//! A simple 3D scene showing how alpha blending can break and how order independent transparency (OIT) can fix it. //! //! See [`OrderIndependentTransparencyPlugin`] for the trade-offs of using OIT. //! //! [`OrderIndependentTransparencyPlugin`]: bevy::render::pipeline::OrderIndependentTransparencyPlugin use bevy::{ color::palettes::css::{BLUE, GREEN, RED}, core_pipeline::oit::OrderIndependentTransparencySettings, prelude::*, render::view::RenderLayers, }; fn main() { App::new() .add_plugins(DefaultPlugins) .add_systems(Startup, setup) .add_systems(Update, (toggle_oit, cycle_scenes)) .run(); } /// set up a simple 3D scene fn setup( mut commands: Commands, mut meshes: ResMut>, mut materials: ResMut>, ) { // camera commands.spawn(( Camera3d::default(), Transform::from_xyz(0.0, 0.0, 10.0).looking_at(Vec3::ZERO, Vec3::Y), // Add this component to this camera to render transparent meshes using OIT OrderIndependentTransparencySettings::default(), RenderLayers::layer(1), // Msaa currently doesn't work with OIT Msaa::Off, )); // light commands.spawn(( PointLight { shadows_enabled: false, ..default() }, Transform::from_xyz(4.0, 8.0, 4.0), RenderLayers::layer(1), )); // spawn help text commands .spawn(( Text::default(), Node { position_type: PositionType::Absolute, top: Val::Px(12.0), left: Val::Px(12.0), ..default() }, RenderLayers::layer(1), )) .with_children(|p| { p.spawn(TextSpan::new("Press T to toggle OIT\n")); p.spawn(TextSpan::new("OIT Enabled")); p.spawn(TextSpan::new("\nPress C to cycle test scenes")); }); // spawn default scene spawn_spheres(&mut commands, &mut meshes, &mut materials); } fn toggle_oit( mut commands: Commands, text: Single>, keyboard_input: Res>, q: Single<(Entity, Has), With>, mut text_writer: TextUiWriter, ) { if keyboard_input.just_pressed(KeyCode::KeyT) { let (e, has_oit) = *q; *text_writer.text(*text, 2) = if has_oit { // Removing the component will completely disable OIT for this camera commands .entity(e) .remove::(); "OIT disabled".to_string() } else { // Adding the component to the camera will render any transparent meshes // with OIT instead of alpha blending commands .entity(e) .insert(OrderIndependentTransparencySettings::default()); "OIT enabled".to_string() }; } } fn cycle_scenes( mut commands: Commands, keyboard_input: Res>, mut meshes: ResMut>, mut materials: ResMut>, q: Query>, mut scene_id: Local, ) { if keyboard_input.just_pressed(KeyCode::KeyC) { // despawn current scene for e in &q { commands.entity(e).despawn_recursive(); } // increment scene_id *scene_id = (*scene_id + 1) % 2; // spawn next scene match *scene_id { 0 => spawn_spheres(&mut commands, &mut meshes, &mut materials), 1 => spawn_occlusion_test(&mut commands, &mut meshes, &mut materials), _ => unreachable!(), } } } /// Spawns 3 overlapping spheres /// Technically, when using `alpha_to_coverage` with MSAA this particular example wouldn't break, /// but it breaks when disabling MSAA and is enough to show the difference between OIT enabled vs disabled. fn spawn_spheres( commands: &mut Commands, meshes: &mut Assets, materials: &mut Assets, ) { let pos_a = Vec3::new(-1.0, 0.75, 0.0); let pos_b = Vec3::new(0.0, -0.75, 0.0); let pos_c = Vec3::new(1.0, 0.75, 0.0); let offset = Vec3::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0); let sphere_handle = meshes.add(Sphere::new(2.0).mesh()); let alpha = 0.25; let render_layers = RenderLayers::layer(1); commands.spawn(( Mesh3d(sphere_handle.clone()), MeshMaterial3d(materials.add(StandardMaterial { base_color: RED.with_alpha(alpha).into(), alpha_mode: AlphaMode::Blend, ..default() })), Transform::from_translation(pos_a + offset), render_layers.clone(), )); commands.spawn(( Mesh3d(sphere_handle.clone()), MeshMaterial3d(materials.add(StandardMaterial { base_color: GREEN.with_alpha(alpha).into(), alpha_mode: AlphaMode::Blend, ..default() })), Transform::from_translation(pos_b + offset), render_layers.clone(), )); commands.spawn(( Mesh3d(sphere_handle.clone()), MeshMaterial3d(materials.add(StandardMaterial { base_color: BLUE.with_alpha(alpha).into(), alpha_mode: AlphaMode::Blend, ..default() })), Transform::from_translation(pos_c + offset), render_layers.clone(), )); } /// Spawn a combination of opaque cubes and transparent spheres. /// This is useful to make sure transparent meshes drawn with OIT /// are properly occluded by opaque meshes. fn spawn_occlusion_test( commands: &mut Commands, meshes: &mut Assets, materials: &mut Assets, ) { let sphere_handle = meshes.add(Sphere::new(1.0).mesh()); let cube_handle = meshes.add(Cuboid::from_size(Vec3::ONE).mesh()); let cube_material = materials.add(Color::srgb(0.8, 0.7, 0.6)); let render_layers = RenderLayers::layer(1); // front let x = -2.5; commands.spawn(( Mesh3d(cube_handle.clone()), MeshMaterial3d(cube_material.clone()), Transform::from_xyz(x, 0.0, 2.0), render_layers.clone(), )); commands.spawn(( Mesh3d(sphere_handle.clone()), MeshMaterial3d(materials.add(StandardMaterial { base_color: RED.with_alpha(0.5).into(), alpha_mode: AlphaMode::Blend, ..default() })), Transform::from_xyz(x, 0., 0.), render_layers.clone(), )); // intersection commands.spawn(( Mesh3d(cube_handle.clone()), MeshMaterial3d(cube_material.clone()), Transform::from_xyz(x, 0.0, 1.0), render_layers.clone(), )); commands.spawn(( Mesh3d(sphere_handle.clone()), MeshMaterial3d(materials.add(StandardMaterial { base_color: RED.with_alpha(0.5).into(), alpha_mode: AlphaMode::Blend, ..default() })), Transform::from_xyz(0., 0., 0.), render_layers.clone(), )); // back let x = 2.5; commands.spawn(( Mesh3d(cube_handle.clone()), MeshMaterial3d(cube_material.clone()), Transform::from_xyz(x, 0.0, -2.0), render_layers.clone(), )); commands.spawn(( Mesh3d(sphere_handle.clone()), MeshMaterial3d(materials.add(StandardMaterial { base_color: RED.with_alpha(0.5).into(), alpha_mode: AlphaMode::Blend, ..default() })), Transform::from_xyz(x, 0., 0.), render_layers.clone(), )); }