MSDF Decal

Draws a decal to the Albedo and Normal channels, using a distance field as a mask for traditional textures.

Supports generating bevel-like normals from the shape's contour.

Important

This shader only works correctly in the Universal Rendering Pipeline. If you are using a different pipeline, all features are exposed as sub-graphs for you to build your own.

Surface Inputs

Name	Property ID	Description
Distance Field	_DistanceField	The distance field to use for all effects.
Pixel Range	_DistanceField_PixelRange	Pixel range of the distance field, automatically detected by the inspector. Must be provided manually when creating materials programmatically.
Base Color	_MainTex, _Color	Albedo texture and color tint, defaults to white if not provided.
Normal	_Normal, _NormalStrength	Traditional normal map texture, and a strength multiplier to control how proeminent it its.

Normals from Contour

Name	Property ID	Description
Blend	_NormalMapBlend, _USE_CONTOUR_NORMALS keyword	Controls the portion of the normal that will come from the generated contour, versus from the normal map texture. 0 means it comes exclusively from the contours, 1 from the texture.
Blend With Base Color Alpha	_BLEND_NORMAL_MAP_WITH_BASE_COLOR_ALPHA keyword	When set, will use the normal map's alpha channel to control the blend, by multiplying the alpha value with the blend value set in the material.
Smoothness	_NormalSmoothness	Controls the rounding of sharp edges and the high point of the bevel. Higher values make softer normals.
High Point	_NormalHigh	Distance inset from the shape's contour where the normal is assumed to be flat. You can also think of it as a "bevel width".

Note

When creating materials programatically, be aware that the _USE_CONTOUR_NORMALS must be enabled for normal generation to occur, otherwise only the normal map will be read. This is taken care of automatically by the material inspector for materials created in the editor.

Warning

Smoothness values too close to 0 can generate flickering artifacts.