In Unity With larger environments, we don’t usually want one appearance for the whole space. We also don’t want a singular reflection probe, especially if rooms are completely separated by doors. Luckily, Unity can handle and blend both multiple Post Processing volumes and multiple Reflection Probes. Doing this, allows for…

and how they are unique! Similarly to Light Probes, we can bake and emit reflection data. The most cost-effective way of doing this is to use Reflection Probes. Creating one places a sphere in the scene that acts as a central capture point, we can then edit a cube to…

The general way to illuminate objects in a 3D space is by ‘baking’ lighting information into those objects. This works well for static objects, but in video games we have dynamic objects that need to capture lighting information in real time as they move around. We can use realtime light…

As delicious as it sounds, and unlike those pesky internet cookies — cookies in Unity act as a mask (or gobo for my fellow entertainment industry peeps), that are placed on a light source to create shadows. These can either be used for special effects, or to mimic real life…

Light layers are a form of Layer Mask that allows lights in a scene to only enact on specific meshes. This can allow us to create certain effects, or to further enhance the realistic aspects of illuminating our scene. To use light layers we must first enable them in the…

Using particles, post processing, and volumetric fog When it comes to the High Definition Rendering Pipeline (HDRP) in Unity, we are presented with various different ways of incorporating fog into our scene. Whether its for a smoke-like effect, an overall ambience, or even cloudy light rays, we can do it…

Using the High Definition Rendering Pipeline Previously, we have looked at altering materials in various ways. But what if we want to add something to our scene without actually affecting the object or it’s material? The HDRP allows us to use a Decal Shader. This is a specific material that…

Using the HDRP Layered Lit Shader Another great way to add detail to our materials in Unity’s High Definition Rendering Pipeline (HDRP), is by using Layered Shaders. The Layered Lit Shader allows us to stack up to four Lit materials to create blends, allowing for an easy method of realism…

Using the High Definition Rendering Pipeline Yesterday’s article talked about the two Displacement types for our materials. Alternatively, we can dive into Tessellation of our material using a different Shader! Tessellation in the terms of computer graphics and programming, is the dividing of a surface into multiple polygons for…