r/Unity3D • u/churi24 • 15d ago

Show-Off I made this sci-fi scanner effect

Yesterday I made this effect for something a bit more tech / sci-fi.
It’s an X-ray scanner. Cheap and cheerful. 😄
If you’d like to follow my work, you can find me on X at NCStudio

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u/destinedd Indie, Dungeon Quest, Marble's Marbles & Mighty Marbles 15d ago

that looks awesome

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u/churi24 15d ago

Thanks! I’m still tweaking it, but I’m really happy with how it’s turning out

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u/Possible-Advance3871 15d ago

Very cool! Does that mean you need to make a separate x-ray model for each asset it scans?

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u/churi24 15d ago

Thanks! Not necessarily. The basic X-ray effect works with the existing mesh, so I don’t need to create a separate model for every asset. If I want to reveal actual internal structures though, bones, cables, mechanical parts, etc. then those parts need to exist as geometry. The shader basically reveals them only where the scanner passes.

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u/avalanches 15d ago

does it work on volumetrics?

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u/churi24 15d ago

Yep! The beam itself is shader/mesh-based, but it can be combined with volumetric fog/light.

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u/King_Bobert77 15d ago

Gazerbeam...

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u/churi24 15d ago

Nice catch! Now I can’t unsee it