A custom dissolve shader for Unity, capable of creating a dynamic dissolve effect on 3D objects. It can be particularly useful in games for creating effects such as enemies disintegrating or objects phasing in/out.
The shader uses a procedural noise function to generate a unique dissolve pattern, and allows you to adjust the dissolve threshold and edge color to fine-tune the effect.
- Clone this repository or download the shader directly.
- Place the shader file (
Dissolve.shader) in a/Resources/directory within your Unity project. This is necessary for theShader.Findfunction to work correctly in a compiled build.
You can use the shader by applying it to a material like this: Material material = new Material(Shader.Find("Custom/Dissolve"));
Then, apply this material to the mesh you want to dissolve like this: renderer.material = material;
To control the dissolve effect, you can adjust the dissolve threshold like this: material.SetFloat("_DissolveThreshold", value); Value should be a float between 0 (no dissolve) and 1 (fully dissolved).
You can also change the color of the edges that appear as the object dissolves like this: material.SetColor("_EdgeColor", color);
A sample script (DissolveMesh.cs) is provided, which demonstrates how to use the shader to dissolve a mesh over time once a certain event occurs (such as an enemy "death").
Contributions to improve the shader or the sample script are welcome. Please feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.