custom shaders still don't Zwrite in unity 5 ?

hi guys,
i know ths issue is old and aven't found any working solution trough the posts i'v read....
so, sorry to bring this issue on again but......

so.... i need a transparend surface shader (moss shader)...
okay it doesn't receive shadows.... that's a point.

the other annoying point is : it doesn't write to zbuffer...

 

If you want a shader to write to the zbuffer, just program it to do that. There's nothing special about custom shaders.

--Eric

 

well, how ? i didn't find any working solution , despite i searched and read lots of posts...
so, witch is the good solution?
thanks for helping

 

http://docs.unity3d.com/460/Documentation/Manual/SL-CullAndDepth.html

--Eric

 

thank you, appreciate your help
but i use a surface shader so the doc doesn't apply

my shader has 4 CG "dirty passes", the 3 last ones use transparency for mossy effect
i'd like the first one at least to be written to z



here is the kind of transparent pass i use ( the first one is like opaque) , i use zwrite on

Code (CSharp):

1. //// second pass
2.         Tags { "Queue"="Transparent" "RenderType"="TransparentCutout" }
3.              
4.         CGPROGRAM
5.  
6.         #pragma surface surf Standard fullforwardshadows alpha:fade vertex:vert
7.         //fullforwardshadows
8.         // Use shader model 3.0 target, to get nicer looking lighting
9.         #pragma target 3.0
10.         #include "UnityCG.cginc"
11.      
12.         sampler2D _MainTex;
13.         float _RimPower;
14.         float4 _RimColor;
15.      
16.         struct Input {
17.             float2 uv_MainTex;
18.             float3 viewDir;
19.         };
20.      
21.         float _Dist;
22.      
23.         void vert (inout appdata_full v) {
24.             v.vertex.xyz += float3(v.normal.xyz * _Dist*0.33);
25.         }
26.  
27.         void surf (Input IN, inout SurfaceOutputStandard o) {
28.             fixed4 TexColor = tex2D (_MainTex, IN.uv_MainTex);
29.             o.Alpha = TexColor.a;
30.  
31.             o.Albedo = TexColor.rgb*0.2;  // main albedo texture
32.                              
33.             o.Metallic = 0;
34.             o.Smoothness = -0.1;
35.  
36.         }
37.         ENDCG
38.         //////// end second pass

appreciate your sense of humor

thanks eric

 

Not sure if this info is still valid,
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/ve...ssao-not-working-together.129279/#post-877903

 

this one might help also..
i didn't figure how to do the "replace shader" in my surface shader or how to adapt the docs example to a surface shader
i just want the original mesh to be rendered as opaque and wrote to Z
thanks mgear

 

"Queue"="Transparent" - draw after all geometry & i gues, filling Z-bufeer (_CameraDepthTexture) Thats why no moss in Z-buffer, i think...
"Queue"="Opaque" - render moss with all geometry & it has to be in Z-buffer(_CameraDepthTexture) too...

 

hi vile dog
i kinda solved the problem with the help of ZICANDAR wich i thank lots and lots
i just used the tags like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. Tags { "Queue"="AlphaTest+50" "IgnoreProjector"="True"  "RenderType"="TransparentCutout" }

and it worked fine, at least, i have the basic geometry on zdepth for now, good progress.

i forward the links that helped me (from Zicandar, thanks again)

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/si...th-separate-mask-texture.321147/#post-2090803

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/depth-of-field-unity-5-and-transparent-shaders.307291/#post-2118371

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/custom-depth-buffer-rendering.323279/#post-2110538

and alphatest:_Cutoff in pragma allows cast an receive every shadow