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Normalizing vectors in the pixel shader is quite expensive, because every pixel shader version has a restricted number of assembly instruction slots available for use by the output of the HLSL compiler. If more instructions slots are used than available, the compiler will display an error message like the following:

error X4532: Cannot map expression to pixel shader instruction set.

The number of instruction slots available in a specific Direct3D pixel shader version usually corresponds to the number of instruction slots available in graphics cards. The high-level language compiler can not choose a suitable shader version on its own, this has to be done by the programmer. If your game will targets something other than the least common denominator of graphics cards on the target market, several shader versions must be provided.

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VS_OUTPUT_STRUCTV VS_PASSV( VS_INPUT_STRUCTV vsInStruct )
{
   VS_OUTPUT_STRUCTV vsOutStruct;
	vsOutStruct.Fog = 10000;
   vsOutStruct.position = mul( vsInStruct.position,matWorldViewProj );
   vsOutStruct.texcoord = vsInStruct.texcoord0;

   float4 PosWorld = mul(vsInStruct.position, matWorld);
   float3 Norm = normalize(mul(vsInStruct.normal,matWorld)); 
   
   vsOutStruct.LightColor=0;
   
   for (int i=6; i<numlights; i++)
   {
   	vsOutStruct.LightColor+=vertLight(PosWorld,Norm,vecLightxyz[i].xyz,vecLightrgba[i]); 	
   }
   
   return vsOutStruct;
}

    pass vertlights
    {

		cullmode=ccw;
      alphablendenable=true;
      srcblend=one;
	   destblend=one;
	   zenable=true;
	   zwriteenable=false;
	   zfunc=equal;

      VertexShader = compile vs_2_0 VS_PASSV();
      PixelShader  = compile ps_2_0 PS_PASSV();
    } 
 
}

VS_OUTPUT_STRUCTV VS_PASSV( VS_INPUT_STRUCTV vsInStruct )
{
   VS_OUTPUT_STRUCTV vsOutStruct;
	vsOutStruct.Fog = 10000;
   vsOutStruct.position = mul( vsInStruct.position,matWorldViewProj );
   vsOutStruct.texcoord = vsInStruct.texcoord0;

   float4 PosWorld = mul(vsInStruct.position, matWorld);
   float3 Norm = normalize(mul(vsInStruct.normal,matWorld)); 
   
   vsOutStruct.LightColor=0;
   
   [unroll]
   for (int i=6; i<numlights; i++)
   {
   	vsOutStruct.LightColor+=vertLight(PosWorld,Norm,vecLightxyz[i].xyz,vecLightrgba[i]); 	
   }
   
   return vsOutStruct;
}

technique depthpass
{  
   
    pass p0
    {
		cullmode=ccw;
      alphablendenable=false;
	   zenable=true;
	   zwriteenable=true;
	   stencilenable=false;
	   alphatestenable=false;

      VertexShader = compile vs_2_0 VS_PASSD(); // vs_1_1 produced the error
      PixelShader  = compile ps_2_0 PS_PASSD();
      //VertexShader = compile vs_1_1 VS_PASSD();
      //PixelShader  = compile ps_1_1 PS_PASSD();
    }
 
 } 

technique norm
{
	pass one
	{
		..

		VertexShader = compile vs_1_1 sphereVS();
		PixelShader = compile ps_2_0 spherePS();
	}
 
}