Make Awesome Effects with Shader Graph in Unity!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

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[@PatrickQ]

Yes, your videos are very helpful! Thank you for making the time to put them together. Great work!

[@sundarakrishnann8242]

Its actually Teacher's day out here in India...so Happy Teacher's Day to you!

[@chuckdude514]

I was about to ask for a tutorial on shaders when I found out that you've already covered them. It's quite amazing how much you have covered on game development in general since you started your channel! You single handedly taught/recommended me so many core concepts (design patterns, OOP and C# features, tools, and so on), so I can't help but thank you yet again for all these free and paid tutorials, they've helped me a lot!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad the videos have helped you! Best of luck in your game dev journey, thanks!

[@chris.davidoff]

Wow, shift+space just brought things to a new level for me. Thanks for making this!! I've been playing with ShaderGraph and it's one of my most favorite things to do lately

[@r0mbag-art]

This is such a good intro to shader graph, no details are glossed over - Hopefully you make more!

[@Bananenbauer123]

Oh god, I was going insane looking for a basic shader tutorial and then I finally found this one. Every other tutorial was skipping the basics. Thanks a lot now I'm finally getting a hang of the concept/process.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad you found the video helpful! By the way there were some changes with how the Master node works nowadays unitycodemonkey.com/video.php?v=azGMuP9ks8U

[@HT-ot3pm]

for anybody doing this in 2024, the new unity shader system uses fragment and vertex, and seperates RGB and A, so whenever you plug the RGBA to RGB remember to use a split node to split out alpha and individually connect to the A node in fragment

[@elneocapo]

Sabes porque al importar shader graph me da 372 errores? creo que es porque no tengo el universal RP pero nose donde se descarga

[@upprrdimensions892]

Only you taught me the basics of Shader Graph. Other videos I found were not very useful bcoz they were not teaching the Basics.Now, After this I will see that complex videos.Thanks

[@chicao.do.blender]

great video, i'm trying to sleep but i got really bothered by not remembering unity shader basics, and am binge watching those it's so simple and now that i'm actually trying for my first games it's so inspiring, thank you

[@daichi_devs]

loving these really useful tutorials, thanks Code Monkey! and Shift + Space is such a life saver!!!!!!

[@Songfugel]

"The limit is only your imagination"... me: "oh shit :("

[@Oxmond]

Looks good. Shader Graph is amazing 🤓👍

[@DrinkPetrolForJesus]

It always sounds to me like you say “inept tutorials made by a professional indie game dev”, your videos are great and have taught me so much, don’t get yourself down like that ;)

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Heh yeah it's meant to be "in-depth" but it does sound weird, I'll have to re-record that at some point.

[@angadbasandrai4814]

What it's in-depth? I seriously thought it was inept

[@Ruptured_AU]

I like how you convey basic understanding instead of "how to "

[@nikolazagorac8634]

If you don't have a black and white texture for your image, instead of opening up your image editor you can use the saturation node for a quick setup. Though I don't recommend using this in your final game since the image will constantly be modified and thus produce a slightly greater load on the player's GPU

[@joelabraham6287]

hi, I need help, pbr shader graph is missing. Must be updated version or something idk please help. Am using unity 2020 lts version

[@SirMust108]

hi, i have the same issues you have. If you solve it, can you explain the solution to me pls

[@raploky]

Short, simple, clear and useful! Thanks to you!

[@jean-michel.houbre]

Hello, I always enjoy watching your videos. This introduces the subject well.

[@ScilexGuitar]

9:15 For some reason I cant change the Default color, Im trying to double click the "black" but nothing happens. Rightclicking it gives options copy or paste

[@andylockhart257]

Great intro vid to shader graph. Thx!

[@aneesh1283]

Thanks for such a simple tutorial :)

[@FunkyDexter]

Do you know about any bugs? I did exactly what you did for a 2d sprite, but the preview remains blank all the time no matter what texture i input. Also in the scene the sprite only changes color, it doesn't take on the material or texture you input. EDIT: the issue of course was that i was using UNLIT graph. Without a lightsource you obviously can't see anything! Just swapped to lit graph.

