https://gitlab.com/s-ilent/fake-lights

A shader for Unity that renders simple, cheap fake volumetric lights with instancing.
https://gitlab.com/s-ilent/fake-lights

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A shader for Unity that renders simple, cheap fake volumetric lights with instancing.

• Host: gitlab.com
• URL: https://gitlab.com/s-ilent/fake-lights
• Owner: s-ilent
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-02-19T11:34:21.630Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Synced: 2024-08-03T19:08:06.218Z (5 months ago)
• Stars: 10
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Fake Lights

Shaders for Unity/VRchat that illuminate the area around them in a way almost, but not quite, like light. They're instanced, too, so multiples of the same light material and mesh will generally only take one draw call.

![Preview](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/512943124436353025/545590755243327488/fakelights.jpg)

## Installation

Download the repository. Then place the Shader/ folder with the shader into your Assets/ directory.

## Usage

Provided in this package are:

- The main Volumetric Fake Lights shader.

- An inverted icosphere mesh, used to render the lights.

- A sample prefab and material for a single fake light.

- A sample material for a particle system. 

If not using the prefab, drag the icosphere into your scene and assign it a material with one of the Fake Light shaders. Done! If this doesn't work, you might need to force the depth buffer to be active. [See here for info.](https://github.com/Xiexe/XSVolumetrics)

Note that, like other shaders which depend on the depth buffer, you'll need a directional light or other depth buffer activator (like disabled depth of field) to see the effect properly.

For best batching results, give each material a different render queue, because materials on the same queue render in random order and Unity won't batch them if they aren't sorted properly.

## UI is weird!

Probably will be fixed later.

## The default settings are broken!

Play around and see what works!

## License?

This work is licensed under the MIT license where applicable.