解读unity内置的软阴影处理方式

解读unity内置的软阴影处理方式：
参考网址：
https://blog.csdn.net/cgy56191948/article/details/105726682
https://blog.csdn.net/weixin_45776473/article/details/119582218
https://tajourney.games/5482/
上面的博客已经论述了，为何出现锯齿，并从连续性角度，论述了pcf解决方案，使得阴影能够软。
本文主要是针对算法的实现上，剖析其实现的细节。

* PCF tent shadowmap filtering based on a 3x3 kernel (optimized with 4 taps)
*/
half UnitySampleShadowmap_PCF3x3Tent(float4 coord, float3 receiverPlaneDepthBias)
{
    half shadow = 1;

#ifdef SHADOWMAPSAMPLER_AND_TEXELSIZE_DEFINED

    #ifndef SHADOWS_NATIVE
        // when we don't have hardware PCF sampling, fallback to a simple 3x3 sampling with averaged results.
        return UnitySampleShadowmap_PCF3x3NoHardwareSupport(coord, receiverPlaneDepthBias);
    #endif

    // tent base is 3x3 base thus covering from 9 to 12 texels, thus we need 4 bilinear PCF fetches
    float2 tentCenterInTexelSpace = coord.xy * _ShadowMapTexture_TexelSize.zw;
    float2 centerOfFetchesInTexelSpace = floor(tentCenterInTexelSpace + 0.5);
    float2 offsetFromTentCenterToCenterOfFetches = tentCenterInTexelSpace - centerOfFetchesInTexelSpace;

    // find the weight of each texel based
    float4 texelsWeightsU, texelsWeightsV;
    _UnityInternalGetWeightPerTexel_3TexelsWideTriangleFilter(offsetFromTentCenterToCenterOfFetches.x, texelsWeightsU);
    _UnityInternalGetWeightPerTexel_3TexelsWideTriangleFilter(offsetFromTentCenterToCenterOfFetches.y, texelsWeightsV);

    // each fetch will cover a group of 2x2 texels, the weight of each group is the sum of the weights of the texels
    float2 fetchesWeightsU = texelsWeightsU.xz + texelsWeightsU.yw;
    float2 fetchesWeightsV = texelsWeightsV.xz + texelsWeightsV.yw;

    // move the PCF bilinear fetches to respect texels weights
    float2 fetchesOffsetsU = texelsWeightsU.yw / fetchesWeightsU.xy + float2(-1.5,0.5);
    float2 fetchesOffsetsV = texelsWeightsV.yw / fetchesWeightsV.xy + float2(-1.5,0.5);
    fetchesOffsetsU *= _ShadowMapTexture_TexelSize.xx;
    fetchesOffsetsV *= _ShadowMapTexture_TexelSize.yy;

    // fetch !
    float2 bilinearFetchOrigin = centerOfFetchesInTexelSpace * _ShadowMapTexture_TexelSize.xy;
    shadow =  fetchesWeightsU.x * fetchesWeightsV.x * UNITY_SAMPLE_SHADOW(_ShadowMapTexture, UnityCombineShadowcoordComponents(bilinearFetchOrigin, float2(fetchesOffsetsU.x, fetchesOffsetsV.x), coord.z, receiverPlaneDepthBias));
    shadow += fetchesWeightsU.y * fetchesWeightsV.x * UNITY_SAMPLE_SHADOW(_ShadowMapTexture, UnityCombineShadowcoordComponents(bilinearFetchOrigin, float2(fetchesOffsetsU.y, fetchesOffsetsV.x), coord.z, receiverPlaneDepthBias));
    shadow += fetchesWeightsU.x * fetchesWeightsV.y * UNITY_SAMPLE_SHADOW(_ShadowMapTexture, UnityCombineShadowcoordComponents(bilinearFetchOrigin, float2(fetchesOffsetsU.x, fetchesOffsetsV.y), coord.z, receiverPlaneDepthBias));
    shadow += fetchesWeightsU.y * fetchesWeightsV.y * UNITY_SAMPLE_SHADOW(_ShadowMapTexture, UnityCombineShadowcoordComponents(bilinearFetchOrigin, float2(fetchesOffsetsU.y, fetchesOffsetsV.y), coord.z, receiverPlaneDepthBias));
#endif

    return shadow;
}

传入的参数：float4 coord是(0,1)阴影贴图的纹理坐标值。
接下来说明三角形面积的计算方式：
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如上图所示，红色的p点为阴影处的点。我们要对它进行软阴影处理。
情况1）三角形偏移为0时，三角形面积被分为4个部分的面积情况。
三角形的底为3，高为1.5，之所以使用这样的三角形，因为计算简单。
红色面积：1/8
橙色面积：1
绿色面积：1
蓝色面积：1/8
情况2）三角形偏移为-0.5时，三角形面积被分为4个部分的面积情况。
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红色面积：0.5
橙色面积：1.25
绿色面积：0.5
蓝色面积：0
情况3）三角形偏移为0.5时，三角形面积被分为4个部分的面积情况

