In the process of the render pipeline we do have several other commands for some options.
Face Culling
The backside of a surface is by default culled during the process.
By addingCull Offbefore CGPROGRAM, we can turn off the backside face culling.
Plain TextPass
{
Cull Off
CGPROGRAM
//...
ENDCG
}
The other options here:
-Cull Off: turn off the backside face culling.
-Cull Back: [Default] cull the backside of a face.
-Call Front: cull the frontside of a face.
If we want to set the cull mode in the inspector, we can add a line in the Properties part, and then useCull[_CullMode].
Plain TextProperties
{
[Enum(UnityEngine.Rendering.CullMode)]_CullMode("CullMode", float) = 2
}
Pass
{
Cull [_CullMode]
CGPROGRAM
//...
ENDCG
}
CullMode:
-
0: Off
-
1: Front
-
2: Back
Time
We can use the_Timeparameter to use the time value.
_Time.x/y/z/w:t/20, t, 2t, 3t
_SinTime.w:the cos value of the time
_CosTime.w:the cos value of the time
Alpha Test
In the fragment shader, theclip(n)function has the following behavior:
n < 0:hide the fragment
n >= 0:show the fragment.
We can use the clip() function to realize some resolution/blend/wave effect, and we will do that in future notes.
For blending/semi-transparency, we need to add aBlendcommand like theCullabove before the CGPROGRAM.
Plain TextPass
{
Blend SrcAlpha OneMinusSrcAlpha
CGPROGRAM
//...
ENDCG
}
Besides OneMinusSrcAlpha, we do have other blending modes. Another frequently used mode is theBlend SrcAlpha One.
Also, remember to turn offZWrite. Otherwise there might be some obvious and serious issues with sorting/rendering order.
Plain TextPass
{
ZWrite Off
Blend SrcAlpha OneMinusSrcAlpha
CGPROGRAM
//...
ENDCG
}
In some cases we probably need ZWrite to be on, and we will cover these cases in later notes.
Recall the semi-transparent objects should be after 2500 in Render Queue(by default 3000), so we add aTagsinSubShaderpart before anyPass's.
Plain TextSubShader
{
Tags{"Queue" = "Transparent"}
Pass
{
ZWrite Off
Blend SrcAlpha OneMinusSrcAlpha
CGPROGRAM
//...
ENDCG
}
}
Just one more thing to add, if you want to manually set the alpha value of a color (or a float), always make sure that the alpha value does fall in the range of (0,1). You can always use thesaturate()function as a safe guard.saturate()makes sure that it does not return any value out of range(0,1).
Plain Texthalf alpha = saturate(tex2D(_MainTex, i.uv).r * _Color.a * _Emiss);