Unity Standard Shader code

Download the Shader resources officially provided by Unity, there is a file called Standard.shader which is the BDRF  -based shader source code used after Unity 5.0.

There are multiple SubShaders and Passes contained in it. Here we pick Shader2.0 and ForwardBase Pass. The specific Shader2.0 and ForwardBase Pass are mentioned later in the article.

File:Standard.shader

Pass
        {
            Name "FORWARD"
            Tags { "LightMode" = "ForwardBase" }

            Blend [_SrcBlend] [_DstBlend]
            ZWrite [_ZWrite]

            CGPROGRAM
            #pragma target 2.0

            #pragma shader_feature _NORMALMAP
            #pragma shader_feature _ _ALPHATEST_ON _ALPHABLEND_ON _ALPHAPREMULTIPLY_ON
            #pragma shader_feature _EMISSION
            #pragma shader_feature _METALLICGLOSSMAP
            #pragma shader_feature _ _SMOOTHNESS_TEXTURE_ALBEDO_CHANNEL_A
            #pragma shader_feature _ _SPECULARHIGHLIGHTS_OFF
            #pragma shader_feature _ _GLOSSYREFLECTIONS_OFF
            // SM2.0: NOT SUPPORTED shader_feature ___ _DETAIL_MULX2
            // SM2.0: NOT SUPPORTED shader_feature _PARALLAXMAP

            #pragma skip_variants SHADOWS_SOFT DIRLIGHTMAP_COMBINED

            #pragma multi_compile_fwdbase
            #pragma multi_compile_fog

            #pragma vertex vertBase
            #pragma fragment fragBase
            #include "UnityStandardCoreForward.cginc"

            ENDCG
        }

See here, inside the code 

  #pragma vertex vertBase 
  #pragma fragment fragBase

 can see vertex shader and pixel shader 
File:UnityStandardCoreForward.cginc

#if UNITY_STANDARD_SIMPLE
    #include "UnityStandardCoreForwardSimple.cginc"
    VertexOutputBaseSimple vertBase (VertexInput v) { return vertForwardBaseSimple(v); }
    VertexOutputForwardAddSimple vertAdd (VertexInput v) { return vertForwardAddSimple(v); }
    half4 fragBase (VertexOutputBaseSimple i) : SV_Target { return fragForwardBaseSimpleInternal(i); }
    half4 fragAdd (VertexOutputForwardAddSimple i) : SV_Target { return fragForwardAddSimpleInternal(i); }
#else
    #include "UnityStandardCore.cginc"
    VertexOutputForwardBase vertBase (VertexInput v) { return vertForwardBase(v); }
    VertexOutputForwardAdd vertAdd (VertexInput v) { return vertForwardAdd(v); }
    half4 fragBase (VertexOutputForwardBase i) : SV_Target { return fragForwardBaseInternal(i); }
    half4 fragAdd (VertexOutputForwardAdd i) : SV_Target { return fragForwardAddInternal(i); }
#endif

There are two branches here, simple and standard, we look at the standard here.

 VertexOutputForwardBase vertBase (VertexInput v) { return vertForwardBase(v); }

 half4 fragBase (VertexOutputForwardBase i) : SV_Target { return fragForwardBaseInternal(i); }

File：UnityStandardCore.cginc

VertexOutputForwardBase vertForwardBase (VertexInput v)
{
    UNITY_SETUP_INSTANCE_ID(v);
    VertexOutputForwardBase o;
    UNITY_INITIALIZE_OUTPUT(VertexOutputForwardBase, o);
    UNITY_TRANSFER_INSTANCE_ID(v, o);
    UNITY_INITIALIZE_VERTEX_OUTPUT_STEREO(o);

    float4 posWorld = mul(unity_ObjectToWorld, v.vertex);
    #if UNITY_REQUIRE_FRAG_WORLDPOS
        #if UNITY_PACK_WORLDPOS_WITH_TANGENT
            o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[0].w = posWorld.x;
            o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[1].w = posWorld.y;
            o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[2].w = posWorld.z;
        #else
            o.posWorld = posWorld.xyz;
        #endif
    #endif
    o.pos = UnityObjectToClipPos(v.vertex);

