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Sprite outer outline shader

Cocos

JULY 31, 2025

I need a shader that draws the outer outline of a sprite. Since this shader draws the outer contour, I need to prepare sprites with a sufficient size in advance and disable trimming in the editor. I borrowed the framework for the shader experiment from the built-in shader “builtin-sprite.effect”, which is located in “3.8.6\resources\resources\3d\engine\editor\assets\effects\for2d”.

Sprite Shaders Texture Writing

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How to convert a Shadertoy shader for Cocos Creator 3.8.6 (Web build)?

Cocos

AUGUST 4, 2025

I’m trying to convert a shader from Shadertoy to use it within Cocos Creator, but I’m not sure how to properly translate the shader code or set up the necessary uniforms. Shader I’m trying to convert: shadertoy.com Shadertoy Build shaders, share them, and learn from the best community.

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Integrating 2D and 3D Art: Creating Cohesive Game Worlds

iXie gaming

JULY 11, 2025

Pro Tip: Use orthographic or isometric perspectives for both 2D sprites and 3D environments. Pro Tip: Use real-time lighting rigs on 3D elements and hand-paint corresponding shadows on 2D sprites. This consistency in light behavior and texture fidelity is essential when toggling between flat sprites and dimensional meshes.

Art

Art Sprite Texture Asset

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Sprite Shader Render out of bounds

Cocos

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Good evening, I just finished writing my own custom shader to create 2D shadows on sprites, but I can’t find a way to increase the render area of the sprite. The sprite size is 450x450, I created an atlas and used the trim option, this reduced the frame to 156x393. Is there a way to increase the render bounds?

Sprite Shaders Render Texture

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2D Lighting System for Cocos Creator - Visual Editor & Real-time Shadows

Cocos

JUNE 26, 2025

x version Polygon sprite, arbitrary polygon texture rendering that can be batched RiveAnimation, load Rive format animation, supports WeChat and Douyin mini games SpriterAnimation, load animation exported by Spriter, supports all platforms Supported engine versions Engine version: Cocos Creator 3.6.0 opengles2.0) can run, webgl2.0(opengles3.0)

Polygon Sprite Point and Click Render

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How to convert a Shadertoy shader for Cocos Creator 3.8.6 (Web build)?

Cocos

AUGUST 5, 2025

to pass the uniform to the material like this: @ccclass("WormHole") export class WormHole extends Component { material: Material = null; onLoad() { this.material = this.getComponent(Sprite).sharedMaterial; Then create a sprite and assign the material just created to it. Finally I added the component to the Sprite. float ap = 1.0;

Sprite Shaders Build Alpha

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From Sketches to Game Worlds — The Art of Game Creation

iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2025

Beyond off-the-shelf software, top studios often develop custom shader libraries, sophisticated VFX pipelines, and precise GPU budget trackers to ensure real-time performance remains flawless. Shader Compatibility : Artists and developers collaborate to create and implement custom shaders tailored to visual effects or gameplay mechanics.

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Art Rigging Asset Concepts

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Sprite Shader Render out of bounds

Cocos

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Good evening, I just finished writing my own custom shader to create 2D shadows on sprites, but I can’t find a way to increase the render area of the sprite. The sprite size is 450x450, I created an atlas and used the trim option, this reduced the frame to 156x393.

Sprite Shaders Render Writing

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Strategies for Optimizing Multiplayer Games in Unity

Logic Simplified

APRIL 4, 2025

The optimization of shaders combines calculation simplification methods which lowers both shader passes and processing redundancy. Billboard Sprites reduces GPU processing through the use of simple models for distant objects.

Games

Games Texture Render Balance

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Animation: Fix incomplete FPS spinbox display in sprite frames editor ( GH-101798 ). Shaders: Fix source_color default value ( GH-101642 ). With some further fixes like GH-102424 , GH-102497 , and GH-102477 , lightmap baking got a nice upgrade in this snapshot. Core: Add explicit error messages to Multimesh functions ( GH-101109 ).

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Beta Dev Baking Render

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2D vs. 3D Game Game Art: What Studios Need to Know

iXie gaming

AUGUST 4, 2025

2D characters are typically faster to design and animate, especially when using sprite sheets or rig-based tools. Hybrid games like Guilty Gear Strive and Octopath Traveler use 3D models rendered with 2D shaders, blending the strengths of both. Can you combine 2D and 3D in one game? Absolutely.

