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Make a Flag Wave with Shadergraph

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Beginner

+300 XP

3 Hours25 Mins

(98)

Summary

Live

In this project, you will learn how to create a shader to make a flag wave utilizing the Time, Sine and UV nodes to give the flag a wave effect. 

Project Objective

By the end of this project you will be able to: 
Create a custom shader.
Use the Time and Sine nodes..
Demonstrate a functioning Material that shows the flag moving in Editor.

Materials

Visual Effects: Shadergraph - Vertex Position, Time and Texture 2D Starting Assets

Make A Flag with Wave Shadergraph - Assets.zip.zip

Related documentation

Unity Documentation - Shader Graph

Github - Shader Graph

Intro to Shader Graph - Unity Blog

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Last updated: May 23, 2025

2019.4

Language

English

Overview Video

Submission Gallery

旗帜移动

学的很久

Flag Challenge

I migrated over to this project from the Creative Core Pathway. I needed to learn how to create the flag motion for the Beachside Town seen.

Flag waving on Island village

Made my own shaders. Learned a lot

Flag Submission

First Flag Wave attempt. Reversed wave for added realism

Flag of the Freemartins

My results from the make a flag wave project

The Flag of Destiny

the one flag to rule them all

SG_FlagWave

flag wave material made with shader graph

Let the flag be raised

Something has been done, but it's not yet complete.