[@arcday4281]

With each video, the mood rises )

[@Hyzoka1]

Hey, thanks for the content man, but i have a doubt, im using unity 2020.3.12f1 and there is no such thing like a PBR Shader Graph, so I can't see the PBR master node, im really noob at this I know. keep teaching us, thanks!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

There are some minor changes in the latest versions, I actually have a video coming up covering the differences, essentially you just create a Lit Shader and it's the same thing as the previous PBR Shader. All new changes are just minor differences so all the tutorials you find are still relevant.

[@ravigovender1488]

was literally struggling to find the PBR now also! thanks so much@@CodeMonkeyUnity

[@purpl3grape]

Yo who else low key thought that the shift-space over mouse pointer to maximize screen tab was clutch?

[@jnoelcook]

I followed everything up to t=5:00. At that point, no fields appear under the "main tex" section and unfortunately I cannot follow your steps from that point. I am guessing Unity 2020.2 has changed something. Or am I missing something?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

There were some changes made in 2020 but I haven't tried them yet, maybe it's just hidden by default? I know the Master node changed format but all the settings are still there

[@jnoelcook]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity , okay, I've figured it out...kind of. I am working on it. Not easy to figured this out after things have changed, but I am slowly getting there...I think. Thanks.

[@gamerdev1056]

Mine doesn't have a PBR graph :( :( :(

[@blendanimator6123]

That's Amazing

[@xdiatia4197]

The video started with an ad by you :)

[@darkdoom907]

Arigato senpai, most of the tutorials started with Render pipelines outdated, that confused me ur video started from URP arigato

[@ekokataatheplacetobe9540]

Hello, i have a problem. I want to recreate vfx of a singularity bomb from the game Rainworld. In short it displaces all pixels behind this effect and conform them to the perimeter of this sphere. I was trying to go with fresnel sphere to do this, but i cant manage to do it. Can you guide me to the right direction? Thanks.

[@mattkaiser8984]

My Main Preview is blank and I cannot see any changes there. It's slightly frustrating.

[@Monsterbwoi]

so question. I need to make a shader where if you step inside the item it is applied to, it will: display an image on the player's screen or add an effect to the screen or display a spritesheet animation on the player's screen. do you have any advice? or maybe a pre existing video? any help would be much appreciated :)

[@cgimadesimple]

really useful :)

[@isabear478]

Is their a way I can add a color to go under the texture like rheir will be a color and then i can just add a texture ontop

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Hmm sure you can Add the Texture on top of a base color. If you multiply you get a tint unitycodemonkey.com/video.php?v=93jnsgD-8Wo If you just Mask and Add you would get your desired result

[@sadsadsad5000]

is there a way to extend the working space for a sprite shader? i mean if i add a big outline it gets cropped at the original image size

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

You can resize the mesh, but you can't add more pixels than the textures resolution. So if you want a big outline you need to leave the image with big enough padding space

[@TRUEGAMES123]

i couldn't able to change color in shader graph - please help me...

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Why not? Just multiply it by the base texture kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2TNn6adeZJrjdE

[@flynnmc9748]

Your tutorials are so clear and easy to follow, thank you!

[@sundarakrishnann8242]

Hi, over the existing scene A , i loaded a Scene B without destroying scene A, using this code SceneManager.LoadScene("Scene B", LoadSceneMode.Additive"); Now in the scene B i have a quit button and on pressing that i want to destroy Scene B but scene A should still be there.. May I know how to do it?

[@Glu10Free_Waifu]

Try this... SceneManager.UnloadSceneAsync("Scene B"); Uh...make sure there's no reference from scene A to B...or make a null check...

[@erttttt21]

how to add normal map slot in this shader graph thing?

[@carolmandi]

Thanks man!

