Unity render pipelines

In the Unity Editor, you can choose between render pipelines according to the needs of each project in terms of performance and rendering quality.

Pixyz Plugin for Unity is compatible with the default render pipelines that are available in the Unity Editor:

• Built-in Render Pipeline
• Universal Render Pipeline (URP)
• High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP)

All the Toolbox actions that you run on a list of GameObjects and that affect the materials that are applied to these GameObjects – such as remeshing actions – work with all these render pipelines.

Important

Pixyz supports Built-In Render Pipeline projects and URP projects only with deferred rendering.

Material compatibility

Pixyz Plugin for Unity can convert materials of all types, for example materials with these characteristics:

• Built-in Rendered Pipeline standard materials
• URP Lit materials
• HDRP Lit materials
• Custom shaders

To convert materials, Pixyz performs these actions:

1. Pixyz first bakes the Physically Based Renderer (PBR) properties of materials into static textures.

   Important

   This process affects these procedural materials:

   • Materials that rely on time input
   • Materials that rely on the positions, normals, or tangents of vertices

2. Pixyz converts materials back into Unity using the default pipeline of the project:

   • Built-In Render Pipeline standard materials
   • URP Lit materials
   • HDRP Lit materials

Note

When you use the Rule Engine or the LOD Tool, Pixyz calls the Toolbox features. Compatibility is identical.

Realistic materials library for your HDRP and URP scenes

Unity offers a free library of materials for URP and HDRP scenes.

Additional resources

• Render pipelines (Unity documentation)
• Materials (Unity documentation)