unity有自己的粒子系统，但是这次我们要尝试创建一个我们自己的粒子系统，而且使用计算着色器有下面这些好处。总而言之，计算着色器适合处理大规模的数据集。例如，能够高效地处理数万个甚至数百万个粒子的计算。这对于粒子系统这样的效果特别重要，因为粒子数量通常很大。
首先创建一个粒子结构体，然后给上要用到的属性，以及一些相关的变量
struct Particle{public Vector3 position;public Vector3 velocity;public float life;}const int SIZE_PARTICLE = 7 * sizeof(float);public int particleCount = 1000000;然后通过init方法初始化粒子数据，分别随机位置和生命周期，然后重置速度为0.很明显位置会随机分布在-0.5-0.5之间。然后填充粒子数据到computebuffer中，分别传递buffer到computeshader和shader中，这里很关键的一部分就是我们在computershader中修改粒子数据，可以在shader中的buffer访问到修改后的数据
void Init(){// initialize the particlesParticle[] particleArray = new Particle[particleCount];for (int i = 0; i < particleCount; i++){// Initialize particleVector3 v = new Vector3();v.x = Random.value * 2 - 1.0f;v.y = Random.value * 2 - 1.0f;v.z = Random.value * 2 - 1.0f;v.Normalize();v *= Random.value * 0.5f;// Assign particle propertiesparticleArray[i].position.x = v.x;particleArray[i].position.y = v.y;particleArray[i].position.z = v.z + 3;//远离摄像机particleArray[i].velocity.x = 0;particleArray[i].velocity.y = 0;particleArray[i].velocity.z = 0;particleArray[i].life = Random.value * 5.0f + 1.0f;//1-6}// create compute bufferparticleBuffer = new ComputeBuffer(particleCount, SIZE_PARTICLE);particleBuffer.SetData(particleArray);// find the id of the kernelkernelID = shader.FindKernel("CSParticle");uint threadsX;shader.GetKernelThreadGroupSizes(kernelID, out threadsX, out _, out _);groupSizeX = Mathf.CeilToInt((float)particleCount / (float)threadsX);// bind the compute buffer to the shader and the compute shadershader.SetBuffer(kernelID, "particleBuffer", particleBuffer);material.SetBuffer("particleBuffer", particleBuffer);material.SetInt("_PointSize", pointSize);}然后是OnRenderObject函数，每当 Unity 需要渲染一个对象时，这个函数就会被调用，确保在渲染期间可以执行自定义的渲染操作，下面图片是对DrawProceduralNow函数的解释
void OnRenderObject()//相机的每个渲染过程自动调用{material.SetPass(0);//使用第一个PassGraphics.DrawProceduralNow(MeshTopology.Points, 1, particleCount);//程序化绘制顶点}
然后看一下我们的顶点着色器，首先是两个参数，第二实例ID就是逐渐增加的，从0增加到particleCount，第一个参数是每个实例的顶点索引，因为这次粒子都是点，所以永远是0，如果是三角形就会是0，1，2.