红色面积：0
橙色面积：0.5
绿色面积：1.25
蓝色面积：0.5
然后推广到更一般的情况，给定偏移offset，计算三角形被分割的四个部分的面积是多少，公式为：
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对应的这段代码是：

// ------------------------------------------------------------------
//  PCF Filtering helpers
// ------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
* Assuming a isoceles rectangle triangle of height "triangleHeight" (as drawn below).
* This function return the area of the triangle above the first texel.
*
* |\      <-- 45 degree slop isosceles rectangle triangle
* | \
* ----    <-- length of this side is "triangleHeight"
* _ _ _ _ <-- texels
*/
float _UnityInternalGetAreaAboveFirstTexelUnderAIsocelesRectangleTriangle(float triangleHeight)
{
    return triangleHeight - 0.5;
}

/**
* Assuming a isoceles triangle of 1.5 texels height and 3 texels wide lying on 4 texels.
* This function return the area of the triangle above each of those texels.
*    |    <-- offset from -0.5 to 0.5, 0 meaning triangle is exactly in the center
*   / \   <-- 45 degree slop isosceles triangle (ie tent projected in 2D)
*  /   \
* _ _ _ _ <-- texels
* X Y Z W <-- result indices (in computedArea.xyzw and computedAreaUncut.xyzw)
*/
void _UnityInternalGetAreaPerTexel_3TexelsWideTriangleFilter(float offset, out float4 computedArea, out float4 computedAreaUncut)
{
    //Compute the exterior areas
    float offset01SquaredHalved = (offset + 0.5) * (offset + 0.5) * 0.5;
    computedAreaUncut.x = computedArea.x = offset01SquaredHalved - offset;
    computedAreaUncut.w = computedArea.w = offset01SquaredHalved;

    //Compute the middle areas
    //For Y : We find the area in Y of as if the left section of the isoceles triangle would
    //intersect the axis between Y and Z (ie where offset = 0).
    computedAreaUncut.y = _UnityInternalGetAreaAboveFirstTexelUnderAIsocelesRectangleTriangle(1.5 - offset);
    //This area is superior to the one we are looking for if (offset < 0) thus we need to
    //subtract the area of the triangle defined by (0,1.5-offset), (0,1.5+offset), (-offset,1.5).
    float clampedOffsetLeft = min(offset,0);
    float areaOfSmallLeftTriangle = clampedOffsetLeft * clampedOffsetLeft;
    computedArea.y = computedAreaUncut.y - areaOfSmallLeftTriangle;

    //We do the same for the Z but with the right part of the isoceles triangle
    computedAreaUncut.z = _UnityInternalGetAreaAboveFirstTexelUnderAIsocelesRectangleTriangle(1.5 + offset);
    float clampedOffsetRight = max(offset,0);
    float areaOfSmallRightTriangle = clampedOffsetRight * clampedOffsetRight;
    computedArea.z = computedAreaUncut.z - areaOfSmallRightTriangle;
}

这个公式后面会给出详细的证明。
然后计算四个划分的面积占总面积的多少，由于等腰直角三角形的底是3，高为1.5，所以面积是9/4，求权重比，对应的代码是：

/**
 * Assuming a isoceles triangle of 1.5 texels height and 3 texels wide lying on 4 texels.
 * This function return the weight of each texels area relative to the full triangle area.
 */
void _UnityInternalGetWeightPerTexel_3TexelsWideTriangleFilter(float offset, out float4 computedWeight)
{
    float4 dummy;
    _UnityInternalGetAreaPerTexel_3TexelsWideTriangleFilter(offset, computedWeight, dummy);
    computedWeight *= 0.44444;//0.44 == 1/(the triangle area)
}

此时得到了水平方向的四个权重，然后我们同样的方法得到垂直方向的四个权重，然后咋办？
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我们可以把x和y两个看成连续的块，然后把z和w看成连续的块，然后对应代码：

    // each fetch will cover a group of 2x2 texels, the weight of each group is the sum of the weights of the texels
    float2 fetchesWeightsU = texelsWeightsU.xz + texelsWeightsU.yw;

