FireRatShader
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BRP URP Unity 2022.3 → Unity 6

FireRatShader

The single shader that does everything — for every Unity project. Hundreds of effects, lighting models, and tools in one master shader per render pipeline. Built for VR, mobile, and desktop.

Read the Docs Try the Web Demo See the Showcase View on GitHub
Cyber grid material with neon grid linesCyber Grid Oil-slick thin-film iridescenceIridescence Iridescent dragon scale materialDragon Scales AudioLink beat-synced ripple on a ball meshAudioLink Ripple Raymarched Sierpinski pyramid fractal3D Fractals Toon ramp shading on a plaid fabricToon Ramp
See it in action

130+ looping captures from the demo scenes

Hover a tile to play it. Every capture is recorded from the demo scenes that ship with the optional demo package.

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Soft anime toon shadingToon Soft Anime Shell fur plush materialShell Fur Hammered gold PBR metalHammered Gold AudioLink EQ bars with VU meterEQ Bars + VU AudioLink radial spectrumRadial Spectrum Bass-driven emission pulseEmission Pulse Burning dissolve transitionDissolve Burn RGB channel shift glitchChannel Shift Vortex vertex distortionVortex Raymarched Mandelbulb fractalMandelbulb Refractive crystal surfaceCrystal Subsurface scattering jadeSubsurface Jade
Why

Why FireRatShader?

Most shaders force you to choose: feature-rich but slow, or fast but limited. FireRatShader refuses that compromise.

One shader, every pipeline

True 100% feature parity between Built-in (BRP) and URP. Same properties, same inspector, same look. Switch render pipelines without rebuilding your materials.

Born for VR and mobile

Optimized for Meta Quest, SteamVR, and standalone Android. The Material Lock optimizer physically strips unused passes and dead variants at lock time — what ships is exactly what you use.

AudioLink, done right

Four emission layers, spectrum and waveform visualizers, raymarched fractals, and dozens of effects all driven by AudioLink. Test audio reactivity without entering Play Mode.

Everything you'd expect

14 surface styles, 5 lighting models, shell fur, decals, dissolve, glitch, refraction, outlines, parallax, VAT — 800+ properties, every one keyword-gated so disabled features cost zero GPU time.

Features

What's inside

A quick taste — see FEATURES.md for the complete list.

14+ Surface StylesStandard PBR, Toon, MatCap, Skin, Hair, Eye, Galaxy, Crystal, Glitter, Grid, Psychedelic, 3D Fractal, Triplanar, Iridescence
5 Lighting ModelsUnlit, Basic, Toon, Stylized PBR, Standard PBR — switchable per material
Shell Fur1–16 extruded layers with wind, gravity, noise masking, and tip thinning
3 PBR Decal LayersNormal/metallic/smoothness overrides, 5 blend modes, AudioLink reactivity
4 Emission LayersHDR colors, scrolling, masking, AudioLink frequency bands, and bloom luminance clamp
Audio Spectrum + WaveformEQ bars, oscilloscope, radial spectrum, 2D waterfall, polar ring, and stereo X-Y
10 Texture ProjectionsUV, world, local, screen, planar, spherical, cylindrical, triplanar, panosphere, polar
Advanced OutlineDedicated stencil buffer, world/local/screen width spaces, color map, and animation
4 Dissolve ModesNoise, wave, spherical, glitch — with edge color, emission, and AudioLink reactivity
Parallax Occlusion MappingAdjustable step count, linear search interpolation, with UV-space safety guards
14-Language InspectorJSON translation packs with hot-reload, English fallback, language selector toolbar
Material Lock OptimizerStrips unused passes, bakes keywords as #defines, rewrites includes for standalone builds
Scale

By the numbers

899Properties
112+Shader Keywords
14Surface Styles
5Lighting Models
14Languages
2Render Pipelines
Performance

Three performance tiers

FireRatShader ships with a built-in performance system so the same material scales from desktop VR down to low-end mobile.

Tier Target Behavior
High PC VR, Desktop All features enabled
Medium Quest, Mobile Disables SSS, anisotropy, eye refraction
Low Low-end Mobile Disables distortion, parallax, and all Medium restrictions

Get FireRatShader

FireRatShader is a commercial Unity asset. The shader itself is not included in this repository — only the documentation, marketing material, and community language packs.

FireRatShader is available now — purchase it on my Patreon page.

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