liquid star

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Nathan Rashleigh committed 2026-03-27 17:50:58 +11:00
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Shader "Unlit/SolarFlare"
{
Properties
{
_Speed("Flow Speed", Range(0.01, 5.0)) = 1.0
_Scale("Pattern Scale", Range(0.5, 20.0)) = 3.0
_FlareColor("Flare Color", Color) = (1.0, 0.3, 0.05, 1.0)
_HotColor("Hot Color", Color) = (1.0, 0.8, 0.3, 1.0)
_Intensity("Intensity", Range(0.1, 10.0)) = 3.0
_FlowDir("Flow Direction", Range(-1, 1)) = 1.0
_FadeEdge("Edge Fade Power", Range(0.5, 5.0)) = 2.0
_FadeEnds("End Fade", Range(0.0, 0.5)) = 0.15
_Wisps("Wisp Count", Range(1.0, 8.0)) = 4.0
}
SubShader
{
Tags { "RenderType"="Transparent" "Queue"="Transparent" }
LOD 100
Blend One One
ZWrite Off
Cull Off
Pass
{
CGPROGRAM
#pragma vertex vert
#pragma fragment frag
#include "UnityCG.cginc"
struct appdata
{
float4 vertex : POSITION;
float2 uv : TEXCOORD0;
};
struct v2f
{
float2 uv : TEXCOORD0;
float4 vertex : SV_POSITION;
};
float _Speed;
float _Scale;
float4 _FlareColor;
float4 _HotColor;
float _Intensity;
float _FlowDir;
float _FadeEdge;
float _FadeEnds;
float _Wisps;
// 3D simplex noise (same as LiquidStar)
float3 mod289(float3 x) { return x - floor(x * (1.0 / 289.0)) * 289.0; }
float4 mod289(float4 x) { return x - floor(x * (1.0 / 289.0)) * 289.0; }
float4 permute(float4 x) { return mod289(((x * 34.0) + 10.0) * x); }
float4 taylorInvSqrt(float4 r) { return 1.79284291400159 - 0.85373472095314 * r; }
float snoise(float3 v)
{
const float2 C = float2(1.0 / 6.0, 1.0 / 3.0);
const float4 D = float4(0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0);
float3 i = floor(v + dot(v, C.yyy));
float3 x0 = v - i + dot(i, C.xxx);
float3 g = step(x0.yzx, x0.xyz);
float3 l = 1.0 - g;
float3 i1 = min(g.xyz, l.zxy);
float3 i2 = max(g.xyz, l.zxy);
float3 x1 = x0 - i1 + C.xxx;
float3 x2 = x0 - i2 + C.yyy;
float3 x3 = x0 - D.yyy;
i = mod289(i);
float4 p = permute(permute(permute(
i.z + float4(0.0, i1.z, i2.z, 1.0))
+ i.y + float4(0.0, i1.y, i2.y, 1.0))
+ i.x + float4(0.0, i1.x, i2.x, 1.0));
float n_ = 0.142857142857;
float3 ns = n_ * D.wyz - D.xzx;
float4 j = p - 49.0 * floor(p * ns.z * ns.z);
float4 x_ = floor(j * ns.z);
float4 y_ = floor(j - 7.0 * x_);
float4 x = x_ * ns.x + ns.yyyy;
float4 y = y_ * ns.x + ns.yyyy;
float4 h = 1.0 - abs(x) - abs(y);
float4 b0 = float4(x.xy, y.xy);
float4 b1 = float4(x.zw, y.zw);
float4 s0 = floor(b0) * 2.0 + 1.0;
float4 s1 = floor(b1) * 2.0 + 1.0;
float4 sh = -step(h, float4(0, 0, 0, 0));
float4 a0 = b0.xzyw + s0.xzyw * sh.xxyy;
float4 a1 = b1.xzyw + s1.xzyw * sh.zzww;
float3 p0 = float3(a0.xy, h.x);
float3 p1 = float3(a0.zw, h.y);
float3 p2 = float3(a1.xy, h.z);
float3 p3 = float3(a1.zw, h.w);
float4 norm = taylorInvSqrt(float4(dot(p0,p0), dot(p1,p1), dot(p2,p2), dot(p3,p3)));
p0 *= norm.x;
p1 *= norm.y;
p2 *= norm.z;
p3 *= norm.w;
float4 m = max(0.6 - float4(dot(x0,x0), dot(x1,x1), dot(x2,x2), dot(x3,x3)), 0.0);
m = m * m;
return 42.0 * dot(m * m, float4(dot(p0,x0), dot(p1,x1), dot(p2,x2), dot(p3,x3)));
}
v2f vert(appdata v)
{
v2f o;
o.vertex = UnityObjectToClipPos(v.vertex);
o.uv = v.uv;
return o;
}
float4 frag(v2f i) : SV_Target
{
float time = _Time.y * _Speed;
// UV: x wraps around cylinder, y goes along length
float2 uv = i.uv;
// Flow along the cylinder length
float flow = uv.y + time * _FlowDir * 0.2;
// Wispy tendrils flowing along the cylinder
float3 p = float3(uv.x * _Scale, flow * _Scale, time * 0.1);
float n1 = snoise(p); // 1
float n2 = snoise(p * 1.7 + float3(5.2, time * 0.15, 1.3)); // 2
float n3 = snoise(p * 0.5 + float3(time * 0.1, 3.1, 7.4)); // 3
// Wisp pattern - creates streaky tendrils
float wispAngle = uv.x * _Wisps * 6.2831;
float wisp = sin(wispAngle + n1 * 3.0 + flow * 4.0) * 0.5 + 0.5;
wisp = pow(wisp, 3.0);
// Combine noise layers
float pattern = wisp * (n2 * 0.5 + 0.5);
pattern += pow(max(0, n3 * 0.5 + 0.5), 2.0) * 0.3;
// Pulsing hotspots that travel along the cylinder
float pulse = snoise(float3(uv.x * 2.0, flow * 2.0, time * 0.3)); // 4
float hotspot = pow(saturate(pulse), 4.0);
// Radial fade - fade out at edges of cylinder (using X as wrap-around)
float radialDist = abs(uv.x - 0.5) * 2.0;
float radialFade = pow(1.0 - saturate(radialDist), _FadeEdge);
// End caps fade - fade near top and bottom of cylinder
float endFade = smoothstep(0.0, _FadeEnds, uv.y) * smoothstep(1.0, 1.0 - _FadeEnds, uv.y);
// Color
float3 col = lerp(_FlareColor.rgb, _HotColor.rgb, hotspot + pattern * 0.3);
col *= _Intensity;
float alpha = pattern * radialFade * endFade + hotspot * radialFade * endFade * 2.0;
alpha = saturate(alpha);
return float4(col * alpha, 1.0);
}
ENDCG
}
}
}