Patterns - Docs

Options relevant to the orels1/VFX/Patterns shader

This shader aims to provide an easy way to add background detail to your environments. It can be used to add a varity of patterns with a powerful kaleidoscope UV effect that can transform a simple effect to a constantly evolving pattern

Build-In Patterns Presets

Patterns Inspector

Presets Included

This shader is the first to receive a set of built-in Presets. Simply select one from the Selected Preset dropdown in the Patterns section and it will load up a preset. Note that it will replace all the current settings with the ones stored in the preset (a warning will be displayed)

Selected Preset: loads a preset from the list of available presets
Super Sampling: controls the level of Super Sampling applied to the effect. Can improve appearance at a distance at a slight performance cost
Color 1: the first color used in the pattern
Color 2: the second color used in the pattern

Kaleidoscope Settings

Kaleidoscope UVs convert even the simplest patterns into interesting and complex effects. I highly recommend you try it out!

Kaleidoscope UV: enables the kaleidoscope UV transformations
Slice Count: controls the number of slices in the kaleidoscope. Higher values will result in more complex patterns
Spin Speed: controls the speed of the kaleidoscope rotation
Spin Time Offset: offsets the starting time of the kaleidoscope rotation. Can be used with Spin Speed set to 0 to select a particular rotation that looks best in your effect
Tiling: controls the overall tiling of the kaleidoscope effect

Circles Settings

Circle Origin: controls the origin point of the expanding circles pattern in UV space. Only X and Y values are used
Circle Count: controls the number of circles in the pattern. Not exact, adjust as necessary
Circle Smoothing: adjusts the smoothing of the circles. Higher values result in visually "blurrier" circles
Expand Speed: controls the speed of the expanding animation. Negative values will invert the animation
Time Offset: offsets the starting time of the expanding effect. Can be used with Expand Speed set to 0 to select a particular frame that looks best in your effect

Lines Mask Settings

Lines mask adds repeating lines on top of the base effect. Best demonstrated by the Circular Lines preset.

Add Lines: enables the lines mask
Line Thickness: controls the thickness of the lines
Line Smoothing: controls the amount of smoothing applied to the lines. Higher values result in visually "blurrier" lines
Offset (Degrees): controls how much lines are offset from each other. E.g. a value of 30 will add a line every 30 degrees, a value of 180 will only have 2 lines 180 degrees apart, etc
Spin Speed: controls how fast the lines are rotating
Alternate Spin: alternates the direction of the lines rotation per circle. Does not work well with negative Spin Speed values
Spin Time Offset: offsets the starting time of the lines rotation. Can be used with Spin Speed set to 0 to select a particular rotation that looks best in your effect