Style Configuration

This document describes how Hardline style values are authored, stored, and used.

The workflow is:

1. You author a style in the SSHStyleManager inspector.
2. When the look is correct, you save it as a preset (SSHStyleAsset).
3. At runtime, gameplay systems apply or blend presets using the Hardline API.

The inspector is your authoring tool.
Presets are your transport format.
The API is your runtime control surface.

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Environment

The Environment controls global lighting and shadowing.
These values define how all materials are shaded.

This is not Unity lighting.
These values drive Hardline’s internal environment model.

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Shadow Color

The global tint applied to shadowed regions.

This color is multiplied into shadowed pixels and defines the overall shadow mood.

Range
0.0 → 2.0

Inspector
Environment → Shadows → Shadow Color

API
API.Environment.SetShadowColor(Color)
API.Environment.GetShadowColor()

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Shadow Intensity

The strength of the shadow contribution.

Higher values produce darker, more dominant shadows.
Lower values soften or remove shadowing.

Range
0.0 → 2.0

Inspector
Environment → Shadows → Shadow Intensity

API
API.Environment.SetShadowIntensity(float)
API.Environment.GetShadowIntensity()

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Shadow Clip

Controls how shadows become solid bands instead of smooth gradients.

Higher values create chunkier, more graphic shadow shapes.

Range
0.0 → 1.0

Inspector
Environment → Shadows → Shadow Clip

API
API.Environment.SetShadowClip(float)
API.Environment.GetShadowClip()

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Shadow Range Multiplier

Scales how far shadow cancellation reaches from occlusion volumes.

Higher values make shadows persist farther.
Lower values cause shadows to cancel sooner.

Range
0.0 → 4.0

Inspector
Environment → Shadows → Shadow Range Mult

API
API.Environment.SetShadowRangeMult(float)
API.Environment.GetShadowRangeMult()

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Environment Light Color

The global ambient fill color applied to all materials.

Range
Color

Inspector
Environment → Environment Light → Light Color

API
API.Environment.SetEnvironmentLightColor(Color)
API.Environment.GetEnvironmentLightColor()

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Environment Light Intensity

The strength of the global ambient environment light.

Range
0.0 → 2.0

Inspector
Environment → Environment Light → Light Intensity

API
API.Environment.SetEnvironmentLightIntensity(float)
API.Environment.GetEnvironmentLightIntensity()

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Environment Light Influence

Controls how strongly additional lights cancel the environment light.

Range
0.0 → 1.0

Inspector
Environment → Environment Light → Light Influence

API
API.Environment.SetEnvironmentLightInfluence(float)
API.Environment.GetEnvironmentLightInfluence()

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Skybox

The Skybox controls all background rendering in Hardline.

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Base Color

Primary sky color.

Inspector
Skybox → Colors → Base

API
API.Skybox.SetBaseColor(Color)
API.Skybox.GetBaseColor()

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Accent Color

Secondary sky color.

Inspector
Skybox → Colors → Accent

API
API.Skybox.SetAccentColor(Color)
API.Skybox.GetAccentColor()

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Stars Color

Star tint.

Inspector
Skybox → Colors → Stars

API
API.Skybox.SetStarsColor(Color)
API.Skybox.GetStarsColor()

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Band Intensity

Strength of sky bands.

Range
0.0 → 1.0

Inspector
Skybox → Bands → Intensity

API
API.Skybox.SetBandIntensity(float)
API.Skybox.GetBandIntensity()

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Band Add

Vertical band offset.

Range
-1.0 → 1.0

Inspector
Skybox → Bands → Add

API
API.Skybox.SetBandAdd(float)
API.Skybox.GetBandAdd()

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Band Horizontal Width

Band height.

Range
0.0 → 1.0

Inspector
Skybox → Bands → Horizontal Width

API
API.Skybox.SetBandHorizontalWidth(float)
API.Skybox.GetBandHorizontalWidth()

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Band Contrast

Band sharpness.

Range
0.0 → 1.0

Inspector
Skybox → Bands → Contrast

API
API.Skybox.SetBandContrast(float)
API.Skybox.GetBandContrast()

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Starmap Density

Star count.

