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Specularity not working on custom shader.
Hello,
I am currently working on a custom shader that is meant to resemble a soap bubble. It is a surface shader and for some reason specularity is not working at all.
I created a variable (_SpecPower) and tried plugging it in to both o.Specular and o.Gloss. But when I drag the slider, nothing happens. I have also tried plugging in a specular map but still no success.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you, Alex
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Thanks for your response. Here are some snippets of the code that I can post.
For the surface type I have: #pragma surface surf BlinnPhong alpha
As a workaround, I plugged specular into the Emission slot:
o.Emission = spec*_SpecIntensity*_SpecularColor*_MasterOpacity*_BubbleBrightness;
Here is the code I used to calculate the appropriate lighting information for specular:
half3 h = normalize(IN.lightDir + IN.viewDir); half diff = max (0, dot (o.Normal, IN.lightDir)); float nh = max (0, dot (o.Normal, h)); float spec = pow (nh, 40.0)*_SpecPower;
This seems to work but I would still like to get it working using o.Specular or o.Gloss if possible. Right now, nothing happens when I plug into those slots. I even tried using Fallback “Specular” like you suggested. I know it’s not much code to go off of, but if you have any more suggestions I would appreciate it.
Thank you, Alex
Ins$$anonymous$$d of posting an answer, remember that you can comment on someone's response or edit additional information into your original question.
With the shader code it would be easier to help, are you sure you are using a Lighting model that supports specular (#pragma surface surf BlinnPhong) ? You can try to add this in the properties:
_SpecColor("Specular Color", Color) = (1,1,1,1)
and at the end of your shader:
FallBack "Specular"
Edit:
Start from a shader already working the way you want or try to compare it with yours to see what you are missing, you can get unity's builtin shaders here: https://unity3d.com/get-unity/download/archive
In 'DefaultResourcesExtra' folder 'Alpha-Glossy.shader' or 'Alpha-BumpSpec.shader' should be a good starting point in this case.
You can also check "Simple Specular" custom lighting model on this page: http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/SL-SurfaceShaderLightingExamples.html