v2f vert(uint vertex_id : SV_VertexID, uint instance_id : SV_InstanceID){v2f o = (v2f)0;// Coloro.color = fixed4(1，0，0，1）// Positiono.position = UnityObjectToClipPos(float4(particleBuffer[instance_id].position,1));o.size = 1;return o;}好了，现在运行会得到一个在屏幕中央半径为0.5左右的红色小球。就像下面这样，这是因为我们并没有对粒子进行任何处理，只是设置了位置和颜色。
接下来就是让这些粒子动起来，我们让粒子跟着鼠标的位置移动，首先找到鼠标的位置。然后设置粒子的速度并且更改粒子的位置。然后如果生命变成0，就调用函数重新生成粒子。（重新生成函数代码与获取鼠标位置代码在后面完整代码里）
下面这个链接是将鼠标位置转换为世界空间坐标
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[numthreads(256, 1, 1)]
void CSParticle(uint3 id : SV_DispatchThreadID)
{Particle particle = particleBuffer[id.x];// 减少粒子的生命值particle.life -= deltaTime;// 计算粒子位置与鼠标位置的差值float3 delta = float3(mousePosition.xy, 3) - particle.position;// 计算粒子运动的方向float3 dir = normalize(delta);// 更新粒子的速度particle.velocity += dir;// 根据速度更新粒子的位置particle.position += particle.velocity * deltaTime;// 将更新后的粒子数据存储回缓冲区particleBuffer[id.x] = particle;// 如果粒子的生命值小于 0，则重新生成粒子if (particle.life < 0){respawn(id.x);}
}现在因为只有红色，有点单调，所以我们要丰富一下颜色。
随着粒子的生命周期减少，这是每个通道的颜色变化
v2f vert(uint vertex_id : SV_VertexID, uint instance_id : SV_InstanceID){v2f o = (v2f)0;// Colorfloat life = particleBuffer[instance_id].life;float lerpVal = life * 0.25;// 计算颜色值o.color = fixed4(1 - lerpVal + 0.1, // Red componentlerpVal + 0.1, // Green component1, // Blue componentlerpVal // Alpha component);// Positiono.position = UnityObjectToClipPos(float4(particleBuffer[instance_id].position,1));o.size = _PointSize;return o;}最后就来看一下最终效果把
完整代码：
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;#pragma warning disable 0649public class ParticleFun : MonoBehaviour
{private Vector2 cursorPos;// structstruct Particle{public Vector3 position;public Vector3 velocity;public float life;}const int SIZE_PARTICLE = 7 * sizeof(float);public int particleCount = 1000000;public Material material;public ComputeShader shader;[Range(1, 10)]public int pointSize = 2;int kernelID;ComputeBuffer particleBuffer;int groupSizeX; // Use this for initializationvoid Start(){Init();}void Init(){// initialize the particlesParticle[] particleArray = new Particle[particleCount];for (int i = 0; i < particleCount; i++){// Initialize particleVector3 v = new Vector3();v.x = Random.value * 2 - 1.0f;v.y = Random.value * 2 - 1.0f;v.z = Random.value * 2 - 1.0f;v.Normalize();v *= Random.value * 0.5f;// Assign particle propertiesparticleArray[i].position.x = v.x;particleArray[i].position.y = v.y;particleArray[i].position.z = v.z + 3;//远离摄像机particleArray[i].velocity.x = 0;particleArray[i].velocity.y = 0;particleArray[i].velocity.z = 0;particleArray[i].life = Random.value * 5.0f + 1.0f;//1-6}// create compute bufferparticleBuffer = new ComputeBuffer(particleCount, SIZE_PARTICLE);particleBuffer.SetData(particleArray);// find the id of the kernelkernelID = shader.FindKernel("CSParticle");uint threadsX;shader.GetKernelThreadGroupSizes(kernelID, out threadsX, out _, out _);groupSizeX = Mathf.CeilToInt((float)particleCount / (float)threadsX);// bind the compute buffer to the shader and the compute shadershader.SetBuffer(kernelID, "particleBuffer", particleBuffer);material.SetBuffer("particleBuffer", particleBuffer);material.SetInt("_PointSize", pointSize);}void OnRenderObject()//相机的每个渲染过程自动调用{material.SetPass(0);//使用第一个PassGraphics.DrawProceduralNow(MeshTopology.Points, 1, particleCount);//程序化绘制顶点}void OnDestroy(){if (particleBuffer != null)particleBuffer.Release();}// Update is called once per framevoid Update(){float[] mousePosition2D = { cursorPos.x, cursorPos.y };// Send datas to the compute shadershader.SetFloat("deltaTime", Time.deltaTime);shader.SetFloats("mousePosition", mousePosition2D);// Update the Particlesshader.Dispatch(kernelID, groupSizeX, 1, 1);}void OnGUI(){Vector3 p = new Vector3();Camera c = Camera.main;Event e = Event.current;Vector2 mousePos = new Vector2();// Get the mouse position from Event.