[Asset] Occlusion shadow decal shader with depth fade

[sacb0y]

I made a decal shadow shader which should be good for character blob shadows or other uses.

Here I use it for a car drop shadow. I’ve seen similar effects in racing games. The shader works as is making a square or a circle, or like here with a texture.

It would likely look better with a proper texture (like based on baked AO) rather than the very simple one I have here.

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I also use it to fill in areas if needed, if an object is dynamic or light baking (in this case APV) isn’t detailed enough.

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Without

Using occlusion like this means it’s compatible with scene lighting.

Hope someone finds this useful!
DecalShadow.zip (11.3 KB)

[sacb0y]

I apologize I should have given this as a package file, this is a much cleaner version of the file.

DecalShadow.unitypackage (276.7 KB)

[RogueSlayer]

Hello buddy, Im not sure why but this is not working on my end. Tried it on Unity 6. Is there any specific setting that needs to be used/enabled?

[sacb0y]

you must have decals enabled in URP

[RogueSlayer]

Its is already enabled. Thats what was confusing me

[sacb0y]

it is also ambient occlusion, meaning it is masked by direct lighting. It effectively only works in shadowed areas.

You can post your use case and i might be able to be more specific.