Thunderstorm

Overview

Animate storm detail and add bursts of lightning emission to the planet surface.

Shader menu · FORGE3D/Planets HD/Thunderstorm

Visual example

Before · Tint High RGB (0.596, 0.900, 1.000), rounded. This pair compares the surface palette.

Where to find it

Paths are relative to Assets/FORGE3D/Planets HDRP.

The body of Prefabs/Planet_Thunderstorm_01.prefab uses Thunderstorm/Materials/Planet_Thunderstorm_01.mat.

Main settings

Group	Inspector setting and property ID	What it changes
Color	Tint High _TintHigh, Tint Low _TintLow, Detail Pow _DetailPow, Detail Boost _DetailBoost	Color the bright and dark storm detail and tune its contrast.
Emission	Lightning Color _LightningColor, Lightning Boost _LightningBoost	Color the flash and control its strength during an active phase.
Emission	Lighting Mask Map _LightingMaskMap, Lighting Map _LightingMap	Supply the flash masks and patterns. Keep both maps for the preset look.

Advanced settings

Group	Inspector setting and property ID	What it changes
Animation	Lighting A Frequency _LightingAFrequency, Lighting B Frequency _LightingBFrequency, Lightning Sine Mult _LightningSineMult	Change time progression and the flash envelope. Judge these controls over several seconds.
Emission	Lignting Mask Pow _LigntingMaskPow, Lighting Mask A Tiling _LightingMaskATiling, Lighting Mask B Tiling _LightingMaskBTiling	Shape the strength and scale of the two masks.
Surface	Normal Scale _NormalScale, Distortion Factor _DistortionFactor, Normlal Distortion Factor _NormlalDistortionFactor	Tune the relief and distortion of moving surface detail.

Practical example

Change Tint High to purple while retaining the original dark tint. Then enter Play Mode and compare Lightning Color during active flashes. See the matched active-phase comparison.

After · Tint High RGB (0.32, 0.09, 0.48) under the same lighting.

Related topics

Lava and lightning · Lighting and exposure · Shader Reference