Advanced Outline Shader & Highlight System

Advanced Outline Shader & Highlight System

Dive into the next level of player feedback with the Advanced Outline Shader & Highlight System! 🚀 This powerful, ready-to-use package provides everything you need to implement a professional and visually stunning interaction system in your Unity game.

What's Inside the Package?

📦 ObjectGlow.shader (Advanced Shader): A highly optimized surface shader based on Unity's Standard lighting model. It features:

• Full standard PBR properties (Albedo, Normal, Metallic, Smoothness).
• Customizable outline/border effect controlled by the _BorderWidth and _HighlightColor properties.
• Dynamic Highlight Toggle driven by a Material Property Block for performance.
• Optional Emission controls for added visual flair.
• The outline is rendered in a separate Cull Front pass, expanding the mesh along its normals to create a clear border effect.

⚙️ InteractionHighlighter.cs (C# Script): A streamlined script designed to be placed on your camera or player object. This script:

• Performs a raycast on every frame (Update) to detect interactable objects.
• Uses customizable targetTags and a detectionLayers mask to precisely filter objects.
• Dynamically enables/disables the highlight via ToggleHighlight by setting the _HighlightEnabled shader property using a MaterialPropertyBlock.
• Provides visual feedback with an optional UI status indicator.

Why Buy This Asset?

• ✅ Performance: Uses a Material Property Block to toggle the highlight without creating new material instances, ensuring minimal draw call overhead.
• 🛠️ Customization: Easily adjust border width, color, distance, and target tags directly in the Inspector.
• 🎮 Immersion: Give your players clear and immediate feedback when they can interact with an object, significantly improving the user experience.