    o.tex = TexCoords(v);
    o.eyeVec = NormalizePerVertexNormal(posWorld.xyz - _WorldSpaceCameraPos);
    float3 normalWorld = UnityObjectToWorldNormal(v.normal);
    #ifdef _TANGENT_TO_WORLD
        float4 tangentWorld = float4(UnityObjectToWorldDir(v.tangent.xyz), v.tangent.w);

        float3x3 tangentToWorld = CreateTangentToWorldPerVertex(normalWorld, tangentWorld.xyz, tangentWorld.w);
        o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[0].xyz = tangentToWorld[0];
        o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[1].xyz = tangentToWorld[1];
        o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[2].xyz = tangentToWorld[2];
    #else
        o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[0].xyz = 0;
        o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[1].xyz = 0;
        o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[2].xyz = normalWorld;
    #endif

    //We need this for shadow receving
    UNITY_TRANSFER_SHADOW(o, v.uv1);

    o.ambientOrLightmapUV = VertexGIForward(v, posWorld, normalWorld);

    #ifdef _PARALLAXMAP
        TANGENT_SPACE_ROTATION;
        half3 viewDirForParallax = mul (rotation, ObjSpaceViewDir(v.vertex));
        o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[0].w = viewDirForParallax.x;
        o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[1].w = viewDirForParallax.y;
        o.tangentToWorldAndPackedData[2].w = viewDirForParallax.z;
    #endif

    UNITY_TRANSFER_FOG(o,o.pos);
    return o;
}

 

half4 fragForwardBaseInternal (VertexOutputForwardBase i)
{
    UNITY_APPLY_DITHER_CROSSFADE(i.pos.xy);

    FRAGMENT_SETUP(s)

    UNITY_SETUP_INSTANCE_ID(i);
    UNITY_SETUP_STEREO_EYE_INDEX_POST_VERTEX(i);

    UnityLight mainLight = MainLight ();
    UNITY_LIGHT_ATTENUATION(atten, i, s.posWorld);

    half occlusion = Occlusion(i.tex.xy);
    UnityGI gi = FragmentGI (s, occlusion, i.ambientOrLightmapUV, atten, mainLight);

    half4 c = UNITY_BRDF_PBS (s.diffColor, s.specColor, s.oneMinusReflectivity, s.smoothness, s.normalWorld, -s.eyeVec, gi.light, gi.indirect);
    c.rgb += Emission(i.tex.xy);

    UNITY_APPLY_FOG(i.fogCoord, c.rgb);
    return OutputForward (c, s.alpha);
}

The UNITY_BRDF_PBS function in the pixel shader has a three-stop branch

File：UnityPBSLighting.cginc

// Default BRDF to use:
#if !defined (UNITY_BRDF_PBS) // allow to explicitly override BRDF in custom shader
    // still add safe net for low shader models, otherwise we might end up with shaders failing to compile
    #if SHADER_TARGET < 30
        #define UNITY_BRDF_PBS BRDF3_Unity_PBS
    #elif defined(UNITY_PBS_USE_BRDF3)
        #define UNITY_BRDF_PBS BRDF3_Unity_PBS
    #elif defined(UNITY_PBS_USE_BRDF2)
        #define UNITY_BRDF_PBS BRDF2_Unity_PBS
    #elif defined(UNITY_PBS_USE_BRDF1)
        #define UNITY_BRDF_PBS BRDF1_Unity_PBS
    #elif defined(SHADER_TARGET_SURFACE_ANALYSIS)
        // we do preprocess pass during shader analysis and we dont actually care about brdf as we need only inputs/outputs
        #define UNITY_BRDF_PBS BRDF1_Unity_PBS
    #else
        #error something broke in auto-choosing BRDF
    #endif
#endif

We have seen the whole 

UNITY_BRDF_PBS The BRDF1_Unity_PBS function is in the file UnityStandardBRDF.cginc 

File: UnityStandardBRDF.cginc

half4 BRDF1_Unity_PBS (half3 diffColor, half3 specColor, half oneMinusReflectivity, half smoothness,
    half3 normal, half3 viewDir,
    UnityLight light, UnityIndirect gi)
{
    half perceptualRoughness = SmoothnessToPerceptualRoughness (smoothness);
    half3 halfDir = Unity_SafeNormalize (light.dir + viewDir);

