Reflective Shader Family
Note. Unity 5 introduced the Standard Shader which replaces these shadersA program that runs on the GPU. More info
See in Glossary.
Reflective shaders will allow you to use a CubemapA collection of six square textures that can represent the reflections in an environment or the skybox drawn behind your geometry. The six squares form the faces of an imaginary cube that surrounds an object; each face represents the view along the directions of the world axes (up, down, left, right, forward and back). More info
See in Glossary which will be reflected on your meshThe main graphics primitive of Unity. Meshes make up a large part of your 3D worlds. Unity supports triangulated or Quadrangulated polygon meshes. Nurbs, Nurms, Subdiv surfaces must be converted to polygons. More info
See in Glossary. You can also define areas of more or less reflectivity on your object through the alpha channel of the Base texture. High reflectivity is a great effect for glosses, oils, chrome, etc. Low reflectivity can add effect for metals, liquid surfaces, or video monitors.
Reflective Vertex-Lit
Assets needed:
- One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas
- One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
Reflective Diffuse
Assets needed:
- One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas
- One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
Reflective Specular
Assets needed:
- One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas & Specular Map combined
- One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
Note: One consideration for this shader is that the Base texture’s alpha channel will double as both the reflective areas and the Specular Map.
Reflective Normal mapped
Assets needed:
- One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas
- One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
- One Normal mapA type of Bump Map texture that allows you to add surface detail such as bumps, grooves, and scratches to a model which catch the light as if they are represented by real geometry.
See in Glossary, no alpha channel required
Reflective Normal Mapped Specular
Assets needed:
- One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas & Specular Map combined
- One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
- One Normal map, no alpha channel required
Note: One consideration for this shader is that the Base texture’s alpha channel will double as both the reflective areas and the Specular Map.
Reflective Parallax
Assets needed:
- One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas
- One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
- One Normal map, with alpha channel for Parallax Depth
Reflective Parallax Specular
Assets needed:
- One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas & Specular Map
- One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
- One Normal map, with alpha channel for Parallax Depth
Note: One consideration for this shader is that the Base texture’s alpha channel will double as both the reflective areas and the Specular Map.
Reflective Normal mapped Unlit
Assets needed:
- One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas
- One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
- One Normal map, no alpha channel required
Reflective Normal mapped Vertex-Lit
Assets needed:
- One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas
- One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
- One Normal map, no alpha channel required