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Sharp Shadows Toolkit
The Sharp Shadows Toolkit brings sharp, pixel-perfect shadows to your Universal Render Pipeline project. Perfect for games and experiences targeting a non-photo-realistic art style!
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About this asset
Now with Unity 2021 and URP 11/12 support!
NOTE: This toolkit ONLY supports the Unity / URP combinations listed in the README linked below
The Sharp Shadows Toolkit is a code package that brings sharp, pixel-perfect shadows to your Universal Render Pipeline (URP) project. Many games and experiences target a non-photo-realistic art style for which sharp shadows are better suited than the built-in shadows that tend to be either too soft or too jagged, especially on low quality settings.
The toolkit can be useful in a wide variety of scenarios, from old-school drop shadows for characters in a mobile game to ubiquitous high quality shadows for an architecture visualization project.
Website & Readme
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Technical details
Features
- Dynamic pixel-perfect shadows for the Lightweight/Universal Render Pipeline
- No jagged shadow edges or visible pixels
- Seamless editor integration using automatic asset post processing
- Two rendering modes
- Inject into screen space shadow texture for optimal image quality
- Draw after opaque geometry for optimal performance
- Handles both skinned and non-skinned meshes
- No restriction on the mesh geometry of the shadow caster
- Multi-object editing
- Fog support
Current Limitations
- For the Lightweight/Universal Render Pipeline only
- Only supports the main directional light of the scene
- No support for custom vertex displacement
- Alpha blended or clipped geometry will produce solid shadows (the shape of the triangles)
- Skinned mesh shadows may appear cracked if they are subject to large deformations
- Shadows are not anti-aliased when injected into screen space shadow texture
Please see the readme for a list of compatible Unity and URP versions.
Compatibility
| Unity version | Built-in | URP | HDRP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021.3.22f1 | Not listed | Compatible | Not listed |
| 2021.1.26f1 | Not listed | Compatible | Not listed |
| 2019.3.5f1 | Not listed | Compatible | Not listed |
Due to the many Unity editor/URP versions, not all combinations are supported. See the README for an up-to-date list of supported combinations.
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