Changelog

Documentation of the version history and release notes for the A+ URP Grass asset.

Placement Tool & Grass Animator

Fixes:

• Terrain detail is now tracked and culled using True Culling from Grass Manager
• You can adjust the shadow strength on the shader/material

Additions:

• Custom Mesh field on Interactor
• On Start & End of Interaction Events on Interactor

Placement Tool
• Pin / Brush / Eraser Tools
• Palette Presets
Grass Animator
• Playback Mode (Once / Loop / Ping Pong)
• Animated Interactors List
• Path Points (Custom spline-like setup)
• Per Point Events
• Falloff Curves

Performance optimizations, fixes & Culling through shader.

Fixes:

• Grass Manager Active Area Size performance optimization
• Grass Manager Active Area Recentering changed to Main Camera (Rather than center of all interactors in scene)

Additions:

• Grass Manager True Culling applied through shader (At Distance Fade End)
• Grass Manager CPU Usage meters

A few fixes and additions / Distance Fading feature.

Fixes:

• Version 6000.3+ material rendering fix (correction in Deferred path)
• Added Area Size variable in Grass Manager for correct functionality between mutliple interactors in a larger radius

Additions:

• Grass/Mesh Bend Pivot Point variable
• Perspective Correction Height Start variable (extra bend pivot adjustment)
• Distance Fading feature (smooth + dither fade options)

Initial release of the A+ URP Grass asset.

Supported for Unity Versions:

• 6000.3+
• 6000.0+
• 2022+

Contents:

• Grass Shader
• Core Scripts
• Essential Textures
• Ready To Go Prefabs
• Example Scenes
• Documentation

Features:

• Texture based grass rendering
• Adjustable color with gradient settings
• Color variation setup with noise map
• Character and mouse interactive behavior
• Bent grass colour trail tint
• Wind noise with 2 blend modes
• Perspective correction
• Adjustable runtime weather