Changelog

ORL Shaders Changelog

v6.3.0

Summary

Update 6.3.0 focuses on smaller features and incremental improvements to existing shaders

New Features

• Cutout shaders now support LOD Crossfade
  • No extra configuration is required, but here's some extra info
• All shaders that have a "VRChat Features" block now have a "VRC Fallback" dropdown
  • This allows you to select how the shader will be displayed when your shaders are blocked by the user's safety settings
  • You can see full documentation here
• VFX Laser Shader now supports UV-Space noise for better compatibility with Line Renderers
  • Also improved the overall VFX Laser Shader inspector layout
• %OverrideTag() drawer function has been added to the inspector
  • This allows you to set per-material Shader Tag overrides based on an enum value
  • The VRC Features module uses it to set the VRCFallback tag value

Other Changes

• Toon shaders now have the VRChat Features module that was missing before
• The facing parameter has been changed from using VFACE to SV_IsFrontFace for better compatibility. It is also now a bool type instead of fixed

v6.2.0

Summary

Update 6.2.0 brings a couple of new and highly requested shaders like Puddles. It also adds a new system for creating your own custom shaders called Configurable Shaders, and a bunch of new features and improvements to existing shaders.

New Shaders

• PBR
  • Puddles: a puddles variant of the PBR shader with support for different puddle drivers, e.g. based on Depth texture, mask texture or a vertex color. Also includes the rain droplets effect
• VFX
  • Patterns: a collection of procedural patterns you can use to make looping effects for extra background detail
  • Glitch Screen: a shader aiming to create a glitchy screen effect, inspired by Stray
• Toon
  • UV Discard: a shader that allows you to hide pieces of your mesh using UV Tiles
  • Transparent PrePass: a variant of the transparent shader with 2-Pass transparency. Useful for things like Hair on avatars

New Features

• Configurable Shaders
  • This new system allows you to mix and match all of the features available in the ORL Shader Package to your liking!
  • To start, right-click anywhere in your project, then Create -> Shader -> orels1 -> Configurable Shader. This will make a new instance of a configurable shader you can set up in the inspector
  • Give your shader a name
  • Select the "Lighting Model" you want to use, the default is PBR which should work well for most use-case
  • Add any modules you want to add
  • If you want to add something "on top" of an existing shader. E.g. you want the Puddles Shader to Dissolve - then you can select "Standard Puddles" in the Base Shader dropdown and then add a Dissolve module on top
  • Click Apply!
  • You can now select the new shader on the material of your choosing

• %SetProp() drawer function has been added to the inspector
  • This allows you to set a property of your material to some specific value based on another value
  • E.g. you can set the Stencil operation to Keep or Replace depending on whether the Outline is enabled or not (used by the main Toon shader)
• %Preset(<path to presets folder>) drawer function which displays a dropdown of Unity material presets from a particular folder
  • This is used by the VFX Patterns shader to display a bunch of pre-made effects you can build on top of
• %TemplateFeature(<FeatureName>) support
  • This allows you to define a block or piece of the template as optional, and then enable/disable it inside the specific shader module via %TemplateFeatures("MyFeature")
  • This is now used for the 2-Pass Transparency Toon Shader

Other Changes

• Improved Specular Occlusion defaults and overall behavior
• Fixed LTCGI path (requires LTCGI update)
• New "Rim Mask" option for the Toon's AudioLink module
• Fixed Vertex Animation shaders batching incorrectly
• Added support for backface tint for Toon shaders
• Added facing param support for making your own shaders (used by Toon)
• Fixed a bug where the toon shader would break Unity UI masks
• Neon Tube shader now has masking support for the covered part
• Matrix variables are now properly supported by the generator
• Repack texture button no longer looks ugly at some UI scaling levels 🎉The majority of Toon shader features now support independent tiling options, great for detail textures!
• The VRChat Features docs link is now pointing to the correct spot
• Added support for exporting generated shaders without CoreRP sampling macros (for external tool compatibility)
• Added support for switching between World Space and Local Space for Laser and Shield shaders
• Fixed an issue where the texture packer would not read the correct texture color space
• Rim Light in Toon shaders now respects the alpha value of a color
• Width slider for the Outline is now using a Logarithmic scale for better control at low values
• Toon Transparent shader now supports a separate alpha texture
• Added a VFX variant of Layered Parallax

v6.1.0

See the git diff

Summary

Update 6.1 brings 20 new shaders, a whole new UI shader group, and redone documentation with better demos and layouts.

It is also the first release to support the VCC!

New Shaders

• PBR
  • Dither Fade
  • Dissolve
  • Video Screen
• VFX
  • Ghost Lines
  • Shield
  • Laser
  • Holographic Parallax
• UI (New Pack)
  • Base Shader
  • Overlay
  • Audio Link
  • Layered Parallax
  • Scrolling Texture
  • Sheen
  • Video Screen

New Shader Variants

• LTCGI Cutout
• AudioLink Vertex Animation

Other Changes

• Added gradient editor to the Ramp slot in the Toon shader
• Improved the naming and location of repacked textures
• Added VCC Support
• Added Overlay, Screen and Lighten blends to the utility module

Known Issues

• Specular occlusion is currently not as aggressive on metallic surfaces as desired. I'm currently looking into reworking the specular occlusion code to make it work properly