Art

Art Rigging Studios Cross platform

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Gradient Shader Works in 2.4.7 But Not in 3.8.2

Cocos

MARCH 27, 2025

Even after modifying the vertex buffer ( vb ), the changes are not reflecting on the sprite. I understand that in Cocos Creator 3.8 , I can access the vbo and modify the vertex colors using: let ur = this.node.getComponent(UIRenderer); let vb = ur['_renderData'].chunk.vb;

Shaders Sprite Code

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Custom shader for texture uv offset

Cocos

JUNE 30, 2025

manual/en/shader/write-effect-2d-sprite-gradient.html I have created custom shader to apply uv offset by just add uniform uniform Pice{ vec2 uvOffset; }; and modify uv in vertex shader: uv0 = a_texCoord + uvOffset; but i have problem that output on web is strange and different with editor uv: [0.04, 0.0] Web: if uv [0.5,

Shaders Texture Sprite Writing

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Custom shader for texture uv offset

Cocos

JUNE 28, 2025

manual/en/shader/write-effect-2d-sprite-gradient.html I have created custom shader to apply uv offset by just add uniform uniform Pice{ vec2 uvOffset; }; and modify uv in vertex shader: uv0 = a_texCoord + uvOffset; but i have problem that output on web is strange and different with editor uv: [0.04, 0.0] Web: if uv [0.5,

Shaders Texture Sprite Writing

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Tutorial: Cocos Shader Series - Use a Noise Map to Make a Dissolve Texture

Cocos

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Blockquote const sprite = this.getComponent(Sprite); const mat = sprite.customMaterial; mat.setProperty(‘dissolveThreshold’, 0.5); Version 3.6.x, x, I using this code but it not bring Property affect to shader Ok, this work if turn of Packable in main Sprite inspector

Shaders Sprite Texture Code

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Cocos Shader Tutorial 1.0 - about UV

Cocos

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The vertical axes of textures and picture pixels is shown above, when sampling textures in shaders, that is from top to bottom, which is top-right corner. Use UV in Shader Both 2D and 3D shaders in Cocos are obtained in the vertex shader (VS) and passed to the pixel shader (FS). x,waveFactor.y-uv0.y); x,waveFactor.y-uv0.y);

Shaders Mesh Point and Click Sprite

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Sprite Outline Shader in Unity

Febucci

MAY 31, 2019

In this “Unity Sprite Outline” tutorial we’ll discover how to create both a “Sprite Innerline” and a “Outer Sprite Outline”. Simply, the Inner Sprite Outline shader is drawn “inside” the sprite, while “Outer” is the opposite. Inner Sprite Outline HLSL. Outer Sprite Outline HLSL. Amplify Shader.

Sprite Shaders Texture Asset

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Default sprite shader alpha problem

Cocos

DECEMBER 18, 2024

My sprite doesnt look right after given a material, I wanted to achieve a addtive like effect. heres what it looks like now! Im a new user and unfortunately I can only post one image. The source image has smooth alpha gradient. screenshot-20241218-160021|437x273 Im using cocos creator 3.8.3

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Alpha Sprite Shaders

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Default sprite shader alpha problem

Cocos

DECEMBER 18, 2024

My sprite doesnt look right after given a material, I wanted to achieve a addtive like effect. heres what it looks like now! Im a new user and unfortunately I can only post one image. The source image has smooth alpha gradient.screenshot-20241218-160021|437x273 Im using cocos creator 3.8.3

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Alpha Sprite Shaders

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Default sprite shader alpha problem

Cocos

DECEMBER 18, 2024

My sprite doesnt look right after given a material, I wanted to achieve a addtive like effect. heres what it looks like now! Im a new user and unfortunately I can only post one image. The source image has smooth alpha gradient.screenshot-20241218-160021|437x273 Im using cocos creator 3.8.3

Alpha

Alpha Sprite Shaders

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Default sprite shader alpha problem

Cocos

DECEMBER 18, 2024

My sprite doesnt look right after given a material, I wanted to achieve a addtive like effect. heres what it looks like now! Im a new user and unfortunately I can only post one image. The source image has smooth alpha gradient.screenshot-20241218-160021|437x273 Im using cocos creator 3.8.3

Alpha

Alpha Sprite Shaders

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Making shaders more accessible

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 5, 2016

About shaders. For most game developers, shaders are this scary monster that presents itself with such a complexity that it seems out of reach. In reality, shaders are quite simple by default and just get more complex the more you add to them. Our sprite is 32x32 pixels in size, and it must be drawn at some position.

