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Procedural, particle-based, SMOOTHLY BLENDING distortion shockwaves.
Render pipeline compatibility
The Built-in Render Pipeline is Unity’s default render pipeline. It is a general-purpose render pipeline that has limited options for customization. The Universal Render Pipeline (URP) is a Scriptable Render Pipeline that is quick and easy to customize, and lets you create optimized graphics across a wide range of platforms. The High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) is a Scriptable Render Pipeline that lets you create cutting-edge, high-fidelity graphics on high-end platforms.
Unity VersionBuilt-inURPHDRP
6000.0.30f1
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2022.3.16f1
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Description

A procedural distortion shader that tightly integrates with Unity’s particle system to generate per-particle animated distortion/ripple/shockwave effects.


📹 Watch how it works.


👉 Realtime/Live WebGL Demo 1 [INCLUDED Demo]

👉 Realtime/Live WebGL Demo 2 [NOT Included - Cube Attack!]


(Demo 2: shockwaves generated as distortion particles on cube impact.)


📦 Drop an included prefab into your scene for instant results, or dive in to customize/tweak and integrate to your heart's content. 🎨


The shader exposes several useful properties to fine-tune its visuals.


🌈 Smooth Blending: Unlike typical distortion shaders, here distortions are actually blended seamlessly with the scene's geometry near the edges.


🔧 Textureless: The effect is entirely procedurally generated and does not suffer from any texture read overhead, nor are you required to provide any.


🚀 Optimized: Designed with performance in mind, the distortion FX workflow runs efficiently even with complex setups and many CPU particles.


🎛️ Parameterized: Adjust everything from the intensity and speed of the shockwaves to the minute details of the per-particle distortion with user-defined animation curves.


🌐 Particle-Based: Direct the shader's behaviour with precision using particles. Achieve unique per-particle variation for dynamic visual effects.


⏱️ Real-Time: Tweak parameters in real-time within the Unity editor to see instant changes, enabling rapid iteration and prototyping.


Please read the 📚 LIVE DOCS 📚 to understand how to use this effect.


> Pairs well with Cinematic Explosions FREE!


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Technical details

💎 3 core shockwave prefabs + BONUS RAIN w/ world collisions and ripples.

⭐ The effect itself is powered by Unity's particle system and a custom shader.


NOTE: This effect/shader requires URP's 'Opaque Texture' enabled.

Created with AI

There is a sample image, which we have the rights for, AI-generated to emphasize contrast as the distortion effect displaces the screen coordinates the scene is rendered to.

Distortion Shockwaves VFX

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Latest version
1.2.0
Latest release date
Dec 24, 2024
Original Unity version
2022.3.16
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