Thanks for the feedback but some semantics just won't work, maybe I'll have to do a recheck about it in the msdn section from MS ^^

Cheers

Frazzle

Code:

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float timer : TIME;

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for example doesn't work. timer is always 0.

to redefine my question: is there a reason why conitec implements their "own syntax" via vecTime here? why not sticking with ": TIME". it's the same with matWorldViewProj resp. ": WORLDVIEWPROJ".

thanks, joey.

It doesn't work because you are declaring it in the wrong order. And because neither timer nor TIME are valid semantics. Try vecTime...


From MSDN:

Quote:

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Syntax
Semantics are attached to function parameters like this:

[Parameter Modifiers]
ParameterType ParameterName [: Semantic] [= Initializers]


- List of semantics and their descriptions
- - Red: We do not use
- - Yellow: I'm pretty sure we don't use

- VS INPUT
BINORMAL[n] Binormal
BLENDINDICES[n] Blend indices
BLENDWEIGHT[n] Blend weights
COLOR[n] Diffuse and specular color
NORMAL[n] Normal vector
POSITION[n] Vertex position in object space
POSITIONT Transformed vertex position. POSITIONT tells the runtime that the vertex is transformed and that the vertex shader should not be executed.
PSIZE[n] Point size
TANGENT[n] Tangent - we use texcoord2
TESSFACTOR[n] Tessellation factor
TEXCOORD[n] Texture coordinates

- VS OUTPUT
COLOR[n] Diffuse or specular color.
FOG Vertex fog.
POSITION[n] Position of a vertex in homogenous space. Compute position in screen-space by dividing (x,y,z) by w.
PSIZE Point size.
TEXCOORD[n] Texture coordinates.

- PS INPUT
COLOR[n] Diffuse or specular color.
TEXCOORD[n] Texture coordinates.
VFACE Floating-point scalar that indicates a back-facing primitive.
VPOS (PS_3_0) Contains the current pixel (x,y) location.

- PS OUTPUT
COLOR[n] Ouput color.
DEPTH[n] Output depth.

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TIME is just another semantic. ex:
float3 vecTime : TIME;

Then later in your shader you would reference TIME, NOT vecTime

...
Out.Tex = In.Tex * TIME.w;
...

Not sure what that above line would actually do, but it's just an example

Thanks for the effort Guitar
I'll wait until jcl has made the final decision to conclude this thread.

Cheers

Frazzle

I conclude it herewith. The list by xxxGuitar is almost correct, only COLOR is not used for VS input. The automatically set VS input semantics are POSITION, NORMAL, TEXCOORD0..TEXCOORD2. All other semantics are up to you to use. Many of the vS -> PS semantics - like VFACE, VPOS - are only available when your card supports the 3.0 shader model.

Oke, thanks for the clear up

Cheers

Frazzle