Reflective Shader Family

Note. Unity 5 introduced the Standard Shader which replaces these shadersA program that runs on the GPU. More info
See in Glossary.

Reflective shaders will allow you to use a CubemapA collection of six square textures that can represent the reflections in an environment or the skybox drawn behind your geometry. The six squares form the faces of an imaginary cube that surrounds an object; each face represents the view along the directions of the world axes (up, down, left, right, forward and back). More info
See in Glossary which will be reflected on your meshThe main graphics primitive of Unity. Meshes make up a large part of your 3D worlds. Unity supports triangulated or Quadrangulated polygon meshes. Nurbs, Nurms, Subdiv surfaces must be converted to polygons. More info
See in Glossary. You can also define areas of more or less reflectivity on your object through the alpha channel of the Base texture. High reflectivity is a great effect for glosses, oils, chrome, etc. Low reflectivity can add effect for metals, liquid surfaces, or video monitors.

Reflective Vertex-Lit

Assets needed:

One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas
One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map

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Reflective Diffuse

Assets needed:

One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas
One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map

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Reflective Specular

Assets needed:

One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas & Specular Map combined
One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map

Note: One consideration for this shader is that the Base texture’s alpha channel will double as both the reflective areas and the Specular Map.

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Reflective Normal mapped

Assets needed:

One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas
One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
One Normal mapA type of Bump Map texture that allows you to add surface detail such as bumps, grooves, and scratches to a model which catch the light as if they are represented by real geometry.
See in Glossary, no alpha channel required

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Reflective Normal Mapped Specular

Assets needed:

One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas & Specular Map combined
One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
One Normal map, no alpha channel required

Note: One consideration for this shader is that the Base texture’s alpha channel will double as both the reflective areas and the Specular Map.

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Reflective Parallax

Assets needed:

One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas
One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
One Normal map, with alpha channel for Parallax Depth

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Reflective Parallax Specular

Assets needed:

One Base texture with alpha channel for defining reflective areas & Specular Map
One Reflection Cubemap for Reflection Map
One Normal map, with alpha channel for Parallax Depth

Note: One consideration for this shader is that the Base texture’s alpha channel will double as both the reflective areas and the Specular Map.

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