Billboard rendering too shiny

[Duckocide]

I've been working on a simple shader that uses transparency (blend mode) and the spherical billboard rendering options. I've noticed that as soon as you select billboard metallic and smoothness textures or colours are ignored (basically things appear to go metallic / shiny).

Is this a bug? Real shame as I need my billboards to a be non reflective and have found this editor excellent for pulling together surface shaders.

[Ricardo Teixeira]

I've been working on a simple shader that uses transparency (blend mode) and the spherical billboard rendering options. I've noticed that as soon as you select billboard metallic and smoothness textures or colours are ignored (basically things appear to go metallic / shiny).

Is this a bug? Real shame as I need my billboards to a be non reflective and have found this editor excellent for pulling together surface shaders.

Hello,

Thank you for using ASE, we would be happy to help. What's your current Unity and ASE version? Can you please share a sample shader with the problem present? It would be extremely helpful if we could test it on our side.

Thanks!

[Duckocide]

Unity 5.6.2f1
ASE 1.1.0

Shader Code Generated:

(I notice the smoothness colour is set to something other than zero (in the editor it's black). Could this be the issue?

Code: Select all

// Made with Amplify Shader Editor
// Available at the Unity Asset Store - http://u3d.as/y3X
Shader "Vindex/Cell-Billboard"
{
   Properties
   {
      [HideInInspector] __dirty( "", Int ) = 1
      _Rotation("Rotation", Range( 0 , 1)) = 0
      _CellDiffuse("Cell Diffuse", 2D) = "white" {}
      _CellNormal("Cell Normal", 2D) = "bump" {}
      _BumpScale("Bump Scale", Range( 0 , 4)) = 0.1
      _Smoothness("Smoothness", Color) = (0.5147059,0.5222751,0.5222751,1)
      _Metallic("Metallic", Color) = (0,0,0,1)
   }

   SubShader
   {
      Tags{ "RenderType" = "Transparent"  "Queue" = "Transparent+0" "IgnoreProjector" = "True" }
      Cull Off
      CGPROGRAM
      #include "UnityStandardUtils.cginc"
      #pragma target 5.0
      #pragma surface surf Standard alpha:fade keepalpha vertex:vertexDataFunc
      struct Input
      {
         float2 texcoord_0;
      };

      uniform float _BumpScale;
      uniform sampler2D _CellNormal;
      uniform float _Rotation;
      uniform sampler2D _CellDiffuse;
      uniform float4 _Metallic;
      uniform float4 _Smoothness;

      void vertexDataFunc( inout appdata_full v, out Input o )
      {
         UNITY_INITIALIZE_OUTPUT( Input, o );
         o.texcoord_0.xy = v.texcoord.xy * float2( 1,1 ) + float2( 0,0 );
         //Calculate new billboard vertex position and normal;
         float3 upCamVec = normalize ( UNITY_MATRIX_V._m10_m11_m12 );
         float3 forwardCamVec = -normalize ( UNITY_MATRIX_V._m20_m21_m22 );
         float3 rightCamVec = normalize( UNITY_MATRIX_V._m00_m01_m02 );
         float4x4 rotationCamMatrix = float4x4( rightCamVec, 0, upCamVec, 0, forwardCamVec, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 );
         //This unfortunately must be made to take non-uniform scaling into account;
         //Transform to world coors, apply rotation and transform back to local;
         v.vertex = mul( v.vertex , unity_ObjectToWorld );
         v.vertex = mul( v.vertex , rotationCamMatrix );
         v.vertex = mul( v.vertex , unity_WorldToObject );
         v.normal = normalize( mul( v.normal, rotationCamMatrix ));
      }

      void surf( Input i , inout SurfaceOutputStandard o )
      {
         float cos4 = cos( ( _Rotation * UNITY_PI ) );
         float sin4 = sin( ( _Rotation * UNITY_PI ) );
         float2 rotator4 = mul(i.texcoord_0 - float2( 0.5,0.5 ), float2x2(cos4,-sin4,sin4,cos4)) + float2( 0.5,0.5 );
         o.Normal = UnpackScaleNormal( tex2D( _CellNormal, rotator4 ) ,_BumpScale );
         float4 tex2DNode2 = tex2D( _CellDiffuse, rotator4 );
         o.Albedo = tex2DNode2.xyz;
         o.Metallic = _Metallic.r;
         o.Smoothness = _Smoothness.r;
         o.Alpha = tex2DNode2.a;
      }

      ENDCG
   }
   CustomEditor "ASEMaterialInspector"
}
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[Ricardo Teixeira]

Unity 5.6.2f1
ASE 1.1.0

Shader Code Generated:

(I notice the smoothness colour is set to something other than zero (in the editor it's black). Could this be the issue?

