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Question by ImFromTheFuture · Jun 26, 2017 at 04:15 PM · meshshadersinvisiblestencilintersection

Unity 5.5: Mesh Intersection to be rendered invisible with shader? (Pictures)

I'm trying to make a single shader that checks if it has collided with a mesh (with the same shader), if it has, then it should not render that collided part at all. For both meshes.

I have used a crosssection shader to achieve this but it's not what I want: This is what I get

This is the shader code:

 // Upgrade NOTE: replaced 'glstate.matrix.invtrans.modelview[0]' with 'UNITY_MATRIX_IT_MV'
 // Upgrade NOTE: replaced 'glstate.matrix.mvp' with 'UNITY_MATRIX_MVP'
 
 // 2 Pass Edition
 
 Shader "cross_section_v004a"
 {
     Properties 
     {
         section_depth ("section depth (x, y, z, depth)", vector) = (0,0,0,0.15)
         section_color ("section color", color) = (0.5,0.1, 0.1, 1)
 
         color_map ("color map", 2D) = "white" {}
 
     }   
     SubShader 
     {   
         Pass
         {           
             CULL OFF
 
 CGPROGRAM //--------------
 //#pragma target 3.0
 #pragma vertex   vertex_shader
 #pragma fragment fragment_shader
 
 #include "UnityCG.cginc"
 
 uniform float4 section_depth;
 uniform float4 section_color;
 uniform sampler2D color_map;    
 
 float4x4 rotate(float3 r) 
 { 
     float3 c, s; 
     sincos(r.x, s.x, c.x); 
     sincos(r.y, s.y, c.y); 
     sincos(r.z, s.z, c.z);
     return float4x4( c.y*c.z,    -s.z,     s.y, 0, 
                          s.z, c.x*c.z,    -s.x, 0, 
                         -s.y,     s.x, c.x*c.y, 0, 
                            0,       0,       0, 1 );
 } 
 
 struct a2v 
 {
     float4 vertex   : POSITION;
     float4 color    : COLOR;
     float2 texcoord : TEXCOORD;
     float3 normal   : NORMAL;
 };
 
 struct v2f
 {
     float4 position : POSITION;
     float2 texcoord : TEXCOORD0;                                
     float4 normal   : TEXCOORD1; 
     float4 vertex   : TEXCOORD2;
     float4 mask     : TEXCOORD3;                
 };
 
 v2f vertex_shader( a2v IN )
 {                                                   
     v2f OUT;
 
     float4x4 r   = rotate(radians(section_depth.xyz) +_SinTime.xyz);
     float4 c     = float4(IN.vertex.xyz,1);
 
     OUT.mask     = mul(r, c);
     OUT.position = mul(UNITY_MATRIX_MVP, IN.vertex);
     OUT.texcoord = IN.texcoord;
 
     r *= float4x4(   1,-1,-1, 0,
                     -1, 1,-1, 0,
                     -1,-1, 1, 0,
                      0, 0, 0, 1 ); // the section_depth.xyz need to be inverted !
 
     OUT.normal   = mul(r, float4(1,0,0,1));
     OUT.vertex   = IN.vertex;
 
     return OUT;
 }
 
 void fragment_shader(   v2f IN,
                         out float4 finalcolor : COLOR)  
 
 {
     if(IN.mask.x > section_depth.w)
         discard;
 
     float3 N = IN.normal.xyz;
 
     N = mul(UNITY_MATRIX_IT_MV, float4(N, 1));              
     //float diffuse = saturate(dot(glstate.light[0].position, N));  
 
     finalcolor = float4(0,0,0,1);                               
     finalcolor.xyz = section_color *(0.6 +0.4);
 }
 ENDCG //--------------
 
         } // Pass
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Pass
         {           
             CULL BACK
 
 CGPROGRAM //--------------
 #pragma vertex   vertex_shader
 #pragma fragment fragment_shader
 
 #include "UnityCG.cginc"
 
 uniform float4 section_depth;
 uniform float4 section_color;
 uniform sampler2D color_map;    
 
 float4x4 rotate(float3 r) 
 { 
     float3 c, s; 
     sincos(r.x, s.x, c.x); 
     sincos(r.y, s.y, c.y); 
     sincos(r.z, s.z, c.z);
     return float4x4( c.y*c.z,    -s.z,     s.y, 0, 
                          s.z, c.x*c.z,    -s.x, 0, 
                         -s.y,     s.x, c.x*c.y, 0, 
                            0,       0,       0, 1 );
 } 
 
 struct a2v 
 {
     float4 vertex   : POSITION;
     float4 color    : COLOR;
     float2 texcoord : TEXCOORD;
     float3 normal   : NORMAL;
 };
 
 struct v2f
 {
     float4 position : POSITION;
     float2 texcoord : TEXCOORD0;                                
     float3 normal   : TEXCOORD1; 
     float4 vertex   : TEXCOORD2;
     float4 mask     : TEXCOORD3;                
 };
 
 v2f vertex_shader( a2v IN )
 {                                                   
     v2f OUT;
 
     float4x4 r   = rotate(radians(section_depth.xyz) +_SinTime.xyz);
     float4 c     = float4(IN.vertex.xyz,1);
 
     OUT.mask     = mul(r, c);
     OUT.position = mul(UNITY_MATRIX_MVP, IN.vertex);
     OUT.texcoord = IN.texcoord;
     OUT.normal   = IN.normal;
     OUT.vertex   = IN.vertex;
 
     return OUT;
 }
 
 void fragment_shader(   v2f IN,
                         out float4 finalcolor : COLOR)  
 
 {
     if(IN.mask.x > section_depth.w)
         discard;
 
     float3 N = IN.normal;
 
     N = mul(UNITY_MATRIX_IT_MV, float4(N, 1));              
     //float diffuse = saturate(dot(glstate.light[0].position, N));
 
     finalcolor = float4(0,0,0,1);                                           
     finalcolor.xyz = tex2D(color_map, IN.texcoord).xyz *(0.6 +0.4);
 }
 ENDCG //--------------
 
         } // Pass
 
     } // SubShader
 } // Shader

However, the rest of the object should be visible, I mean to say that I don't want the parts that are NOT getting intersected to be invisible (when viewed from the invisible parts) so Stencil shaders won't or aren't doing the trick. I mean to get something like this: I want to get this

I want to know what is the correct way to approach to this problem. I'm fairly new to shader programming and I don't know to solve this issue. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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