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authorMatt Kosarek <matt.kosarek@canonical.com>2026-02-03 08:13:30 -0500
committerMatt Kosarek <matt.kosarek@canonical.com>2026-02-03 08:13:30 -0500
commitb4e8ae9731eca175cd4e6e75a20da87ff86eb91f (patch)
tree95b1156031ed70e6bb91f5c58a03c75ad3722593 /themes/src/_shaders
parent1b0fbb1818d6a9cd721366909275aaefb7de4c64 (diff)
feature: improve snowflake rendererHEADmaster
Diffstat (limited to 'themes/src/_shaders')
-rw-r--r--themes/src/_shaders/snowflake.frag73
-rw-r--r--themes/src/_shaders/snowflake.vert30
2 files changed, 103 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/themes/src/_shaders/snowflake.frag b/themes/src/_shaders/snowflake.frag
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+// Procedural star fragment shader
+varying lowp vec2 vUV;
+varying lowp float vSeed;
+varying lowp float vScale;
+
+const lowp float PI = 3.14159265359;
+
+// Simple hash function for deterministic randomness
+lowp float hash(lowp float n) {
+ return fract(sin(n) * 43758.5453123);
+}
+
+// Generate star pattern procedurally
+lowp float starPattern(lowp vec2 uv) {
+ lowp float dist = length(uv);
+ lowp float angle = atan(uv.y, uv.x);
+
+ // Number of star points (4 or 5)
+ lowp float numPoints = 4.0 + floor(hash(vSeed) * 2.0);
+
+ // Create sharp star with triangular points
+ lowp float angleStep = 2.0 * PI / numPoints;
+ lowp float currentAngle = mod(angle + PI / numPoints, angleStep) - angleStep * 0.5;
+
+ // Create triangular points - distance from center to edge varies linearly with angle
+ lowp float normalizedAngle = abs(currentAngle) / (angleStep * 0.5);
+
+ // Outer tip radius and inner valley radius
+ lowp float tipRadius = 0.5;
+ lowp float valleyRadius = 0.15;
+
+ // Linear interpolation creates sharp triangular points
+ lowp float rayEdge = mix(tipRadius, valleyRadius, normalizedAngle);
+
+ // Hard cutoff for sharp edges
+ lowp float star = step(dist, rayEdge);
+
+ return star;
+}
+
+void main() {
+ lowp float pattern = starPattern(vUV);
+
+ // Color variation based on seed - white and blue tints
+ lowp float colorVar = hash(vSeed * 3.0);
+ lowp vec3 starColor;
+
+ if (colorVar < 0.5) {
+ // Pure white
+ starColor = vec3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
+ } else if (colorVar < 0.75) {
+ // Light blue tint
+ starColor = vec3(0.9, 0.95, 1.0);
+ } else {
+ // Stronger blue tint
+ starColor = vec3(0.85, 0.92, 1.0);
+ }
+
+ // Scale alpha based on size - smaller stars are more transparent
+ // Normalize scale from range [16, 48] to [0, 1]
+ lowp float sizeRatio = (vScale - 16.0) / (48.0 - 16.0);
+ // Map to alpha range [0.3, 1.0] - smaller stars at 30% opacity, larger at 100%
+ lowp float alpha = mix(0.3, 1.0, sizeRatio);
+
+ lowp vec4 color = vec4(starColor, pattern * alpha);
+
+ // Discard fully transparent pixels for performance
+ if (color.a < 0.01) {
+ discard;
+ }
+
+ gl_FragColor = color;
+}
diff --git a/themes/src/_shaders/snowflake.vert b/themes/src/_shaders/snowflake.vert
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+// Instanced snowflake vertex shader
+attribute vec2 position; // Base quad vertex position
+attribute vec2 instancePos; // Per-instance: snowflake center position
+attribute float instanceRot; // Per-instance: rotation angle
+attribute float instanceScale; // Per-instance: size scale
+attribute float instanceSeed; // Per-instance: random seed for variation
+
+uniform mat4 projection;
+uniform mat4 model;
+
+varying lowp vec2 vUV; // UV coordinates for fragment shader
+varying lowp float vSeed; // Pass seed to fragment shader
+varying lowp float vScale; // Pass scale to fragment shader
+
+void main() {
+ // Rotate and scale the base quad
+ float c = cos(instanceRot);
+ float s = sin(instanceRot);
+ mat2 rotation = mat2(c, s, -s, c);
+
+ vec2 rotatedPos = rotation * (position * instanceScale);
+ vec2 worldPos = instancePos + rotatedPos;
+
+ gl_Position = projection * model * vec4(worldPos, 0.0, 1.0);
+
+ // Pass UV in range [-1, 1] for procedural generation
+ vUV = position;
+ vSeed = instanceSeed;
+ vScale = instanceScale;
+}