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Unity Sprite Shadow and Flashable Shader
// Combination of https://pastebin.com/yRPktdSP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flu2PNRUAso) and https://gist.github.com/ilhamhe/81b285fd302d7964d18c22ad05857343
Shader "Sprites/Custom/Sprite"
{
Properties
{
[PerRendererData] _MainTex ("Sprite Texture", 2D) = "white" {}
_Color ("Tint", Color) = (1,1,1,1)
[MaterialToggle] PixelSnap ("Pixel snap", Float) = 0
_FlashColor ("Flash Color", Color) = (1,1,1,1)
_FlashAmount ("Flash Amount", Range (0,1)) = 0
_Cutoff("Alpha Cutoff", Range(0,1)) = 0.5
}
SubShader
{
Tags
{
"Queue"="Transparent"
"IgnoreProjector"="True"
"RenderType"="Transparent"
"PreviewType"="Plane"
"CanUseSpriteAtlas"="True"
}
Cull Off
Lighting Off
ZWrite Off
Blend One OneMinusSrcAlpha
Pass
{
CGPROGRAM
#pragma vertex vert
#pragma fragment frag
#pragma multi_compile _ PIXELSNAP_ON
#include "UnityCG.cginc"
struct appdata_t
{
float4 vertex : POSITION;
float4 color : COLOR;
float2 texcoord : TEXCOORD0;
};
struct v2f
{
float4 vertex : SV_POSITION;
fixed4 color : COLOR;
float2 texcoord : TEXCOORD0;
};
fixed4 _Color;
fixed4 _FlashColor;
v2f vert(appdata_t IN)
{
v2f OUT;
OUT.vertex = UnityObjectToClipPos(IN.vertex);
OUT.texcoord = IN.texcoord;
OUT.color = IN.color * _Color;
#ifdef PIXELSNAP_ON
OUT.vertex = UnityPixelSnap (OUT.vertex);
#endif
return OUT;
}
sampler2D _MainTex;
sampler2D _AlphaTex;
float _AlphaSplitEnabled;
float _FlashAmount;
fixed4 SampleSpriteTexture (float2 uv)
{
fixed4 color = tex2D (_MainTex, uv);
if (_AlphaSplitEnabled)
color.a = tex2D (_AlphaTex, uv).r;
return color;
}
fixed4 frag(v2f IN) : SV_Target
{
fixed4 c = SampleSpriteTexture (IN.texcoord) * IN.color;
c.rgb = lerp(c.rgb, _FlashColor.rgb, _FlashAmount);
c.rgb *= c.a;
return c;
}
ENDCG
}
}
SubShader
{
Tags
{
"Queue" = "Transparent"
"IgnoreProjector" = "True"
"RenderType" = "Transparent"
"PreviewType" = "Plane"
"CanUseSpriteAtlas" = "True"
}
Cull Off
Lighting Off
ZWrite Off
Blend One OneMinusSrcAlpha
CGPROGRAM
#pragma surface surf Lambert vertex:vert alphatest:_Cutoff addshadow nofog nolightmap nodynlightmap keepalpha noinstancing
#pragma multi_compile_local _ PIXELSNAP_ON
#pragma multi_compile _ ETC1_EXTERNAL_ALPHA
#include "UnitySprites.cginc"
struct Input
{
float2 uv_MainTex;
fixed4 color;
};
void vert(inout appdata_full v, out Input o)
{
v.vertex = UnityFlipSprite(v.vertex, _Flip);
#if defined(PIXELSNAP_ON)
v.vertex = UnityPixelSnap(v.vertex);
#endif
UNITY_INITIALIZE_OUTPUT(Input, o);
o.color = v.color * _Color * _RendererColor;
}
void surf(Input IN, inout SurfaceOutput o)
{
fixed4 c = SampleSpriteTexture(IN.uv_MainTex) * IN.color;
o.Albedo = c.rgb * c.a;
o.Alpha = c.a;
}
ENDCG
}
}
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