// NdotV should not be negative for visible pixels, but it can happen due to perspective projection and normal mapping
// In this case normal should be modified to become valid (i.e facing camera) and not cause weird artifacts.
// but this operation adds few ALU and users may not want it. Alternative is to simply take the abs of NdotV (less correct but works too).
// Following define allow to control this. Set it to 0 if ALU is critical on your platform.
// This correction is interesting for GGX with SmithJoint visibility function because artifacts are more visible in this case due to highlight edge of rough surface
// Edit: Disable this code by default for now as it is not compatible with two sided lighting used in SpeedTree.
#define UNITY_HANDLE_CORRECTLY_NEGATIVE_NDOTV 0

#if UNITY_HANDLE_CORRECTLY_NEGATIVE_NDOTV
    // The amount we shift the normal toward the view vector is defined by the dot product.
    half shiftAmount = dot(normal, viewDir);
    normal = shiftAmount < 0.0f ? normal + viewDir * (-shiftAmount + 1e-5f) : normal;
    // A re-normalization should be applied here but as the shift is small we don't do it to save ALU.
    //normal = normalize(normal);

    half nv = saturate(dot(normal, viewDir)); // TODO: this saturate should no be necessary here
#else
    half nv = abs(dot(normal, viewDir));    // This abs allow to limit artifact
#endif

    half nl = saturate(dot(normal, light.dir));
    half nh = saturate(dot(normal, halfDir));

    half lv = saturate(dot(light.dir, viewDir));
    half lh = saturate(dot(light.dir, halfDir));

    // Diffuse term
    half diffuseTerm = DisneyDiffuse(nv, nl, lh, perceptualRoughness) * nl;

    // Specular term
    // HACK: theoretically we should divide diffuseTerm by Pi and not multiply specularTerm!
    // BUT 1) that will make shader look significantly darker than Legacy ones
    // and 2) on engine side "Non-important" lights have to be divided by Pi too in cases when they are injected into ambient SH
    half roughness = PerceptualRoughnessToRoughness(perceptualRoughness);
#if UNITY_BRDF_GGX
    // GGX with roughtness to 0 would mean no specular at all, using max(roughness, 0.002) here to match HDrenderloop roughtness remapping.
    roughness = max(roughness, 0.002);
    half V = SmithJointGGXVisibilityTerm (nl, nv, roughness);
    half D = GGXTerm (nh, roughness);
#else
    // Legacy
    half V = SmithBeckmannVisibilityTerm (nl, nv, roughness);
    half D = NDFBlinnPhongNormalizedTerm (nh, PerceptualRoughnessToSpecPower(perceptualRoughness));
#endif

    half specularTerm = V*D * UNITY_PI; // Torrance-Sparrow model, Fresnel is applied later

#   ifdef UNITY_COLORSPACE_GAMMA
        specularTerm = sqrt(max(1e-4h, specularTerm));
#   endif

    // specularTerm * nl can be NaN on Metal in some cases, use max() to make sure it's a sane value
    specularTerm = max(0, specularTerm * nl);
#if defined(_SPECULARHIGHLIGHTS_OFF)
    specularTerm = 0.0;
#endif

    // surfaceReduction = Int D(NdotH) * NdotH * Id(NdotL>0) dH = 1/(roughness^2+1)
    half surfaceReduction;
#   ifdef UNITY_COLORSPACE_GAMMA
        surfaceReduction = 1.0-0.28*roughness*perceptualRoughness;      // 1-0.28*x^3 as approximation for (1/(x^4+1))^(1/2.2) on the domain [0;1]
#   else
        surfaceReduction = 1.0 / (roughness*roughness + 1.0);           // fade \in [0.5;1]
#   endif

    // To provide true Lambert lighting, we need to be able to kill specular completely.
    specularTerm *= any(specColor) ? 1.0 : 0.0;

    half grazingTerm = saturate(smoothness + (1-oneMinusReflectivity));
    half3 color =   diffColor * (gi.diffuse + light.color * diffuseTerm)
                    + specularTerm * light.color * FresnelTerm (specColor, lh)
                    + surfaceReduction * gi.specular * FresnelLerp (specColor, grazingTerm, nv);

    return half4(color, 1);
}