Laser Shader

A simple laser shader with support for trail renderers

Laser Shader

• Color: Controls the main color of the laser
• Use Trail Color: Enabling this ignores the Color and uses the vertex color of the Trail Renderer instead
• Noise Coordinate Space: Controls which coordinate space the noise is applied in
  • Local Space: applies the noise in local space. Best for objects that you want to move and resize without affecting the noise looc
  • World Space: applies the noise in world space. Best for objects that you want to move around but not resize
  • UV Space: applies the noise in UV space. Best for flat objects that do not work well with Local
    • Selecting UV space also enables Scale Y controls

The rest of parameters is repeated for both the 1st and 2nd noise layers

• Noise Scale: Controls the scale of the noise applied to the laser. The higher the scale the more the effect will look like a cloud of particles
• Noise Strength: Controls the brightness of the noise layer
• Noise Contrast: Controls the range of values used by the noise layer
• Noise Scroll Space: Sets the coordinate space used for the noise layer. When set to Local Space - you can freely scale the object and the relative noise scale will stay the same.
• 1st Noise Scroll Scroll (X/Y/Z): Sets the scrolling speed of the noise layer along the X/Y/Z axis

Waviness parameters allow you to add an extra level of detail to the effect

• Waviness Texture: Sets the texture to be multiplied over the noise effect. Useful for making the noise pattern non-uniform across the length of the laser beam
• Waviness Contrast: Controls the range of values used by the waviness texture
• Waviness Scroll (X/Y): Sets the scrolling speed of the waviness texture along the X/Y axis

The following parameters are internal and are generally not meant to be modified

• Noise Texture: A special pre-baked noise texture