Graphics

Use the Graphics settings (main menu: Edit > Project Settings, then select the Graphics category) to apply global settings for Graphics.

This section provides documentation on the following groups of properties:

• Scriptable Render Pipeline Settings
• Camera Settings
• Tier Settings
• Built-in shader settings
• Always-included Shaders
• Shader stripping
• Shader loading

Scriptable Render Pipeline Settings

Allows you to set the default render pipeline that Unity uses to render your project. To set a render pipeline based on the Scriptable Render Pipeline, assign the desired Render Pipeline Asset here.

For more information, see How to get, set, and configure the active render pipeline.

Camera Settings

These properties control various renderingThe process of drawing graphics to the screen (or to a render texture). By default, the main camera in Unity renders its view to the screen. More info
See in Glossary settings.

Tier Settings

In the Built-in Render Pipeline, you can use Tier settings to change rendering and shader compilation settings for different types of hardware. For more information, see Graphics tiers.

Built-in shader settings

Use these settings to specify which shader to use for each of the listed features in the Built-in Render Pipeline.

For each of these features, you can choose which type of Shader to use:

• No Support disables this calculation. Use this setting if you are not using deferred shading or lighting. This will save some space in the built game data files.
• Built-in Shader uses Unity’s built-in Shaders to do the calculation. This is the default.
• Custom Shader uses your own compatible Shader to do the calculation. This enables you to do deep customization of deferred rendering.

When you choose Custom shader, a ShaderA program that runs on the GPU. More info
See in Glossary reference property appears below the feature property where you can set a reference to the Shader you want to use.

Always Included Shaders

This is a list of shaders for which Unity includes all possible variants in every build. This can be useful if you want to use shaders or variants at runtime that would not otherwise be included in the build; for example, if you use AssetBundles or Addressables that rely on those shaders or variants, or if you use shader keywords to change variants at runtime.

Warning: This feature is not recommended for shaders that have a large number of variants, such as the Standard Shader; it can lead to significant runtime and build time performance problems. You should instead create shader variant collections that contain only the variants you need, and include those in your build.

Note: This setting overrides shader keyword declaration settings. For each shader in the list, Unity includes all sets of all keywords, even if you use the “shader feature” declaration type.

To add a shader to the list, increase the value in the Size property. To remove the last shader in the list, decrease the Size property. To remove a shader which is not the last one in the list, you can set the value to None.

Shader stripping

These properties allow you to configure shader variant stripping in your build.

By default, Unity examines the scenesA Scene contains the environments and menus of your game. Think of each unique Scene file as a unique level. In each Scene, you place your environments, obstacles, and decorations, essentially designing and building your game in pieces. More info
See in Glossary in the build and automatically strips shader variantsA verion of a shader program that Unity generates according to a specific combination of shader keywords and their status. A Shader object can contain multiple shader variants. More info
See in Glossary that are not used in those scenes. However, this can cause problems if you want to use shaders or variants at runtime that would not otherwise be included in the build; for example, if you use AssetBundles or Addressables that rely on those shaders or variants, or if you use shader keywords to change variants at runtime.

Shader loading

These properties allow you to configure how Unity “prewarms” shader variant collections in your application.

For information on prewarming, including important information about graphics API support, see Shader loading: Prewarming shader variants.

Tracked shader variants

The Unity Editor can track which shader variants your application uses when it runs. You can use this information to build shader variant collections.