IsRendering Detection

How it works

• The prefab contains a sub-animator, a sender, a receiver, and a renderer.
• The sub-animator constantly animates the sender on, setting IsRendering to true.
• When the renderer is not in view, the sub-animator stops running and will no longer animate the sender on.
• The main-animator can then animate the sender off, setting IsRendering to false.

Install guide

https://github.com/VRLabs/IsRendering-Detection/assets/76777936/b51ac145-17a8-47eb-acbf-883242073b6b

• Merge the Animator Controller IsRendering FX to your own FX Controller, using the Avatars 3.0 Manager tool.
• Drag & Drop the IsRendering Detection prefab into the base of your Hierarchy.
• Right click and unpack the prefab, then drag & drop it onto your avatar.
• Expand the prefab hierarchy and find Culling Animator -> Renderer.
• Modify the bounds of the renderer to fit the view target such as your avatar.

[!NOTE]
When building for Quest, you will have to remove unsupported components and shaders

How to use

• Add the RenderingDetection/IsRendering bool parameter to any of your Playable Layers. The value will be True when Renderer is in view, and false when outside of view.
  • You can use this bool to build your own systems in your FX Controller.
• In the prefab’s hierarchy, the IsRendering Container is enabled when in view. IsNotRendering Container is enabled when not in view.
  • You can put your own objects into the containers to show or hide them accordingly
  • The containers include a cube and sphere for previewing and confirming that the system works; feel free to delete them.

Performance stats

Contact Receivers:  1
Contact Senders:    1
FX Animator Layers: 1
Skinned Renderers:  1
Sub Animators:      1

Hierarchy layout

IsRendering Detection
|-IsRendering Container
|  |-Cube
|-NotRendering Container
|  |-Sphere
|-Culling Animator
|  |-Sender
|  |-Receiver
|  |-Renderer

Contributors

• hfcRed
• Dreadrith

License

IsRendering Detection is available as-is under MIT. For more information see LICENSE.

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