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Custom refractive liquid surface shader
/// Created by @cortvi
Shader "Custom/Refractive surface"
{
Properties
{
[Header (Color)]
_DarkColor ("Dark water color", Color) = (0,0,0,1)
[HDR] _LitColor ("Lit water color", Color) = (1,1,1,1)
_Glossiness ("Smoothness", Range (0.0, 1.0)) = 0.5
[Header (Fresnel)]
_FPower ("Fresnel power", Range (0.001, 10.0)) = 5.0
_FScale ("Fresnel scale", Range (0.0, 1.0)) = 1.0
_FBias ("Fresnel bias", Range(0.0, 1.0)) = 0.0
[Header (Dissortion)]
_DissortAmt ( "Dissortion amount", Range (0.0, 1.0) ) = 0.3
[Normal] _BumpMap ( "Normal dissortion map", 2D ) = "bump" {}
_BumpScale ( "Normal strenght", Float ) = 1.0
_SpeedX ( "Waves speed (X)", float ) = 0.5
_SpeedY ( "Waves speed (Y)", float ) = 0.5
}
CGINCLUDE
// Some helpers
#define DISSORTION_MAX 127
#define SPEED_UV(c) _Time.c * float2(_SpeedX, _SpeedY)
#define TEX(name) tex2D(name, i.uv##name)
ENDCG
SubShader
{
Tags{ "Queue"="Transparent+1" "RenderType"="Transparent" }
GrabPass { }
Zwrite Off
CGPROGRAM
#pragma surface surf Standard nolightmap noshadow
#pragma target 3.0
struct Input
{
float2 uv_BumpMap;
float4 screenPos;
float3 viewDir;
};
uniform sampler2D _GrabTexture;
uniform float4 _GrabTexture_TexelSize;
uniform fixed4 _DarkColor;
uniform half4 _LitColor;
uniform float _Glossiness;
uniform float _FPower;
uniform float _FScale;
uniform float _FBias;
uniform float _DissortAmt;
uniform sampler2D _BumpMap;
uniform float _BumpScale;
uniform float _SpeedX;
uniform float _SpeedY;
void surf ( Input i, inout SurfaceOutputStandard s )
{
// Calculate normal bump
i.uv_BumpMap += SPEED_UV (xy);
float3 bump = UnpackScaleNormal (TEX(_BumpMap), _BumpScale);
// Calculate dissorted UVs
float2 dissort = bump * pow (_DissortAmt * DISSORTION_MAX + 1, 2.0);
i.screenPos.xy += (dissort * _GrabTexture_TexelSize.xy) * i.screenPos.z;
// I'm not really sure of this part :/
#ifndef UNITY_UV_STARTS_AT_TOP
i.screenPos.y = 1 - i.screenPos.y;
#endif
// Calculate fresnel amount
float fresnel;
fresnel = 1.0 - dot (bump, i.viewDir);
fresnel = _FScale * pow (fresnel, _FPower);
fresnel = _FBias + (1.0 - _FBias) * saturate(fresnel);
// Compute final fragment color
half3 frag, emission;
frag = lerp (tex2Dproj (_GrabTexture, i.screenPos), _DarkColor, _DarkColor.a).rgb;
frag = lerp (frag, _LitColor, (_LitColor.a * fresnel));
emission = _LitColor * (_LitColor.a * fresnel);
// Feed output
s.Albedo = frag;
s.Normal = bump;
s.Emission = emission;
s.Smoothness = _Glossiness;
}
ENDCG
}
FallBack "Standard"
}

The 'Waves' texture I use in the GIF with the shader: Feel free to use it.

normal texture

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