Unity 5 - Surface Shaders

Hey everyone,

I would like to have more precisions about Surface Shaders (and shader developement in general) in Unity 5. I would like to know how the new coming features will be accessible and handled.
I am talking about the new Global Illuminations or Reflection Probes features for example.

Thank you very much.

 

For the moment, all I know for surface shaders using unity 5 Standard PBL is:

You have to include "UnityPBSLighting.cginc":

Code (CSharp):

1. #include "UnityPBSLighting.cginc"

Then define "Standard" lighting model:

Code (CSharp):

1. #pragma surface surf Standard

The output model:

Code (CSharp):

1. struct SurfaceOutputStandard
2. {
3.     fixed3 Albedo;        // diffuse color
4.     fixed3 Specular;    // specular color
5.     fixed3 Normal;        // tangent space normal, if written
6.     half3 Emission;
7.     half Smoothness;    // 0=rough, 1=smooth
8.     half Occlusion;
9.     fixed Alpha;
10. };

And here you are. Reflection probes and GI works automatically with "Standard" model. For the moment, I dont know how to enable Metallic workflow output model.

 

Thank you for your great answer. What about custom lighting
I'am going to take a look at the Built-in Shaders, it should be interesting.