VRC Light Volumes | How to Use | Best Practices | Udon Sharp API | For Shader Developers | Compatible Shaders

VRC Light Volumes is a nextgen voxel based light probes replacement for VRChat.

This is a free open-source asset, so if you like it, I would be very happy if you Support me on Patreon. There is a bunch of other cool assets you will get there!

• Baked partial avatars and dynamic props lighting
• Baked seamless lightmaps for small static objects
• Baked dynamic light sources
• Any volumetric light effects

• Baked per-pixel voxel based lighting
• Affects avatars and dynamic props (shader integration required)
• Fast and performant
• Can change color in runtime
• Can create cheap dynamic light sources that can be moved in runtime
• Works with dynamic batching, which potentially increases performance
• Works with Bakery or Unity Progressive lightmapper
• Works with AudioLink and TV screens
• Very easy and fast to setup
• It just looks beautiful!

• Japanese Alley - VRC Light Volumes Test
• Light Volumes x AudioLink x FakeLTCGI Test
• 2000s Classroom
• Concrete Oasis

It would be greatly appreciated if you place in your VRChat world an attribution prefab provided with this package.

Look for it here: Packages/VRC Light Volumes/Attribution/

This will help users know they can use avatars with VRC Light Volumes compatible shaders and also learn more about the system.

Alternatively, you can include a message like this:

This world supports VRC Light Volumes. Use avatar shaders with VRC Light Volumes support for an enhanced visual experience.
VRC Light Volumes by RED_SIM — GitHub: https://github.com/REDSIM/VRCLightVolumes/

You're not required to include this prefab or a message — it's entirely optional. But if you do, it helps spread the word and supports the growth of this asset in the VRChat community.

1. Go to my VPM Listing web page: https://redsim.github.io/vpmlisting/
2. Press "Add to VCC"
3. Confirm adding in the popup dialog window

1. On the top bar in Unity click Window > Package Manager
2. Click the [+] icon in the top left of the Package Manager window
3. Select "Add package from git URL..." in the dropdown menu
4. Paste this link: https://github.com/REDSIM/VRCLightVolumes.git?path=/Packages/red.sim.lightvolumes
5. Press Enter on your keyboard or Click the "Add" button on the right side of the input field

1. Go to my Github releases page: https://github.com/REDSIM/VRCLightVolumes/releases
2. Download the .unitypackage file of the latest build
3. Drag and drop the file into your Unity project