TemplBeamProc Shader

The TemplBeamProc shader is used to create inexpensive fog-like light beam effects, enabling control over beam size and blending.

Best Practices

The following are some best practices for using this shader:

• Select the No Shadow property under Advanced.
• Set Opacity to 100%.
• Use a simple grayscale texture with no alpha in the Diffuse texture map slot.
• The shader fades out rendering faces that are at a certain angle to the camera. As such, use different sub-materials for the top plane and the intersecting planes to allow control of the angle of visibility.

Shader Parameters

ColorMultiplier
Increases or decreases brightness and blending.
Default value: 1

EndColor
Sets the end color for the gradient.
Default value: 255,255,255

EndRadius
Sets the radius (in meters) of the effect at the end of the object.
Default value: 2

Length
Adjusts the scaling of the rendered effect.
Default value: 10

OriginalLength
Sets the length scaling factor. If the values of Length and OriginalLength are identical, the object has scale of 100%.
Default value: 10

OriginalWidth
Sets the width scaling factor. If the values of Width and OriginalWidth are identical, the object has scale of 100%.
Default value: 1

Soft intersection factor
Controls softness of surface interaction with other opaque scene geometry.
Default value: 1

StartColor
Sets the start color for the gradient.
Default value: 255,255,255

StartRadius
Sets the radius (in meters) of the effect at the start of the object.
Default value: 1

View dependency factor
Controls the blending in and out depending on the facing angle to the camera.
The higher the value, the longer the effect is visible even when nearly 90° to camera, the smaller the value the earlier the effect starts to vanish.
Default value: 2

Shader Generation Parameters

Noise map
Enables the use of a 3D animated noise map, which enables a nice motion to the beams. However, this motion cannot be controlled by any parameters.

Muzzleflash
Enables use as a muzzle flash effect.