于是fetchesWeightU.x = texelsWeightsU.x + texelsWeightsU.y
fetchesWeightU.y = texelsWeightsU.z + texelsWeightsU.w
然后，就是计算y占(x+y)的百分比，w占(z+w)的百分比

    // move the PCF bilinear fetches to respect texels weights
    float2 fetchesOffsetsU = texelsWeightsU.yw / fetchesWeightsU.xy + float2(-1.5,0.5);

fetchesOffsetsU.x = texelsWeightsU.y / (texelsWeightsU.x + texelsWeightsU.y)
fetchesOffsetsU.y = texelsWeightsU.w / (texelsWeightsU.z + texelsWeightsU.w)
这样就得到的fetchesOffsetsU，是大于等于0的偏移，所以为了得到相对的偏移得归一化到起点。
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如上图粉色框框起来的x和y点，其水平起点为三角形的底/2，取负，所以是-1.5

而又因为是相邻每两个像素的归一化，所以绿色框住的起点是-1.5+2=0.5，于是得到上面的偏移：+float2(-1.5,0.5);
同样的垂直方向上也是类似的计算方式，最终我们得到了：

// move the PCF bilinear fetches to respect texels weights
    float2 fetchesOffsetsU = texelsWeightsU.yw / fetchesWeightsU.xy + float2(-1.5,0.5);
    float2 fetchesOffsetsV = texelsWeightsV.yw / fetchesWeightsV.xy + float2(-1.5,0.5);

然后我们将转换到(0,1)的范围，直接乘以：

    fetchesOffsetsU *= _ShadowMapTexture_TexelSize.xx;
    fetchesOffsetsV *= _ShadowMapTexture_TexelSize.yy;

这里的_ShadowMapTexture_TexelSize的x、y、z、w分量分别是阴影贴图的水平像素个数倒数，垂直像素个数倒数，水平像素个数，垂直像素个数。
然后就是去采样了：

    // fetch !
    float2 bilinearFetchOrigin = centerOfFetchesInTexelSpace * _ShadowMapTexture_TexelSize.xy;
    shadow =  fetchesWeightsU.x * fetchesWeightsV.x * UNITY_SAMPLE_SHADOW(_ShadowMapTexture, UnityCombineShadowcoordComponents(bilinearFetchOrigin, float2(fetchesOffsetsU.x, fetchesOffsetsV.x), coord.z, receiverPlaneDepthBias));
    shadow += fetchesWeightsU.y * fetchesWeightsV.x * UNITY_SAMPLE_SHADOW(_ShadowMapTexture, UnityCombineShadowcoordComponents(bilinearFetchOrigin, float2(fetchesOffsetsU.y, fetchesOffsetsV.x), coord.z, receiverPlaneDepthBias));
    shadow += fetchesWeightsU.x * fetchesWeightsV.y * UNITY_SAMPLE_SHADOW(_ShadowMapTexture, UnityCombineShadowcoordComponents(bilinearFetchOrigin, float2(fetchesOffsetsU.x, fetchesOffsetsV.y), coord.z, receiverPlaneDepthBias));
    shadow += fetchesWeightsU.y * fetchesWeightsV.y * UNITY_SAMPLE_SHADOW(_ShadowMapTexture, UnityCombineShadowcoordComponents(bilinearFetchOrigin, float2(fetchesOffsetsU.y, fetchesOffsetsV.y), coord.z, receiverPlaneDepthBias));
#endif

float2 bilinearFetchOrigin = centerOfFetchesInTexelSpace * _ShadowMapTexture_TexelSize.xy;
是p点，就是要处理的点。
然后就是：
UnityCombineShadowcoordComponents(bilinearFetchOrigin, float2(fetchesOffsetsU.x, fetchesOffsetsV.x), coord.z, receiverPlaneDepthBias)
这个函数

/**
* Combines the different components of a shadow coordinate and returns the final coordinate.
* See UnityGetReceiverPlaneDepthBias
*/
float3 UnityCombineShadowcoordComponents(float2 baseUV, float2 deltaUV, float depth, float3 receiverPlaneDepthBias)
{
    float3 uv = float3(baseUV + deltaUV, depth + receiverPlaneDepthBias.z);
    uv.z += dot(deltaUV, receiverPlaneDepthBias.xy);
    return uv;
}

baseUV + deltaUV，就是进行uv的偏移。然后z值，可以uv和阴影bias点乘，加到z上，最终得到一个三维的采样坐标。
最终：fetchesWeightsU.x * fetchesWeightsV.x * UNITY_SAMPLE_SHADOW
得到一个点的权重，然后分别做四次即可，得到四个方向上的阴影贡献值，即可得到最后软阴影效果了。