Range
100 → 1000

Inspector
Skybox → Starmap → Density

API
API.Skybox.SetStarmapDensity(float)
API.Skybox.GetStarmapDensity()

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Starmap Scale

Star size.

Range
0.05 → 0.5

Inspector
Skybox → Starmap → Scale

API
API.Skybox.SetStarmapScale(float)
API.Skybox.GetStarmapScale()

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Starmap Seed

Star randomness.

Range
0.0 → 0.5

Inspector
Skybox → Starmap → Seed

API
API.Skybox.SetStarmapSeed(float)
API.Skybox.GetStarmapSeed()

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Starmap Tilt

Starfield rotation.

Range
20 → 100

Inspector
Skybox → Starmap → Tilt

API
API.Skybox.SetStarmapTilt(float)
API.Skybox.GetStarmapTilt()

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Outlines

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Color Outline Color

Inspector
Outlines → Color Outline → Color

API
API.Outline.SetColorOutlineColor(Color)
API.Outline.GetColorOutlineColor()

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Color Outline Strength

Range
0.05 → 3.0

Inspector
Outlines → Color Outline → Strength

API
API.Outline.SetColorOutlineStrength(float)
API.Outline.GetColorOutlineStrength()

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Color Outline Noise Scale

Range
0.0 → 10.0

Inspector
Outlines → Color Outline → Noise Scale

API
API.Outline.SetColorOutlineNoiseScale(float)
API.Outline.GetColorOutlineNoiseScale()

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Color Outline Noise Intensity

Range
0.0 → 5.0

Inspector
Outlines → Color Outline → Noise Intensity

API
API.Outline.SetColorOutlineNoiseIntensity(float)
API.Outline.GetColorOutlineNoiseIntensity()

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Color Outline Noise Add

Range
0.0 → 1.0

Inspector
Outlines → Color Outline → Noise Add

API
API.Outline.SetColorOutlineNoiseAdd(float)
API.Outline.GetColorOutlineNoiseAdd()

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Color Outline Clip

Range
0.0 → 1.0

Inspector
Outlines → Color Outline → Clip

API
API.Outline.SetColorOutlineClip(float)
API.Outline.GetColorOutlineClip()

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Geo Outline Color

Inspector
Outlines → Geo Outline → Color

API
API.Outline.SetGeoOutlineColor(Color)
API.Outline.GetGeoOutlineColor()

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Geo Normal Strength

Range
0.4 → 4.0

Inspector
Outlines → Geo Outline → Normal Strength

API
API.Outline.SetGeoOutlineNormalStrength(float)
API.Outline.GetGeoOutlineNormalStrength()

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Geo Normal Cutoff Strength

Range
0.0 → 10.0

Inspector
Outlines → Geo Outline → Normal Cutoff Strength

API
API.Outline.SetGeoOutlineNormalCutoffMaskStrength(float)
API.Outline.GetGeoOutlineNormalCutoffMaskStrength()

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Geo Normal Cutoff Add

Range
-10.0 → 10.0

Inspector
Outlines → Geo Outline → Normal Cutoff Add

API
API.Outline.SetGeoOutlineNormalCutoffMaskAdd(float)
API.Outline.GetGeoOutlineNormalCutoffMaskAdd()

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Geo Depth Strength Start

Range
0.04 → 10.0

Inspector
Outlines → Geo Outline → Depth Strength Start

API
API.Outline.SetGeoOutlineDepthStrengthStart(float)
API.Outline.GetGeoOutlineDepthStrengthStart()

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Geo Depth Strength End

Range
0.0 → 10.0

Inspector
Outlines → Geo Outline → Depth Strength End

API
API.Outline.SetGeoOutlineDepthStrengthEnd(float)
API.Outline.GetGeoOutlineDepthStrengthEnd()

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Geo Depth Add

Range
0.0 → 10.0

Inspector
Outlines → Geo Outline → Depth Add

API
API.Outline.SetGeoOutlineDepthAdd(float)
API.Outline.GetGeoOutlineDepthAdd()

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Geo Depth Mult

Range
0.0 → 10.0

Inspector
Outlines → Geo Outline → Depth Mult

API
API.Outline.SetGeoOutlineDepthMult(float)
API.Outline.GetGeoOutlineDepthMult()