Realistic 2D Lights & Shadows in Unity
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Hey! In this video, we will look at how to get realistic 2D lighting in the Unity engine. I will show you how to set up shadow masks to get results worthy of HDRP graphics!
This is kind of a unity tutorial, but also kind of me just playing around with stuff. If you'd like a video that would go into more details, make sure to let me know in the comments!
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For anyone having problem with 2D Light, you have to change the material on the Sprite Renderer to URP's Sprite-Lit-Default material, so that the sprite is affected by lighting.
@megazord5696
Ай бұрын
Thank you!
You are criminally underrated man. +1 sub
rly cool to see the changes through lightings! Thanks a lot for your tutorial
Great video it was the only video that I could find with this much detail❤I also liked and subscribed thanks for the information.
from 9:00 to 10:00 was so touching & human 🥺 The way your comments faded in and out of the sped-up process with that beautiful ass music was a joyride to experience, seriously, what a well made segment it caught me off guard lol
@Willy_Dev
6 ай бұрын
Thanks, I really appreciate that !
Your video is awesome! Your explanations are concise and you really are giving us the right tools for creation Hope more people will watch this
@Willy_Dev
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, that means a lot !
Your video is very nice, super nice to understand ! Thank a lot for that
How the heck do you only have 352 subscribers? This is so well made. Made it 353 :)
Clear and good tutorial! Keep going!
such a well made video thank you so much for answering my unasked questions
@Willy_Dev
Жыл бұрын
Glad i could help !
This tutorial is sooo awesome! Thanks a lot
Awesome tutorial! Thanks!
Thank you very much you said everything i needed!👍👍👍👍
Thanks a lot this was very informative , Subscribed👍👍
thank you for the useful tutorial! :D
Awesome explanation 👌 Thx man
Great content!
Thanks for sharing 👍
cool stuff!
Thank you so much!
Thank you ❤
Great
Wow! Unity upped there game for 2D I don’t remember this being around years ago
Wow, love it Have you seen the game phantom fellows ? It’s got like really vibrant light , like neon . I wonder if they made it using what your showing
@Willy_Dev
3 ай бұрын
Hard to say what they made it with, but I like the look !
Great job! Could you go any deeper and take a look at the lights of octopath traveler, post processing + lights = pretty damn good.
@Willy_Dev
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I will defenitely do a video on post processing in the future !
@WeirdGoat
Жыл бұрын
@@Willy_Dev Looking forward to it!
Thank you for this tutorial. But... What about shadows for animated 2D sprites with multiple corners and holes? )
@Willy_Dev
4 ай бұрын
That is a good question ! Since animated sprites are basically just multiple sprites, displayed in quick succession, i guess a sprite mask applied to every single frame could potentially achieve the desired effect. Don't take my word for it though, this is not something i've done before !
Is there any way to cast a shadow from a global light and also have a shadow caused by that global light on a dynamic object (i.e. a character casting a shadow on the grass behind them as the sun is facing them, plus we can move the character so the shadow should move with them as well)??
@Willy_Dev
Жыл бұрын
As far as I know, tehre's no way to do that with a global light since global lights are not directional. It just lights up every single pixel of a scene. Since it has no direction, no shadow will be cast. If you really want to achieve this effect, what you could probably do is have a directional light setup to illuminate you whole scene. That way you'll be able to cast shadows. This is the first thing that comes to my mind, there are probably more effecient ways to go about it !
i didn use URP model when creating my project, when i can find the light menu ? cause in mine, the light menu is not working, also the memnus was different.
@Willy_Dev
7 ай бұрын
You will have to install it using the package manager
I already have a bunch of scripts for moving/falling platforms, player climbing, etc. but they were attached to squares and stuff I created just to test. Yesterday, I started messing with tilemap and stuff for level design, but I don't see a way of attaching my scripts to some of the tiles, is it possible to do so ?
@Willy_Dev
10 ай бұрын
As far as i know it is not possible. You can however use a tilemap for most of your level design and then add your moving platforms on top of it as separate game ojects with your colliders and custom scripts !
I have problem that golbal light is not working
Could you also please create a Tutorial for shadows in a 2D top down game?
@Willy_Dev
Жыл бұрын
It's basically the same thing no matter the point of view of your game! Your assets are gonna change, but you,re gonna want to put shadow casters on your walls just the same
@oOBlackSun3912Oo
Жыл бұрын
@@Willy_Dev nice i'll try that, thanks :)
I used the old version of adding URP to my 2022.03.20 version of Unity Project. And it didn't work even though I could put various 2D Lights option, they literally didn't work. As I followed your instructions, everything worked well in New file. Here's my question, if I want to make my own game that has light system, should I have to make file through 2D URP? instead of 2D?
@Willy_Dev
4 ай бұрын
It is possible to make your own light system in regular 2D. 2D URP however will have all the premade lights i showed in this video. Hope it helps !
If my game has already been created in a normal template is there any way to import the URP? 😕
@Willy_Dev
2 ай бұрын
Yes ! you can go in Window > Rendering > Render Pipeline Converter in your project and upgrade to URP from there
What was the second game you showed in the intro, with the animal character chopping the tree?!
@Willy_Dev
10 күн бұрын
It's called Cult of the lamb !
How do normal masks combine with sprites to get realistic lighting?
@Willy_Dev
Жыл бұрын
A normal mask gives a depth map to a sprite, which is then calculated with lights to create shadows as if a sprite was 3D.
Is there any options for this to work on built-in renderer?
@Willy_Dev
11 ай бұрын
Unfortunately I don't think it is. If the goal is to implement this in an existing project made with the standard renderer, you can download the URP in the package manager to upgrade your project. I'd suggest to watch a video before you do that as there are a couple steps to follow to ensure your project still works the same !
@lokosstratos7192
11 ай бұрын
@@Willy_Dev Ty! i just noticed i had a tool from humble bundle that does all this in built-in renderer.
이것만 알았어도...
Is there an easy way for ShadowChaster2D
@Willy_Dev
Жыл бұрын
There are probably easier ways. You could make a script that applies this to the edge of every GameObject of a certain type in your scene!
I don't have a Global Light 2D? How do you get one?
@Willy_Dev
6 ай бұрын
Make sure you created the project with the 2D URP preset, and not the regular 2d preset
@kapcapkapcap6104
6 ай бұрын
@@Willy_Dev I created the project without the 2D URP preset, and already have a lot of progress in it
@Willy_Dev
6 ай бұрын
You can import the URP via the package manager I berlieve. A gogole search about upgrading your project to URP will point you in the right direction. It is something i have done in the past but i don't remember exactly how
@kapcapkapcap6104
6 ай бұрын
Thank you!@@Willy_Dev
my project doesnt have a global light by default?
@Willy_Dev
11 ай бұрын
Are you sure you created it using the Universal Render Pipeline? If you did, you can always just add the global light yourself !
@nielspalmans6237
11 ай бұрын
@@Willy_Dev ooh shoot no i did not 😅 Well i know where to look now thanks!
I dont have 2D lights help!
@Willy_Dev
Жыл бұрын
Make sure you created the project using the URP template in Unity ! If you created it with the basic 2D template they won't show up.
this channel is way too small for the quallity in this videos
Make sure you choose 2d light and not be a dumb dumb like me