So I know this is a common question around these parts and you wonderful ladies and gents must get tired of answering with links of the answers.
But!
I've read the answers and since I'm a newbie @ some of this shader stuff I'm going to post my issue/trouble I'm having anyways with hopes someone can help?
I have a tree model static mesh that I want to eventually paint on a terrain layer. Anyways, the tree has many branches that are just Planes w/ Alpha maps on them. I am aiming for a 2 sided lit texture shader in unity. When I choose the "transparent/difuse" shader it works with my alphas and looks sweet! Problem is, it doesn't do the 2sided part so well..at all. Now, when I pick the "transparent/cutout/soft edge unlit" shader it all works great! ...except it's obviously unlit. :( I did some searching on here and felt like I was getting way over my head with people posting custom shaders that seemed to work with being lit, being 2sided, and holding alphas, but when I tried to implement these I couldn't quite figure out the process of coding all that in somewhere. Is there anyone who could help me out somehow without hating me for this question? haha