Translucent material in URP?

[arvzg1]

In HDRP the Output Particle Lit quad node has material type options, one of which is Translucent. This seems to allow light to penetrate the particle so the lighting can be seen from both sides. This option doesn’t seem to exist in URP, in latest Unity 2021.2.0b13 beta with URP 12

Is there any way to replicate this effect in URP?

[arvzg1]

I got my answer here:

Lit Quad Output gone?

Hey @arvzg_1 , I believe Translucent materials (and the diffusion profiles they use) are HDRP-only features. It is not something on the VFX side, we simply expose what is available in URP and HDRP. If you need to create a custom look, we have refactored the ShaderGraph integration for the VFX Graph for both URP and HDRP for 2021.2 (the URP one should soon be merged, don’t think it’s hit a public version yet) which will allow you to implement your own custom material looks within the feature…

[arvzg1]

anyone know how I might be able to replicate/fake translucent materials for VFX particles in URP, like you can do in HDRP?

what I want is to have quad billboarded particles be lit from one side, but the result is it’s lit from both sides.

I’m using unity 2021.2.b014 which got access to the Lit output node for vfx, but without translucent materials, it’s only able to be lit from the side that has direct contact with a light source.

[Ruchir]

@arvzg_1

anyone know how I might be able to replicate/fake translucent materials for VFX particles in URP, like you can do in HDRP?

what I want is to have quad billboarded particles be lit from one side, but the result is it’s lit from both sides.

I’m using unity 2021.2.b014 which got access to the Lit output node for vfx, but without translucent materials, it’s only able to be lit from the side that has direct contact with a light source.

I’m looking for the same thing, did you find a way to do this in URP?

[m4rtindu59]

One way to do it is to create a particle mesh with two faces, both facing forward, but one with inverted normals. It works very well, but double the rendering since both faces overlap each other.