Shaders Sprite Pixel Clipping

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[SSRShaderGallery] Online Shader FX Library

Cocos

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

some issues… I see a lot of error when export shader: I am not familiar with shaders, but looks like there was a problem with imports: When I changed includes as in builtin sprite shader everything start to work Hi, thanks, now I can login. However, looks like in Cocos Creator 3.7.1

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How to create waves in shader?

Cocos

APRIL 23, 2024

I have a sprite (a regular line) and I wanted to apply a wave effect to it. I tried to normalize by passing the dimensions of the sprite (line) to the shader like this mat.setProperty("iRsolutetion", new Vec2(1.0 / this.node.getComponent(UITransform).contentSize.width, this task tormented me. it doesn’t work properly.

Shaders Sprite Texture

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Shader display problem

Cocos

AUGUST 12, 2023

One shader is used, only the sprite texture changes. On a smaller texture, the distortion is greater than on a larger texture. The HelloWorld texture has a size of 196 X 270. I scaled it up in the graphics editor to 400 x 554 and the distortion is barely noticeable. Do you need some tweaks or is this a bug?

Shaders Texture Sprite Bug

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Shader doesn't work on brower, or run it in the editor

Cocos

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Thank you so much for telling me how to find that component, but it’s too bad it’s not related to the original problem, which is the shader. ;-( It’s simply an error log caused by a missing asset in some component. Is there a difference between applying the material to the sprite and the label?

Shaders Sprite Code Scripting

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How to make a neon effect in a shader?

Cocos

APRIL 17, 2024

Hello, you may want to change the uv0 settings from the shader code. So 0 means the far left side of the sprite and 1 represents the far right side of the sprite. In the example they show on the manual, they made it so that the effect changes along the x-axis from the uv0.x It is important to know that the uv0.x

Shaders Sprite Code

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Stacking Shaders: Problem with 'new EffectAsset' in code

Cocos

JUNE 22, 2024

I am trying to create a 'CustomMaterial' to stack 2 shader effects. Maybe someone has a better way/idea to solve the problem of only having one CCEffect on one Node/Sprite/etc…? When I do effectAsset: new EffectAsset I get an error, because of the type mismatch. Thanks, tL.

Shaders Code Sprite

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Stacking Shaders: Problem with 'new EffectAsset' in code

Cocos

JUNE 22, 2024

I am trying to create a 'CustomMaterial' to stack 2 shader effects. Maybe someone has a better way/idea to solve the problem of only having one CCEffect on one Node/Sprite/etc…? When I do effectAsset: new EffectAsset I get an error, because of the type mismatch. Thanks, tL.

Shaders Code Sprite

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Stacking Shaders: Problem with 'new EffectAsset' in code

Cocos

JUNE 22, 2024

I am trying to create a 'CustomMaterial' to stack 2 shader effects. Maybe someone has a better way/idea to solve the problem of only having one CCEffect on one Node/Sprite/etc…? When I do effectAsset: new EffectAsset I get an error, because of the type mismatch. Thanks, tL.

Shaders Code Sprite

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Mask with sprite stencil and custom material?

Cocos

JANUARY 2, 2024

I’m attempting to make a UI mask with a sprite stencil. I have a shader that I’ve made that essentially takes the sprite and adds a glitchy effect to it… (like a static glitch on a hologram display) It works great with sprites and does exactly what I want it to do.

Sprite Shaders Animation Animation

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Shader array properties

Cocos

MARCH 28, 2024

We are currently using this shader to create dynamic light effect on 2d sprites, so we are updating it very often. Also every sprite has it’s own material. First of all declare your array on the shader. stringwizard5: Glad to hear it’s working for you!

Shaders Sprite Render Data

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Mask with sprite stencil and custom material?

