Faking volumetric lights
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"Today, I decided I was going to add some volumetric lights into the game. I’ve used really clever solutions like Aura before, but I wanted something more lightweight that’ll run on lower-end PCs and maybe Nintendo switch… so I decided to fake it.
Start with an unlit cone -> Use the vertex position (z-axis) to set the alpha along with the height of the cone -> Make the edges fade out nicely using the dot product of world normal and view direction.
It sounds so simple when I write it out like that, but it took me some time to figure out. Feels good to fake volumetric lights with just a cone and a relatively small shader. It has pretty much zero impact on performance." (c) Sean, the Wonhon: A Vengeful Spirit developer.
Faking volumetric lights (July 30, 2019)
Today, I decided I was going to add some volumetric lights into the game. I’ve used really clever solutions like Aura before, but I wanted something more lightweight that’ll run on lower-end PCs and maybe Nintendo switch… so I decided to fake it.
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