[@johnnyu3287]

I'm using a custom axis for transparency sort But when I select a render pipeline asset that option is gone :(

[@johnnyu3287]

Update: turned out I can also use a custom axis for sorting while a render pipeline asset is selected. I went to assets/settings/renderer2D And changed it in the inspector

[@azbubba08]

did not see a PBR master shader option, help?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

There have been some light name changes in the Shader Graph versions kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6uqfqiGbtCmbrc

[@Errors404]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity it was not there

[@FakuaBlock]

Sorry to be a pest, but for some reason my Render Queue doesn't appear in the material section. I'm kind of confused as to what I've done that might be preventing it. I've got a bunch of things in my Universal Lit Graph set up but without the Render Queue my transparent object is just very bright.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

You shouldn't need to manually modify the render queue, it should be set automatically depending on the shader settings (transparent vs opaque) So that brightness is probably something in your shader, maybe you're doing some Addition somewhere? Or Additive mode? If you add two white colors together you get intensity = 2 which will make it glow (if you have bloom)

[@FakuaBlock]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity Ahhh thank you, I do have bloom and I did have the two white colours. I was just wondering when I clicked onto my material that render queue option wasn't selectable. I was following another persons video. I think I should be able to fix that now though. Thank you.

[@levanapakidze1606]

How would you go about mixing two colors (or textures) using a shader? For example, one color is a circle in the center and the second color would fill the outside. you could then create a float parameter to control the radius of the inner texture/color. Does this require custom UV coordinate texture or is there an easy way to achieve this?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Either use the Multiple or the Add node. Remember colors are just numbers. You can look at my Outline shader unitycodemonkey.com/video.php?v=FvQFhkS90nI Or the Build Effect shader unitycodemonkey.com/video.php?v=OzyLWXTr3Io

[@bryanlucinario9554]

Sir can you add tutorial about ligthmaps . I just want to create custom shaders with lightmaps

[@MarkMcArthey]

I'm using Unity 2022.2 and found that my preview window and object in the scene view are pink despite using the Unlit Shader Graph and materials. Has something changed with the newer version or is something missing on my end?

[@MarkMcArthey]

I figured it out and I apologize if this was mentioned, but In Shader Graph and the new Graph Inspector -> (Target Setttings) Active Targets -> Universal. Make sure to add it as mine only had "Built-In" listed. Adding "Universal" fixed the issue immediately.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Yeah a few things have changed since I made this video, like the various output targets and the master stack, I covered some of those changes here unitycodemonkey.com/video.php?v=azGMuP9ks8U

[@Crons-v3f]

Looks awesome, Great work! I just have a question, not really related to this video but since you're really good you could know the answer. I'm making some special effects for my characters, and I'm creating shaders for it. For example, I created a shader that would dissolve the player and another shader that would make the player almost invisible (cloaking effect). How can I apply these 2 shaders depending on what special effect I want to add? For example, the player is using the normal URP Lit shader and I want to dissolve the player, should I replace the shader by the dissolve one, or should I create 1 complex shader that does dissolve and invisibility?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

One approach is to swap out the material when you want a different effect. Each material with a different shader. Or make your shaders into SubGraphs and make a mega shader with a bunch of boolean logic to choose which subgraph to activate.

[@Crons-v3f]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity Yeah I guess swapping would be much easier instead of having a complex shader to do everything. Thanks for the tip!

[@random_precision_software]

Hi, I'm new to shader graph, I've nether used it. But I've got a feeling I need to for a game I want to do. I want the game to be in black and white, and you go round getting the 3 colours, red green blue and as you get more of the colour the game starts to go in colour..what nodes would I use or could you do as video on it please?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

For Black and White all you need is the Saturation node, just lower that to 0 Or you can also add post processing and set Saturation to 0 with that.

[@random_precision_software]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity Ohh OK thnx

[@AnunayMintoo]

Does on mouse drag work on mobiles plz tell

[@gower1973]

When you added the saturation node the output colour turned yellow not green, shouldn`t it still be green but at a higher intensity, or I don`t understand how the saturation node works? Also are there other default reference names for the other nodes like _MainTex?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

The Saturation node turns it into black and white when its set to 0 and normal colors when set to 1 If you place it after the color tint node you apply that effect after the tint. If you place it before the color tint node then you are tinting after setting it to black and white

[@jakethejeff8671]

I am following this tutorial step for step but as soon as I create my blank shader graph I keep getting the error bright pink what am I doing wrong

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Pink means you probably are making the shader for a different render pipeline. Maybe you're making a URP shader but your project is set up to use BiRP Either change the project render pipeline to match what you're creating in shader graph or change the type in shader graph

[@schizoscope8703]

Thanks!