Cocos

JANUARY 18, 2024

I’m attempting to make a UI mask with a sprite stencil. I have a shader that I’ve made that essentially takes the sprite and adds a glitchy effect to it… (like a static glitch on a hologram display) It works great with sprites and does exactly what I want it to do.

Sprite Shaders Animation Animation

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[CC 3.7.3] Shader Error?

Cocos

JUNE 8, 2023

Another thing is I noticed that the FPS dropped after the shader was applied to some sprites. So, is there way to cache the rendered texture (including the shader effect) rather than recalculating the same thing every frame. I will check and get back to you.

Shaders Sprite FPS Texture

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[Tutorial]Outer Stroke Effect for 2D Sprites

Cocos

APRIL 18, 2024

Original: [link] Author: BitByBit Outer Stroke Effect for 2D Sprites Continuing from the previous article Inner Stroke Effect for 2D Sprites Introduction In the last article, we introduced the method of inner stroke and also discussed its pros and cons. The above is the part of the custom post-processing shader.

Sprite Alpha Pixel Shaders

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Shader display problem

Cocos

AUGUST 10, 2023

// Copyright (c) 2017-2020 Xiamen Yaji Software Co., 1.0], editor: {type: color} } endColor: { value: [1.0, o.r = o.g = o.b = gray; #endif #if USE_HORIZONTAL o.rgb *= mix(startColor, endColor, vec4(uv0.x)).rgb; rgb; #endif #if USE_VERTICAL o.rgb *= mix(startColor, endColor, vec4(uv0.y)).rgb; 1.0], editor: {type: color} } endColor: { value: [1.0,

Shaders Sprite Alpha Localization

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Cocos Creator Shader Issue

Cocos

JULY 28, 2023

I have written a thunder shader and attacked to my Sprite. Checkout: chunks.zip (1.9 KB) It shows in the editor. But it doesn’t show in preview in Browser. It shows some warnings: I use Cocos Creator 3.7.3.

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Shader Problem in IOS

Cocos

MAY 23, 2024

I have a question related to shaders. I created a game in which I added a shader; it works fine in web mobile and Android, but in iOS it gives an error during rendering. How to solve this issue version-3.8.2 17:49:37 [ERROR]: [ERROR] file /Applications/Cocos/Creator/3.8.2/CocosCreator.app/Contents/Resources/resources/3d/engine/native/cocos/renderer/gfx-metal/MTLCommandBuffer.mm:

Shaders Sprite Alpha Render

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[CC 3.7.3] Shader Error?

Cocos

JUNE 6, 2023

I am having an issue with creating shader. CCProgram sprite-vs %{. #if Hello Cocos Team. I couldn’t include the cc-local. No errors were shown at the editor, but when I previewed I got the following error at the browser console.

Shaders Sprite Localization Console

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[CC 3.7.3] Shader Error?

Cocos

JUNE 6, 2023

I am having an issue with creating shader. CCProgram sprite-vs %{. #if Hello Cocos Team. I couldn’t include the cc-local. No errors were shown at the editor, but when I previewed I got the following error at the browser console.

Shaders Sprite Localization Console

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[CC 3.7.3] Shader Error?

Cocos

JUNE 6, 2023

I am having an issue with creating shader. CCProgram sprite-vs %{. #if Hello Cocos Team. I couldn’t include the cc-local. No errors were shown at the editor, but when I previewed I got the following error at the browser console.

Shaders Sprite Localization Console

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[CC 3.7.3] Shader Error?

Cocos

JUNE 7, 2023

I am having an issue with creating shader. CCProgram sprite-vs %{. #if Hello Cocos Team. I couldn’t include the cc-local. No errors were shown at the editor, but when I previewed I got the following error at the browser console.

Shaders Sprite Localization Console

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[CC 3.7.3] Shader Error?

Cocos

JUNE 1, 2023

I am having an issue with creating shader. CCProgram sprite-vs %{. #if Hello Cocos Team. I couldn’t include the cc-local. No errors were shown at the editor, but when I previewed I got the following error at the browser console.

Shaders Sprite Localization Console

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[CC 3.7.3] Shader Error?

Cocos

JUNE 1, 2023

I am having an issue with creating shader. CCProgram sprite-vs %{. #if Hello Cocos Team. I couldn’t include the cc-local. No errors were shown at the editor, but when I previewed I got the following error at the browser console.

Shaders Sprite Localization Console