Palette Swap using two textures

Shader to change specific colors for another specific color using a texture map instead of multiple variables.

Heavily based on https://godotshaders.com/shader/palette-swap-no-recolor-recolor/

Shader code
shader_type canvas_item;

uniform bool screen_mode = true;
uniform int num_colors;
uniform float precision : hint_range(0.0, 1.0, 0.1) = 0.1;

uniform sampler2D palette_in;
uniform sampler2D palette_out;

vec4 swap_color(vec4 color) {
	float inc = 1.0 / float(num_colors); 
	for (float i = 0.0; i < 1.0; i += inc) {
		vec2 uv = vec2(i, 0.0);
		vec4 color_in = texture(palette_in, uv);
		if (distance(color, color_in) <= precision) {
			return texture(palette_out, uv);
		}
	}
	return color;
}

void fragment() {
	vec4 color = texture(TEXTURE, UV);
	if (screen_mode) {
		color = texture(SCREEN_TEXTURE, SCREEN_UV);
	}
	COLOR = swap_color(color);
}
Tags
Color, palette, pixelart
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ColorauGuiyino
2 years ago

beware: don’t set “num_colors” to 0… the zero div will crash godot.

Staysis
Staysis
1 year ago
Reply to  ColorauGuiyino

Did you get this working for you? It doesnt work for me in GODOT 4

Staysis
Staysis
1 year ago

I know this should be a simple thing to use but for some reason the colors do not swap for me in GODOT 4

Luka
Luka
11 months ago

in 4.0 just replace line 14 with vec2 uv = vec2(i + (inc/2.0), 0.0);’
the problem is its sampling the texture right at the edge of the color split. this moves it to the center.