[@Itay_Ron]

Thank you!

[@ashiinsane90]

So we cant use URP on a normal 3d Scene? how do u integrate it then, or what's the use then, if u cant use it in 3d Scenes??

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

URP does work in 3D, just use the normal Renderer instead of the 2D Renderer.

[@rjjr7064]

HELP I don't have a PBR graph as an option! I dont know if this is because it's a new version or what...

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Did you install the Universal Render Pipeline?

[@rjjr7064]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity I did. I've been looking everywhere for a solution but it just doesn't add up. Thanks for replying!

[@rubbermullet2307]

I didn't show up for me using version 2020.2.1f1 but did under 2020.1.7f1 and 2019.4.x

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

@@rubbermullet2307 Make sure you install and assign the Universal Render Pipeline

[@rubbermullet2307]

​@@CodeMonkeyUnity I did that and even tried using the URP template. It looks like the shader creation menu changed with URP >= 9.0.0-preview.35. Thanks.

[@kristianthaler6525]

I don't see any shader called PBR. I only have the standard ones and then the UniversalRenderPipeline options: lit, unlit, and the two 2D shaders. I tried lit and I see it at least has an albedo slot, so I'll try following along with that shader and see if it works out.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Lit and Unlit are PBR shaders (PBR means Physically Based Rendering) I covered some changes in the latest version here kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6uqfqiGbtCmbrc

[@kristianthaler6525]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity Thank you, that was faster and more helpful than the answers I got from some of my highschool teachers.

[@pawpotsRS]

I'm using 2021.3.36f1 version but I don't find the PBR Graph is it change to Lit Shader Graph?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Yes in recent versions it has a different name but still works the same kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6uqfqiGbtCmbrc

[@JeanWinters7]

What version rp revised from? And 2020 shgraph is not the same to prev versions I catch.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

The only differences are the separate graph inspector and the master node is now a master stack, but still contains all the same inputs/outputs.

[@odiestarr5253]

I did not start with a fully empty scene, is it normal for all objects to turn purple after assigning the URP in project settings?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Yes, that means the objects are using the built-in shaders which don't work with URP. You can go to the Edit menu and down in the bottom you see an option for automatically upgrading the materials.

[@Madix1024]

This is a long shot, but could you point me in the right direction on how to make a shader for a fog-of-war affect on spheres/non-standard geometry? I'm starting a multiplayer turn based project that has small planets and uses gravity like Super Mario Galaxy and I need to implement a fog of war. I can't wrap my head around how to do it outside of a plane =(

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

You mean the planet is spherical and you want spherical fog of war on top? You can look at how I handled fog of war in a previous video and convert it to 3D kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYTIhoCKlrN5j80 Basically you just need to take the normal of the sphere face under each point and do some math to get the perpendicular vector

[@Madix1024]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity Appreciate the reply, thank you. Yes, the level on which the players will be on is a sphere (micro planets) and will be a turn based strategy game and need a fog of war effect to conceal the opposing player and their moves until they are within view / have been revealed. I went through your tutorial (and various other ones) and couldn't figure out how to apply it to a sphere. Thank you for providing a hint on what I might need to do, I'll give it a shot. Thank you

[@carlabalos3884]

Why does my game objects with materials suddenly all turned to pink? When changing to urp.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Shaders are different for each pipeline. Use the automatic updater to update Standard Built-in shaders for URP shaders

[@carlabalos3884]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity Thanks for the hint. I was able to find a video about it and solved my problem.

[@nolatron001]

Hi! Is there any way to implement the URP when you've already started a project without it? I tried this with something I was already working on and everything turned blue. Thanks!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Yes you can just install the package and use the built-in tool to automatically convert the standard shaders into URP shaders. If you use custom shaders then you do need to manually convert those

[@MrGoldorange]

How to use GPU instancing with this type of shaders?

