SlightlyMad/VolumetricLights

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2116 stars · 303 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

An open-source Unity extension that adds volumetric fog and light shafts to built-in Unity lights using ray marching in the light's volume. It supports point, spot, and directional lights with volumetric shadows, cookies, and animated noise.

Use cases

• add volumetric fog to unity lights
• render god rays and light shafts in unity
• volumetric shadows for spot and point lights
• mie scattering fog effect for a game scene
• open source alternative to unity volumetric lighting assets

When to choose

• you use Unity's built-in render pipeline and want BSD-licensed volumetric lighting
• you need volumetric effects for point, spot, and directional lights with shadows and cookies
• you want to study or modify a ray-marched volumetric fog implementation

When to avoid

• you use Unity's Scriptable Render Pipeline (URP/HDRP), which has its own volumetric solutions
• you need production-grade, actively maintained volumetric lighting
• your project targets engines other than Unity

Facets

plugin · maturity maintenance

graphics simulation game-engine graphics game-engine cross-platform unity volumetric-lighting raymarching shader god-rays volumetric-fog c-sharp game-development

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