Code: Select all

// Made with Amplify Shader Editor
// Available at the Unity Asset Store - http://u3d.as/y3X
Shader "Vindex/Cell-Billboard"
{
   Properties
   {
      [HideInInspector] __dirty( "", Int ) = 1
      _Rotation("Rotation", Range( 0 , 1)) = 0
      _CellDiffuse("Cell Diffuse", 2D) = "white" {}
      _CellNormal("Cell Normal", 2D) = "bump" {}
      _BumpScale("Bump Scale", Range( 0 , 4)) = 0.1
      _Smoothness("Smoothness", Color) = (0.5147059,0.5222751,0.5222751,1)
      _Metallic("Metallic", Color) = (0,0,0,1)
   }

   SubShader
   {
      Tags{ "RenderType" = "Transparent"  "Queue" = "Transparent+0" "IgnoreProjector" = "True" }
      Cull Off
      CGPROGRAM
      #include "UnityStandardUtils.cginc"
      #pragma target 5.0
      #pragma surface surf Standard alpha:fade keepalpha vertex:vertexDataFunc
      struct Input
      {
         float2 texcoord_0;
      };

      uniform float _BumpScale;
      uniform sampler2D _CellNormal;
      uniform float _Rotation;
      uniform sampler2D _CellDiffuse;
      uniform float4 _Metallic;
      uniform float4 _Smoothness;

      void vertexDataFunc( inout appdata_full v, out Input o )
      {
         UNITY_INITIALIZE_OUTPUT( Input, o );
         o.texcoord_0.xy = v.texcoord.xy * float2( 1,1 ) + float2( 0,0 );
         //Calculate new billboard vertex position and normal;
         float3 upCamVec = normalize ( UNITY_MATRIX_V._m10_m11_m12 );
         float3 forwardCamVec = -normalize ( UNITY_MATRIX_V._m20_m21_m22 );
         float3 rightCamVec = normalize( UNITY_MATRIX_V._m00_m01_m02 );
         float4x4 rotationCamMatrix = float4x4( rightCamVec, 0, upCamVec, 0, forwardCamVec, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 );
         //This unfortunately must be made to take non-uniform scaling into account;
         //Transform to world coors, apply rotation and transform back to local;
         v.vertex = mul( v.vertex , unity_ObjectToWorld );
         v.vertex = mul( v.vertex , rotationCamMatrix );
         v.vertex = mul( v.vertex , unity_WorldToObject );
         v.normal = normalize( mul( v.normal, rotationCamMatrix ));
      }

      void surf( Input i , inout SurfaceOutputStandard o )
      {
         float cos4 = cos( ( _Rotation * UNITY_PI ) );
         float sin4 = sin( ( _Rotation * UNITY_PI ) );
         float2 rotator4 = mul(i.texcoord_0 - float2( 0.5,0.5 ), float2x2(cos4,-sin4,sin4,cos4)) + float2( 0.5,0.5 );
         o.Normal = UnpackScaleNormal( tex2D( _CellNormal, rotator4 ) ,_BumpScale );
         float4 tex2DNode2 = tex2D( _CellDiffuse, rotator4 );
         o.Albedo = tex2DNode2.xyz;
         o.Metallic = _Metallic.r;
         o.Smoothness = _Smoothness.r;
         o.Alpha = tex2DNode2.a;
      }

      ENDCG
   }
   CustomEditor "ASEMaterialInspector"
}
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Thank you for sharing the shader. Can you also share the textures used and a screenshot of the problem? I will pass it on to the ASE developers and we will get back to you on Monday as soon as we test it on our side.

We are available for direct contact at [email protected]

Thanks!

[Duckocide]

OK. I'll email the materials with a link to this thread. Thanks!

[Ricardo Teixeira]

OK. I'll email the materials with a link to this thread. Thanks!

Thanks!