[@zekiozdemir420]

Thank you

[@sathvikl.k8354]

Is maths use in game dev?? I seaw some video that maths has use in game dev like charecter movement??but i am really very weak in maths

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Game dev is more about logic than math. You just need to know the basics of vectors and thats pretty much it

[@nick5075]

Hey Code, I was wondering, could you make a tutorial on how to make Images (and UI in general) to appear behind game objects in 2D?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

You would have to make a World canvas and then you can set the sorting layer and sorting order

[@nick5075]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity In that case however, how would scaling to Screen Size be possible?

[@robosergTV]

Using Shader Graph 10.2.2, there is no PBR Graph available under Create->Shader. Its not there. I have a lit shader graph, but it looks different i.imgur.com/UIloqxL.png It's very similar but no alpha or occlusion channels

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

They changed how the Master node works but it still has all the same inputs so pretty much everything works the same

[@robosergTV]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity Maybe I am blind but I dont see any alpha or occlusion channels like in your PBR node

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

@@robosergTV Change the type from Opaque to Transparent and you should see the Alpha input or just send the alpha channel into the Color

[@robosergTV]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity you are awesome, thanks!

[@vicious3526]

I can't get anything to appear in the main preview window?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Do you have something connected to the final master stack? Maybe swap the preview shape for a cube or a sphere, right click on it

[@BioToxin]

I remember when shader graphs were first introduced, now I'm feeling my age

[@khushalkhan83]

Old video? or haven't updated unity for dark theme?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I've always had Unity Pro, I prefer the light theme

[@Hemoplaguer]

Doesn't let me change my color... whyyy Edit: Oh you have to press spacebar not click it..

[@thespacecowboy420]

I think this changed a lot in new versions it looks nothing like this now

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I covered various changes in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6uqfqiGbtCmbrc

[@Updates_]

Can you plz make a video and save a player equipment Manu scene in game scene like buy weapons save player money and unlocked weapons

[@TMDS]

You can use playerprefs to save info but I don't recommend it. Look up how brackeys did it cuz it's serialized

[@arcday4281]

I would help you, but I haven't studied save system yet )))

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I covered saving and loading here kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKawd3iDYtOUpqc

[@driver3899]

How do I create a PBR master now that PBR does not exist?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

You just use the Master stack. The only difference is it's no longer a separate node now, it's a stack that you cannot delete.

[@driver3899]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity Thank you, I didn't expect you to even read this haha

[@Updates_]

New vi thanks

[@BLACKDREAMIO]

ha ha ha finally you surrender to dark theme ha ha finally i cant watch this video without getting my eyes burn

[@ChlorineaX]

That ShaderGraph window shows absolutely nothing in unity 6

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Basically only the Master Node is different, now it's a Master Stack, I covered some of those changes here kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6uqfqiGbtCmbrc

[@Updates_]

Plz I am waiting your next toturial

[@morenofranco712]

5:38

[@ZazeLove]

Although cool, this is not useful for BRP ( built in render pipeline) in unity, for games that use UBP. I instantly give up on this and resort to doing manual or Ai assisted HLSL

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Nowadays shader graph supports all render pipelines. So you can use it to make BiRP or URP or HDRP shaders.

[@ZazeLove]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity OHH hell yeah, Google was outdated yet again! thank you.

[@kristiyanbalevski]

Can you make Game Developer reacts to Red Dead Redemption 2 ?

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I definitely want to make more of those videos!

[@its.Naytik]

pleade tell how to make fall guys

[@paperkid6821]

*Green cube*

[@Chris-zb5nm]

Do you know a good online course about Shader Graph? There are some, but they're really bullshit.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

💬 Have you used Shader Graph? What's the most awesome effect you built? What effects would you like to see? 🌐 Check out the complete Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLzDRvYVwl53tpvp6CP6e-Mrl6dmxs9uhx

[@nellaiiiii]

wtf how to open shader graph

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Just create a Empty Shader Graph and double click on it

[@nellaiiiii]

@@CodeMonkeyUnity I open Visual Studio instead of Shader Graph

[@thomasfactoryuntold]

I gave up on unity because the older version of the software does not have that fucking urp!! I'm done! I'm going back to unreal engine!!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

What older version? URP was introduced almost a decade ago, so unless you're using Unity 5 or an even older version then it has URP

[@kakoushal]

1st

[@realtalkwithharris6053]

if you dont stop talking, im gonna have to kiss you