Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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✔️ Works in 2020.2 ➕ 2020.3

Compute shaders are scripts than run on the GPU and are specialized at solving problems that can be broken into many parts. If this describes a mesh you want to generate, they can do it super fast! In this video, I'll show you how to procedurally generate a mesh in the Unity Editor - using compute shaders - and save it as a mesh asset file.

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🎬 Previous videos
► Vertex/Fragment shader basics: youtu.be/7C-mA08mp8o
► Compute shader basics: youtu.be/EB5HiqDl7VE

✨ Follow up videos
► Improved blade grass: youtu.be/6SFTcDNqwaA

💬 Video transcript
► docs.google.com/document/d/1Tv18KN5tjgHfMQ10P0Htb2U_1GFhOunv21eAKaDxKg4/edit?usp=sharing

📚 Reference scripts
► gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/fef1bddca8061b21845dbe68d0cddfec

⏲️ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:09 Project setup
1:41 The ScriptableObject
3:00 The inspector button
4:05 The compute shader
8:10 The dispatcher
12:35 The finished inspector
14:34 Testing
15:09 Wrap up and credits

🎖️ Credits and references:
• pharan: Mesh Saver - github.com/pharan/Unity-MeshSaver/blob/master/MeshSaver/Editor/MeshSaverEditor.cs
• James "Nihilore" Opie: music "Sleepwalking" - youtube.com/watch?v=NfMGQQYE1Kw
• freepik: Wrinkled paper texture - freepik.com/premium-vector/wrinkled-paper-texture_711440.htm
• Unity Technologies: GraphicsBuffer documentation - docs.unity3d.com/2020.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/GraphicsBuffer.html

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