv).rgb * _BaseColor.rgb;
// two shades of that one colour: roots a touch darker (fake self-occlusion), tips a touch
// lighter - a subtle root->tip gradient rather than two independent colours.
half ao = lerp(1.0h - _RootAO, 1.0h, h);
albedo *= ao * lerp(1.0h, 1.0h + _TipShade, h);
float4 shadowCoord = TransformWorldToShadowCoord(input.positionWS); float4 shadowCoord = TransformWorldToShadowCoord(input.positionWS);
Light mainLight = GetMainLight(shadowCoord); Light mainLight = GetMainLight(shadowCoord);
@@ -391,7 +446,8 @@ Shader "Custom/FurShell"
#endif #endif
// rim / backlight scatter: brighter fuzz at grazing angles, strongest at the tips // rim / backlight scatter: brighter fuzz at grazing angles, strongest at the tips
half rim = pow(saturate(1.0h - saturate(dot(N, V))), _RimPower) * _RimStrength * h; // (rawGraze = pre-clamp grazing so the horizon clamp doesn't dim the rim glow)
half rim = pow(rawGraze, _RimPower) * _RimStrength * h;
color += rim * mainLight.color * albedo; color += rim * mainLight.color * albedo;
// X-Ray reveal glow on the VISIBLE fur, mirroring the body's forward half (PlayerCamo.hlsl) // X-Ray reveal glow on the VISIBLE fur, mirroring the body's forward half (PlayerCamo.hlsl)
@@ -401,12 +457,82 @@ Shader "Custom/FurShell"
// MeshPainter drives on the body, so on/occluded stays consistent between fur and body. // MeshPainter drives on the body, so on/occluded stays consistent between fur and body.
half xrayCurve = pow(0.5h - 0.5h * cos(_Time.y * _XRayPulseSpeed), _XRayPulseShape); half xrayCurve = pow(0.5h - 0.5h * cos(_Time.y * _XRayPulseSpeed), _XRayPulseShape);
half xrayPulse = 1.0h - _XRayPulseStrength * (1.0h - xrayCurve); half xrayPulse = 1.0h - _XRayPulseStrength * (1.0h - xrayCurve);
// _XRayFurStrength tames the per-shell accumulation: the body adds this term once (opaque), // Now that the fur is opaque cutout, only ONE fur fragment survives per pixel - the glow no
// but the fur stacks _ShellCount transparent shells that each composite it, so the raw term // longer stacks per shell. _XRayFurStrength stays as the fur-vs-body intensity match knob;
// over-brightens. Scaling it per shell brings the stacked total back near the body's glow. // with no stacking to tame it typically wants ~1 instead of the old ~0.2.
color += _XRayColor.rgb * (_XRayColor.a * xrayPulse * _XRayFurStrength); color += _XRayColor.rgb * (_XRayColor.a * xrayPulse * _XRayFurStrength);
return half4(color, alpha); // opaque cutout: surviving fragments are fully opaque, alpha only fed the clip above
return half4(color, 1.0h);
}
ENDHLSL
}
Pass
{
// The project renders Deferred+ but the fur is SHADED forward-only (ComplexLit stencil);
// the ONLY consumer of this pass is HTrace WSGI, which renders its thin GBuffer through the
// "UniversalGBuffer" tag and composites its traced irradiance from GBuffer0.rgb (albedo)
// AFTER post-processing. Without it the fur pixels keep the GBuffer data of whatever is
// BEHIND the fur, so HTrace injected the background's GI over the strands - the fur read as
// half transparent (same failure class as the HeroCutout / PictureTessellationLit fixes).
// Same shells, same cutout clip, same graded albedo as the forward pass via the shared code.
Name "FurGBuffer"
Tags { "LightMode" = "UniversalGBuffer" }
Cull Back
ZWrite On
ZTest LEqual
// Same depth bias as FurForward so both passes agree on depth against the body.
Offset -1, -1
HLSLPROGRAM
#pragma target 4.5
#pragma exclude_renderers gles3 glcore
#pragma vertex vert
#pragma fragment GBufferFrag
#pragma multi_compile_instancing
#pragma multi_compile_fragment _ _GBUFFER_NORMALS_OCT
#include_with_pragmas "Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/ShaderLibrary/RenderingLayers.hlsl"
#include "Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/ShaderLibrary/Lighting.hlsl"
#include "Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/ShaderLibrary/GBufferOutput.hlsl"
GBufferFragOutput GBufferFrag(Varyings input)
{
float3 N = normalize(input.normalWS);
float3 V = GetWorldSpaceNormalizeViewDir(input.positionWS);
float gradeH;
half alpha = FurCoverage(input, N, V, gradeH);
clip(alpha - max((half)_DepthSortClip, 0.003h));
// Same horizon clamp as the forward pass - away-facing normals in the GBuffer would
// make HTrace inject correspondingly dark GI onto the same silhouette strands.
N = ClampNormalToHorizon(N, V);
// GBuffer0 is UNORM; HTrace multiplies its GI by it, so the graded strand albedo here
// makes the injected indirect light match the visible fur colour.
half3 albedo = saturate(FurAlbedo(input.uv, gradeH));
InputData inputData = (InputData)0;
inputData.positionWS = input.positionWS;
inputData.positionCS = input.positionCS;
inputData.normalWS = N;
inputData.viewDirectionWS = V;
inputData.normalizedScreenSpaceUV = GetNormalizedScreenSpaceUV(input.positionCS);
// Fur is pure diffuse (metallic 0, smoothness 0) - matches the forward shading model.
BRDFData brdfData;
half brdfAlpha = 1.0h;
InitializeBRDFData(albedo, 0.0h, half3(0.0h, 0.0h, 0.0h), 0.0h, brdfAlpha, brdfData);
// Baked-GI slot mirrors the forward ambient term (SampleSH); deferred lighting never
// reads it here (stenciled out) - it only completes the GBuffer for HTrace.
half3 gi = SampleSH(N) * brdfData.diffuse;
return PackGBuffersBRDFData(brdfData, inputData, 0.0h, gi, 1.0h);
} }
ENDHLSL ENDHLSL
} }