The following table lists the render passes that both the Deferred and Deferred+ rendering pathsThe technique that a render pipeline uses to render graphics. Choosing a different rendering path affects how lighting and shading are calculated. Some rendering paths are more suited to different platforms and hardware than others. More info
See in Glossary use.
| Render event | Render pass that occurs after the render event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BeforeRendering | - | - |
| BeforeRenderingShadows | - | - |
| AfterRenderingShadows | - | - |
| BeforeRenderingPrePasses | DepthPrepass, or DepthPrepass and DepthNormalPrepass. | Render depth and normal textures in a prepass, for materials that Unity renders in a Forward pass. |
| AfterRenderingPrePasses | - | - |
| BeforeRenderingGbuffer | GBufferPass | Render the G-Buffer, then copy the G-Buffer depth texture. |
| AfterRenderingGbuffer | SSAO | Calculate the screen space ambient occlusionA method to approximate how much ambient light (light not coming from a specific direction) can hit a point on a surface. See in Glossary (SSAO) texture. Unity calculates this here only if you enable SSAO, and disable After Opaque. |
| BeforeRenderingDeferredLights | Deferred Pass | Deferred rendering. Unity uses the SSAO texture during this render pass, if it was created. |
| AfterRenderingDeferredLights | - | - |
| BeforeRenderingOpaques | - | Render opaque forward-only materials. |
| AfterRenderingOpaques | - | Calculate and blend the screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO) texture. Unity calculates this here only if you enable SSAO, and enable After Opaque. |
| BeforeRenderingSkybox | - | - |
| AfterRenderingSkybox | - | - |
| BeforeRenderingTransparents | - | - |
| AfterRenderingTransparents | - | - |
| BeforeRenderingPostProcessing | - | - |
| AfterRenderingPostProcessing | - | - |
| AfterRendering | - | - |
For the full list of render events, and injection points for custom render passes, refer to Injection points reference for URP.
The following table lists the files that contain code related to the Deferred rendering path, located in the com.unity.render-pipelines.universal folder.
| File path | Description |
|---|---|
Runtime/DeferredLights.cs |
Defines the main class that handles the Deferred rendering path. |
Runtime/Passes/GBufferPass.cs |
Implements a ScriptableRenderPass for the G-buffer rendering pass. |
Runtime/Passes/DeferredPass.cs |
Implements a ScriptableRenderPass for the Deferred shadingA rendering path in the Built-in Render Pipeline that places no limit on the number of Lights that can affect a GameObject. All Lights are evaluated per-pixel, which means that they all interact correctly with normal maps and so on. Additionally, all Lights can have cookies and shadows. More infoSee in Glossary pass. |
Shaders/Utils/StencilDeferred.shader |
Defines the rendering behavior for stencil-based deferred lighting when using the Deferred rendering path. |
Shaders/Utils/ClusterDeferred.shader |
Defines the rendering behavior for cluster-based deferred lighting when using the Deferred+ rendering path. |
ShaderLibrary/GBufferInput.hlsl |
Contains utility functions for reading material properties from the G-buffers in the Universal Render PipelineA series of operations that take the contents of a Scene, and displays them on a screen. Unity lets you choose from pre-built render pipelines, or write your own. More info See in Glossary (URP). |
ShaderLibrary/GBufferOutput.hlsl |
Contains utility functions for writing material properties to the G-buffers in URP. |