Question by GSPandaGaming · Jan 02, 2019 at 07:18 AM · unity 5 shader editor material outline

Outline Shader working in editor but not in-game

Hello everybody! I Have a bit of an issue. So, this shader i have works in the editor, and shows just the way I want it to, but when I go in-game I can't see it at all. Here is the code:

 Shader "Custom/Outline"
     {
         Properties
         {
             _Color("Main Color", Color) = (0.5,0.5,0.5,1)
             _MainTex ("Texture", 2D) = "white" {}
             _OutlineColor("Outline Color", Color) = (0,0,0,1)
             _OutlineWidth("Outline Width", Range(1.0,5.0)) = 1.01
         }
     
         CGINCLUDE
         #include "UnityCG.cginc"
         
             struct appdata
             {
                 float4 vertex : POSITION;
                 float3 normal : NORMAL;
             };
                 
             struct v2f
             {
                 float4 pos : POSITION;
                 float3 normal : NORMAL;
             };
                 
             float _OutlineWidth;
             float4 _OutlineColor;
     
             v2f vert(appdata v)
             {
                 v.vertex.xyz *= _OutlineWidth;
     
                 v2f o;
                 o.pos = UnityObjectToClipPos(v.vertex);
                 return o;
             }
                 
         ENDCG
     
         SubShader
         {
     
             Pass // Render the Outline
             {
                 ZWrite Off
     
             CGPROGRAM
     
             #pragma vertex vert
             #pragma fragment frag
     
             half4 frag(v2f i) : COLOR
             {
                 return _OutlineColor;
             }
     
             ENDCG
             }
     
             Pass // Normal Render
             {
                 ZWrite On
     
                 Material
                 {
                     Diffuse[_Color]
                     Ambient[_Color]
                 }
     
                 Lighting On
     
                 SetTexture[_MainTex]
                 {
                     ConstantColor[_Color]
                 }
     
                 SetTexture[_MainTex]
                 {
                     Combine previous * primary DOUBLE
                 }
             }
         }
     }

Please tell me if you need anymore information. Thanks!

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Namey5 · Jan 09, 2019 at 09:34 AM 0

Are you using Forward or Deferred rendering. If you are using Deferred, the shader will work in the scene view, but you'll probably need to mark it as transparent in order for it to work in game view; otherwise Unity will think there is nothing there and simply draw over the top of it. For the first pass (i.e. the outline pass), rather than have ZWrite Off and draw over the top of it with the second pass, what you could do ins$$anonymous$$d is replace it with;