// Note that the y position from Event is inverted.mousePos.x = e.mousePosition.x;mousePos.y = c.pixelHeight - e.mousePosition.y;p = c.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3(mousePos.x, mousePos.y, c.nearClipPlane + 14));// z = 3.cursorPos.x = p.x;cursorPos.y = p.y;}
}
Shader "Custom/Particle" {Properties { _PointSize("Point size", Float) = 5.0 } SubShader {Pass {Tags{ "RenderType" = "Opaque" }LOD 200Blend SrcAlpha oneCGPROGRAM// Physically based Standard lighting model, and enable shadows on all light types#pragma vertex vert#pragma fragment fraguniform float _PointSize;#include "UnityCG.cginc"// Use shader model 3.0 target, to get nicer looking lighting#pragma target 5.0struct v2f{float4 position : SV_POSITION;float4 color : COLOR;float life : LIFE;float size: PSIZE;};// 定义粒子结构体struct Particle{float3 position; // 粒子位置float3 velocity; // 粒子速度float life; // 粒子的生命值};// 声明结构化缓冲区StructuredBuffer<Particle> particleBuffer;v2f vert(uint vertex_id : SV_VertexID, uint instance_id : SV_InstanceID){v2f o = (v2f)0;// Colorfloat life = particleBuffer[instance_id].life;float lerpVal = life * 0.25;// 计算颜色值o.color = fixed4(1 - lerpVal + 0.1, // Red componentlerpVal + 0.1, // Green component1, // Blue componentlerpVal // Alpha component);// Positiono.position = UnityObjectToClipPos(float4(particleBuffer[instance_id].position,1));o.size = _PointSize;return o;}float4 frag(v2f i) : COLOR{return i.color;}ENDCG}}FallBack Off
}
#pragma kernel CSParticle// Variables set from the CPU
float deltaTime;
float2 mousePosition;uint rng_state;// 定义粒子结构体
struct Particle
{float3 position; // 粒子位置float3 velocity; // 粒子速度float life; // 粒子的生命值
};// 声明结构化缓冲区
RWStructuredBuffer<Particle> particleBuffer;uint rand_xorshift()//随机数范围0-4,294,967,295
{// Xorshift 算法，来自 George Marsaglia 的论文rng_state ^= (rng_state << 13); // 将状态左移13位，并与原状态进行异或rng_state ^= (rng_state >> 17); // 将状态右移17位，并与原状态进行异或rng_state ^= (rng_state << 5); // 将状态左移5位，并与原状态进行异或return rng_state; // 返回新的状态，作为随机数
}void respawn(uint id)
{rng_state = id;float tmp = (1.0 / 4294967296.0);float f0 = float(rand_xorshift()) * tmp - 0.5;float f1 = float(rand_xorshift()) * tmp - 0.5;float f2 = float(rand_xorshift()) * tmp - 0.5;float3 normalF3 = normalize(float3(f0, f1, f2)) * 0.8f;normalF3 *= float(rand_xorshift()) * tmp;particleBuffer[id].position = float3(normalF3.x + mousePosition.x, normalF3.y + mousePosition.y, normalF3.z + 3.0);// reset the life of this particleparticleBuffer[id].life = 4;particleBuffer[id].velocity = float3(0,0,0);
}[numthreads(256, 1, 1)]
void CSParticle(uint3 id : SV_DispatchThreadID)
{Particle particle = particleBuffer[id.x];// 减少粒子的生命值particle.life -= deltaTime;// 计算粒子位置与鼠标位置的差值float3 delta = float3(mousePosition.xy, 3) - particle.position;// 计算粒子运动的方向float3 dir = normalize(delta);// 更新粒子的速度particle.velocity += dir;// 根据速度更新粒子的位置particle.position += particle.velocity * deltaTime;// 将更新后的粒子数据存储回缓冲区particleBuffer[id.x] = particle;// 如果粒子的生命值小于 0，则重新生成粒子if (particle.life < 0){respawn(id.x);}
}