Lux-an-open-source-physically-based-shading-framework

which of the 3 suggestions worked?
;-)

 

you probably use a hdr cubemap but have not checked "is hdr" in the set up lux script or vice versa...

 

All 3 except for the exp 2 fog, though it does look good but not the same as before. But that's fine because it may be even better than before.

 

Removed a few non Lux shaders and a few scripts from my project. Now the same scene that took 4 hrs to build took 2 minutes. I wish there was a facepalm emoticon. So the unedited Lux shaders do not slow down the build time for me at all.

 

Which scripts, maybe it's a unity wide thing?

 

I have a question. I haven't looked much into your forum posts. Just kinda stumbled upon lux a second ago. Was wondering how you would accomplish a day and night cycle even though it seems like u would have to bake the reflections.

 

well, you could blend the diffuse and specular cubemaps by script: e.g. using 6 diffuse and 6 specular cubemaps.

 

Does lux include a method for blending them?

 

Uhh...someone already did that, he post it in this thread couple page back. Maybe @larsbertram1 can integrate it..

 

It was just a few Custom Shader Forge shaders and a few scripts from the community. Though I do not remember which ones. So no Unity scripts were removed.

 

Ah, so it's probably not a unity wide problem.

 

No but if you are having this problem you should probably backup your project try to find what is causing it.

 

Yeah, backups are always a good idea.

 

Can I suggest a feature if its not already implemented? Well here it is. The ability to use crook torrence (sorry for any spelling mistakes) on some objects ie: terrain, and blinn phong on others.

 

you can already do so by commenting the #pragma multi_compiles and uncommenting the //#defines
;-)
p.s.: that will only work in forward rendering. deferred rendering only knows one single lighting function though.

lars

 

Awesome!

 

hi,
i just tried your terrainshaders and get the following error:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
LuxTerrainControl.Update () (at Assets/Lux/Lux Shader/Terrain/Scripts/LuxTerrainControl.cs:38)

i am just an artist how can i fix it?

 

I get this problem when I use the Ambient Light on the setup Lux terrain script. Using a Lux terrain material on the terrain and it looks great. This error still fills up the console though. Using the latest version of Lux.

 

hmm, i do not get any errors or warnings – but i have cleaned up the terrain script anyway.
it is available at the repo.

lars

 

Cool. Will try it out when I get back on my computer.

 

Is it the custom ambient lighting that frostbite23 showed us, or the Unity default?

 

It is the Lux IBL diffuse ambient. The Lux terrain script uses the cubemaps in the setup Lux script. Not dynamic but looks awesome.

 

Oh yeah I saw that. It looks pretty nice.

 

hmm.. when i switch to deferred the normalmap has no effect, the textures are flat. (terrain)

oh, just tried the terrain releif pack and i have the same problems. no normal-effect in deferred..

 

The last image I showed about the anisotropic hair shader weren't convicing since I hadn't find a way to properly draw the anisotrpic map (still hasn't). I use the map from the unify's anisotropic shader to make result apparent.

1. This is a check of validity with the anistropic variant against the regular variant using a single color map to mimic the regular anistropic input.


2. Here is the shader with a proper hair specular composite map


3. Here is a test to emulate glitter (basically noise) without problematic specular aliasing.


3. The afro hair shader (failed) attempt use in the previous post.


Notice IBL is disabled (in code)

 

hi lars, i keep getting an error as i try to build. check attaached files

 

Looks like you are using the Asset Store version. The Asset Store is very slow about accepting updates so Lars has the constantly updated GitHub version.

 

great asset.
can work terrain shader on mobile(Latest iOS device)?

please include mobile shader's

 

I've had Lux's regular shaders running on a HTC One and a Samsung Galaxy S3 in reasonably dense scenes (in this regard I mean the image was entirely filled with Lux-shaded IBL-lit and reflective objects and they performed perfectly well), and this was rendering stereoscopically for mobile VR, so at least for well performing mobile devices Lux seems fine

 

Do you have can be used in mobile (I use iOS) The terrain shader?
I become pink is absolutely terrain.
open Lux_TestScene_Terrain(demo scene file) → build settings → switch platform to iOS → terrain is pink ...
Setting is leaking?
Is a screen shot.

http://imgur.com/XgvDrN2

 

Either missing a material, or a shader. Or a shader with compile errors. That can result in a pink terrain.

 

Hey lars. I know it would be a crazy complex shader but would combining a detail shader with a wetness shader work? Puddles Bumped Specular Detail. Even the title is complex. Love the rain on my rocks but need some extra detail in there too.

 

hi there,
that should work i think.
(in fact the vertex blend shader is even more complex).
you will have enough texture samplers to do so.
but you will run out of texture interpolators (vertex function).
so you will have to use the same uvs for the main and the detail textures and simply multiply those uvs for the detail texture look up by a factor (which you should add to the shader properties).

lars

 

Cool will try it out soon. I installed the latest Lux and I still get that error.

I think it is just something with the project. Some miscommunication going on. It is not hurting anything so I will just leave it alone.

 

lux "terrain" shader support mobile?

 

No I do not believe that lux works on mobile phones.

Do you speak Chinese by any chance?

 

Thank you for your reply.
That's unfortunate.
I do not speak only Japanese.

 

lux has not been developed with mobile devices in mind – but it runs on certain ones (most likely pretty modern ones).

lars

 

Oh ok.

 

Ok I'm sure I must be missing something but how do you import hdr images for hdr cubemaps?

 

Import hdr panorama as a supported 32bit format in unity, texture import -> advanced import texture type, choose your cubemap of choice in 'Generate cubemap' dropdown. I would, without an alternative known to me, possibly lower the res and have Lux's cubemap processor convolve it, or grab it via a Lux probe and Lux convolve that. Both of those may be silly and I can be corrected but thats how i might do it

 

terrain shader too?
how?
when switched project ios, my terrain became pink.

I testing iPhone5s

 

i have not tested it myself. so please search this thread.
lars

 

@joeee19: try turning off Graphics Emulation, if it's on, that might fix it.

 

Thanks I looked all over for that info.

 

@Baldinoboy: this error:

Should have the cause properly nailed down once you get into optimizing performance, because I have found a constantly recurring NullReferenceException increases main thread time.

@larsbertram1: mind if I try and solve the error above? I might be able to fix it.

 

not at all ;-)

 

Hey Lars. I am getting this problem with a terrain I made in L3DT. I am, of course, using the Lux terrain shader on it.

The colormap was not fitting correctly and I found a comment somewhere to put a minus in the texture's y tile number. That worked great. From afar


But when the detail fades in the colormap returns to it's incorrect fit on the terrain. Up close


Do not know what to do if there even is something to do. Thanks for reading.

 

hi there,
In case you generate your terrain maps (like height map, splat map, color map and global normal map) outside of unity, you have to import the terrain normal and color map just as they are, splat map and height map have to be flipped on the y axis.

lars

 

Man lars you are the best. It worked perfectly. Thanks