Blink & Phase — Setup

1. Installation

• Install the Visual Effect Graph package.

• Add your character to the scene.

• Assign a script from: Blink & Phase / Scripts / Blink

📌 The differences between available scripts are described in the Differences

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2. Materials Setup

1. Duplicate your character’s material(s).

2. Change the shader in the Inspector.

Available Shaders:

• FadeOut

• Standard Dissolve

• Axis Dissolve

• ShadowStep

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3. Assigning Materials

• Add materials to the Material List in the script.

Script Differences:

• Blink Controller

  • Separate lists:

    • Disappear Materials

    • Reappear Materials

• ShadowStep

  • One list handles both effects

Multiple Materials:

• If your mesh uses multiple materials:

  • Add more entries to the list

  • Assign them in correct order

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4. Mesh Assignment

• Assign the Skinned Mesh Renderer of your character.

• For additional meshes (e.g. sword, shield, accessories):

  • Add new entries

  • Assign corresponding meshes

  

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5. Effect Customization

5.1 Disappear Mode

• Shader

• Shader + VFX

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5.2 Travel Mode

Options:

• None → no effect

• VFX → particles / trails

• Clone → customizable clones

Clone Settings:

• Fixed Count → specific number of clones

• Continuous → clones spawn during entire effect

• Adjustable parameters:

  • Spawn interval

  • Lifetime

  • Start delay

  • and more

⚠️ Clone Setup Requirement:

• Create a new material with FadeOut shader OR

• Use materials from: Blink & Phase / Effects / Travel / Clone

• Assign this material to the script

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5.3 Reappear Mode

• Shader

• Shader + VFX

Works the same as Disappear Mode

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5.4 ShadowStep — Character Mode

(Only available in ShadowStep script)

Options:

• None → no additional effect on the character

• VFX → enables additional VFX applied to the character

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6. Timing & Curves

You can adjust:

• Disappear Time

• Travel Time

• Reappear Time

• Animation Curves for each phase

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7. VFX Setup

If using VFX:

1. Add VFX objects to the scene

2. Assign them to the script

Property Binder Setup:

• Add Property Binder → Transform

• Assign your character’s Skinned Mesh

VFX Graph:

• Add the same Skinned Mesh to:

  • Properties section

✅ Final Result

If everything is configured correctly, the effect should work as intended.

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💡 Tip: Start with simple Shader-only setup, then expand to VFX and clones for better control.