Installation
How to install Rich FX into your project.
After importing the Unity package, you can start using the effects by adding them to your volume components or by using the pre-existing volumes. However they won't be visible, there is one tiny step to take before they can be rendered.
HD Render Pipeline dictates us users to add any custom effects to the post processing injection points. By the official Unity Documentation, there is a single way to do this. But it can be a tedious work to do considering there are a lot of effects. So we have developed couple more ways that are faster to use! Let's take a look at the official way, as well as others.
Option 1: Official Unity Way
This is fairly straight-forward. Head over to Edit>Project Settings>HDRP Default Settings tab. Scroll down to the bottom, you will find 3 lists; After Opaque and Sky, Before Post Process, After Post Process. Rich FX uses two of these lists. For both of the Before Post Process and After Post Process lists, click on the plus(+) button on the right side and add the shown effects one by one.
This is the most secure way of adding effects as stated in Unity Docs, but it can get a bit tedious since you'll have to add over 40 effects Rich FX offers one by one.
Option 2: Automatic Way
From the top toolbar, navigate to Inan Evin>RichFX>Help. This will open up the startup dialogue. Then find your HD Render Pipeline asset file, if you are using the default asset, it is named HDRenderPipelineAsset.asset.
Please make sure you copy and back up your HDRenderPipeline asset file before continuing on any of the ways rather than the official way. If anything goes wrong, the pipeline asset might get corrupted and that can break the whole project. If possible, duplicate your asset file, work on the duplicated file, then assign the duplicate as your used HD Render Pipeline asset in HDRP Default Settings if everything goes without errors. Also for the sake of proper workflow, always use version control!
After you make sure you have the backup, assign your asset file on the field shown in the dialogue.
Afterwards, hit Add Effects to RP Asset button, and hit Proceed on the popup window. (Please make sure you have a backup, and even better you have assigned the backup!) This will add the effects to the asset file and refresh the asset database. If you were working on the backup, you can drag & drop the backup under Scriptable Render Pipeline Settings in Graphics tab in Edit>Project Settings. Now if you go to the Edit>Project Settings>HDRP Default Settings you need to see the effects added to the lists below.
Option 3: Manual Way
It is also possible to add the effects manually to your HD Render Pipeline asset. For this we need to copy the post process strings first.
Option 2 - Step 1:
From the top toolbar in Unity, go to Inan Evin>RichFX>Help. This will open up the startup dialogue. There are two buttons below, click Copy Before Post Process to copy the strings for the first set of effects.
Option 2 - Step 2:
With the effects on our clipboard we will continue. Please make sure you don't copy anything into your clipboard until you complete this step. Find your pipeline asset in your project, if you are using the default, it is HDRenderPipelineAsset.asset file.
Please make sure you copy and back up your HDRenderPipeline asset file before continuing on any of the ways rather than the official way. If anything goes wrong, the pipeline asset might get corrupted and that can break the whole project. If possible, duplicate your asset file, work on the duplicated file, then assign the duplicate as your used HD Render Pipeline asset in Graphics tab in Project Settings if everything goes without errors. Also for the sake of proper workflow, always use version control!
Right click on it and select Show in Explorer. Now you can open your .asset file in any text editor of your preference, like Notepad or Notepad++. After you open it, navigate to the bottom and find this line:
Remove the brackets and create a new line below. Paste the copied string into the line below and save the file. Make sure there are no empty lines in between any lines.
If you've added effects previously, this line might not have the brackets but already have the effects on the lines below. If so, just add the copied string right after this line.
Option 2 - Step 3:
Afterwards, please repeat Step 1 and Step 2 for the second set of effects. So press Copy After Post Process in Step 1, and find the line below for Step 2:
Again if you have added effects previously, this line might not have the brackets but already have the effects on the lines below. If so, just add the copied string right after this line.
After adding both before and after post process effects, the HD Render Pipeline asset file's content should look like below.
If you were working on the backup, you can drag & drop the backup under Scriptable Render Pipeline Settings in Graphics tab in Edit>Project Settings. Now if you go to the Edit>Project Settings>HDRP Default Settings you need to see the effects added to the lists below.
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