Shaped Clouds [URP]

Built with performance in mind, this simple system can generate clouds of any shape without sacrificing speed. Anything that can be rendered to a render texture can also be rendered as clouds, including meshes, procedural shaders and even other render textures.

Check the live demo HERE

Features:

• Dynamic shapes
• Render clouds of any shape, including meshes.
• Management through Monobehaviours
• Control what clouds look like through in-game objects that can easily interact with other objects.
• Uses hierarchy to determine which objects render first.
• You can easily create another layer of the effect by simply adding or duplicating it.
• Automatic layer sorting
• Multiple instances of the effect are sorted automatically based on cloud height.
• Alternatively, it can be manually adjusted through the order field.
• Optimized for performance
• Minimal performance impact on modern phones and most desktops from the past decade.
• Simple and easy to use
• Right-click the hierarchy and select "Shaped Clouds/Clouds Controller" to get started.
• That'll create clouds on the scene immediately.
• Customization
• All shaders are replaceable.
• A variety of settings to change the appearance of clouds without needing to rewrite anything.
• A few CC0 noise textures included as examples of more unique and interesting shapes for clouds.
• Integration
• Can be made to use a Renderer Feature (which is not what it does by default), will respect render order.
• Can be configured to ignore certain cameras by layer or type.
• Previews and reflection cameras are ignored by default.

Limitations:

• It's a 2D effect
• Doesn't cast or receive any shadows.
• The noise textures used might be noticeable.
• Relative to the camera
• Moving through or above the clouds is impossible.
• Clouds do appear to stay in place as the camera moves horizontally, but are always kept the same distance vertically.
• Background focused
• Distant objects can still render behind clouds, but it's not optimized to look realistic for these situations.
  
  

• Supports Unity 2022 and 6, as well as future versions. 
• Works on Windows, Linux, Android and Web. Untested on other platforms.

Credits & Attributions for Promotional Media:

Please note: The assets listed below were used for creating the store page's screenshots and video. They are for promotional purposes only and are not included with this package. If you want to use them, consider their license.

• For the "Hand in the Mountains" shot:
• Terrain: "Snowy Mountain V2 - Terrain" by artfromheath is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution.
• Hand: "Human Base Meshes v1.3.0" by Blender Studio and community contributions is dedicated to the public domain via CC0.
• For the "Paper Boat" shot:
• Water texture: "Water 002" by Katsukagi is dedicated to the public domain via CC0.
• For the "Tree" shot:
• Tree: "Willow Tree" by vervoortward is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution.
• Terrain: "Terrain" by Dogus ß ô â is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution.
• For the "Looking at Building" shot:
• Building: "Building - beveled corners - shiny" by MozillaHubs is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution.
• Video:
• Music: "Documentary Piano" by YuraSoop is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution.