Can't figure out how to use Vertex Color instead of VertexNormalWS to create rim offset and offset outline based on Stylised paint shader breakdown

[xeryvelgarde (Xer)]

@MostHost_LA

However you may benefit from opening up a dedicated topic out in rendering, others my have simpler solutions to this altready thought out…

Alright, I’ll do that in the future, thank you MostHost.

@MostHost_LA

The outer outline is trivial in a PP.
Near impossible in a shader (the shader doesn’t know what is around the object).

I’ll probably just do the post-processing material for the outline then. I think the reason why the article didn’t do that was because of fear of the cost but in my case I can’t see it being a big deal.

@MostHost_LA

A solid model in the center, with a solid shader.
An outer shell thats got the panning corroded material all over it.

If its black over black in an unlit material the 2 will be rendered out as a unique merge.

If the material is lit it becomes problematic as the outer shell lighting may differ or the inside may bounce light onto the shell, so that aspect would need further PostProcessing.

Additionally, with 2 shelss you could put different stencils on each, and just use a post process to color both the same / making a cartoon like effect on top of any render…
Or you could render the inside of it always on top, which may just achieve the effect you want.

So something like these so far? Again, sorry for not catching on right away. Also, I’ll open a new discussion thread instead of continuing this one. Tomorrow, I’m almost out of time today. Another busy week coming up as well. I’ll also look more into stencils and research into them, not good with materials/shaders. So I appreciate your explanations and time. Thank you.