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Question by Trithilon · Jun 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM · shadersdistortion

Distortion effect on Particles?

Hello, I wish to make a effect similar to this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZRp3xxt7pt8#t=10s

The sword slash effect which creates a distortion trail between 10s to 15s of the video.

Back in UDK - it was a simple Distortion shader with animated normal maps.

Any leads?

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avatar image AlucardJay · Jun 21, 2013 at 11:32 AM 0
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No Video Link ....

Edit : K, that is a 28 minute long video. What effect are you talking about specifically? (airborne dust, sword slash, dash swoosh, pickup?). We need to know what you are looking at and referring to. Perhaps a screenshot instead, maybe with a large arrow pointing to the particle in question!

avatar image Trithilon · Jun 21, 2013 at 11:34 AM 0
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Sorry... somehow the link embedding had failed. Link added now :)

avatar image Ben-Stoneman · Jun 21, 2013 at 12:50 PM 0
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Are you referring to the blue "Enchanting dust" particle effect?

avatar image Trithilon · Jun 21, 2013 at 12:56 PM 0
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Strange. The Video was set to play at the moment the effect appears. Anyway, I need the sword slash effect which creates a distortion trail between 10s to 15s of the video. Its pretty common even in other fighting games where a highspeed attack is made which ripples/distorts space-time in the area.

avatar image Stacklucker · Apr 01, 2020 at 07:01 PM 0
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I know this is a super old thread but Im actually looking for exactly this effect (in 3D space for VR though). Is there a way nowadays to create this effect via VFX or PBR Shader Graphs?

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Answer by Stardog · Jun 21, 2013 at 01:21 PM

You just need to add a Particle System with that kind of material attached to them.

Check the Asset Store > Textures & Materials > Shaders.

Or you can use Strumpy Shader Editor to make one - http://u3d.as/content/strumpy-games/strumpy-shader-editor/1C4

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avatar image Trithilon · Jun 21, 2013 at 03:19 PM 0
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Hi, I know what you are talking about and what the shader is supposed to do. Its just that I can't find resources for such a common effect. There is none even on the asset store. :O I wonder if its called something else in Unity. I am just looking for the keyword distortion.

avatar image Stardog · Jun 21, 2013 at 11:29 PM 0
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Here's a simple one - http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/211369/why-this-distortion-shader-different-in-unity34.html

There's a bug where it's upside down, but here's the fixed code: http://pastebin.com/KLkRZD4v

Save the code as HeatDistortion.shader, then make a new Material with HeatDistortion selected.

Then you need a decent diffuse material for it. This fire texture looks ok. Anything wavy that tiles well should look good. http://i.imgur.com/QiO8Brk.jpg

Adjust the strength/transparency sliders.

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