Trying to implement the SSAO post-processing shader with the most recent version (r77) of three.js has been a challenge for me. I have been utilizing the EffectComposer, with the code completely replicated from the example page provided here:
The specific code snippet is as follows:
var renderPass = new THREE.RenderPass( Engine.scene, Engine.camera );
ssaoPass = new THREE.ShaderPass( THREE.SSAOShader );
ssaoPass.renderToScreen = true;
// ...various ShaderPass setup parameters
Engine.effectComposer = new THREE.EffectComposer( Engine.renderer );
Engine.effectComposer.addPass(renderPass);
Engine.effectComposer.addPass(ssaoPass);
The challenge I've encountered is that the SSAO functionality does not seem to work properly with SkinnedMeshes. It appears to consider the position of the meshes prior to the skinning calculations being executed.
Here is an illustration of the issue:
Problem with SSAO on SkinnedMesh
If anyone has dealt with this issue on the latest version, I would greatly appreciate any insights or guidance. I have searched extensively but have been unable to find any documentation on how to address this.
I came across a solution to this problem in another Stack Overflow post (ThreeJS SSAO Shader w/ Skinned/Animated Models), but unfortunately, the solution has been deprecated.
Thank you in advance, and I am willing to provide more details if necessary.
As requested, here is the complete code for the basic demo page:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/libs/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/libs/three.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/libs/postprocessing/CopyShader.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/libs/postprocessing/EffectComposer.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/libs/postprocessing/MaskPass.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/libs/postprocessing/RenderPass.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/libs/postprocessing/ShaderPass.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/libs/postprocessing/DotScreenShader.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/libs/postprocessing/SSAOShader.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="demo.css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="demo-container"></div>
</body>
</html>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
window.doPostPro = 0;
scene = new THREE.Scene();
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, window.innerWidth/window.innerHeight, 1, 1000);
camera.position.set(0, 200, 200);
camera.lookAt(new THREE.Vector3(0, 0, 0));
clock = new THREE.Clock();
// Renderer setup
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true
});
renderer.setPixelRatio( window.devicePixelRatio );
renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
renderer.setClearColor( 0xFFFFFF );
function setupPostProcessing() {
// Render pass setup
var renderPass = new THREE.RenderPass( scene, camera );
// Depth pass setup
depthMaterial = new THREE.MeshDepthMaterial();
depthMaterial.depthPacking = THREE.RGBADepthPacking;
depthMaterial.blending = THREE.NoBlending;
depthRenderTarget = new THREE.WebGLRenderTarget( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight, {
minFilter: THREE.LinearFilter,
magFilter: THREE.LinearFilter,
stencilBuffer: true
});
// SSAO pass setup
ssaoPass = new THREE.ShaderPass( THREE.SSAOShader );
ssaoPass.renderToScreen = true;
ssaoPass.uniforms[ "tDepth" ].value = depthRenderTarget.texture;
ssaoPass.uniforms[ 'size' ].value.set( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
ssaoPass.uniforms[ 'cameraNear' ].value = camera.near;
ssaoPass.uniforms[ 'cameraFar' ].value = camera.far;
ssaoPass.uniforms[ 'aoClamp' ].value = 0.3;
ssaoPass.uniforms[ 'lumInfluence' ].value = 0.5;
// Add pass to effect composer
effectComposer = new THREE.EffectComposer( renderer );
effectComposer.addPass( renderPass );
effectComposer.addPass( ssaoPass );
};
setupPostProcessing();
// Mesh loading
var loader = new THREE.JSONLoader();
loader.load( "js/zombie.js", function( geometry, materials ) {
var originalMaterial = materials[ 0 ];
originalMaterial.skinning = true;
geometry.computeVertexNormals();
var mesh = new THREE.SkinnedMesh(geometry, originalMaterial);
window.animMixer = new THREE.AnimationMixer(mesh);
var animAction = animMixer.clipAction(geometry.animations[0]);
animAction.play();
scene.add(mesh);
});
var ambientLight = new THREE.AmbientLight( 0xCCCCCC );
scene.add( ambientLight );
$("#demo-container").append( renderer.domElement );
function render() {
if ( doPostPro ) {
scene.overrideMaterial = depthMaterial;
renderer.render( scene, camera, depthRenderTarget, true );
scene.overrideMaterial = null;
effectComposer.render();
}
else {
renderer.render( scene, camera );
}
}
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame( animate );
if ( window.animMixer != undefined ) {
var deltaTime = clock.getDelta();
animMixer.update(deltaTime);
}
render();
}
animate();
$(document).keyup(function(e) {
if ( e.which == 80 ) {
window.doPostPro = !window.doPostPro;
}
});
});
</script>