Volumetric Lights 2 is the next generation of volumetric lighting and successor to the original Volumetric Lights. It is now compatible with Unity 2022 and Unity 6 (also supports Unity 2021). The resource pack includes advanced features such as translucency shadow maps, direct light casting, cached shadows, and numerous improvements.
Volumetric Lights 2 is a fast, flexible, and visually impressive light scattering solution designed for both the Built-in and Universal Rendering Pipeline (URP). It enhances scene lighting with just a few clicks.
Supported light types include:
- Point lights
- Spot lights
- Disc shape lights
- Rectangular lights
The effect is easy to use: simply add the VolumetricLight script to any light and customize it. The effect automatically adapts to the light's type, angle, range, and color, extending it with new volumetric features. It can also be used without a light source by disabling the light and enabling the "Always On" option in the Volumetric Light script.
Key features include:
- Smooth or 3D noise-based volumetric effects
- Profile-based settings that allow sharing configurations across lights
- Realistic volumetric lighting
- Real-time shadow occlusion with options to bake shadows and apply distance culling for performance
- Support for colored shadows
- Translucency shadow maps, where light color is influenced when passing through translucent or transparent materials
- Direct light casting in deferred rendering mode, allowing the volumetric effect to illuminate objects in the scene
- Dust particles with distance attenuation
- Colored cookies with animation support
- Customizable boundaries and shapes
- Customizable light attenuation modes (linear, quadratic, or custom)
- Performance and quality control settings, including downscaling with bilateral filtering and blur
Additional content includes:
- Three demo scenes, one inspired by the Parthenon temple
- Online and PDF documentation
Compatibility:
- Built-in Rendering Pipeline (Unity 2020.3 and later)
- Universal Rendering Pipeline (URP) (Unity 2021.3 and later)
- URP Render Graph support
- VR Multi-Pass and Single Pass Stereo support
- Support for both perspective and orthographic cameras
- Timeline and animation support
Platform support:
- Windows
- macOS
- High-end mobile devices (iOS and Android)
- PS5, PS4, Xbox
- WebGL 2
2026-03-28 00:00:00-update version:Volumetric Lights 2 v20.0
