8 BIT SHOOTER

Color *= dot(vViewPixelDir, vNormal);

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#define ANGLE_SURFACE_DARKEN 0.75 // *** strength of the darkening effect; range [0 - 1]

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const float     fAmbient; // used as per-entity brightness factor here

const float4    vecViewPos;

const float4x4  matWorld;
const float4x4  matViewProj;

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const texture entSkin1;
sampler2D smpTex = sampler_state
{
	Texture = <entSkin1>;
	
	MipFilter = Linear;
	MagFilter = Point;
	MinFilter = Point;
	
	AddressU = Wrap;
	AddressV = Wrap;
};

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struct VertexShaderInput
{
	float4 Position : POSITION0;
	float2 Tex : TEXCOORD0;
	float3 Normal : NORMAL; // *** contains the object space normals of the block
};

struct VertexShaderOutput
{
	float4 Position : POSITION0;
	float2 Tex : TEXCOORD0;
	float3 Light : TEXCOORD1; // *** used to store the calculated light value for the object
};

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VertexShaderOutput VShader(VertexShaderInput input)
{
	VertexShaderOutput output;
	
	//
	
	float4 vWorldPos = mul(input.Position, matWorld); // transform the coordinates in two steps (matWorld & matViewProj instead of matWorldViewProj) because the world position is needed
	output.Position = mul(vWorldPos, matViewProj); // transform to the final screen-space coordinates
	
	output.Tex = input.Tex; // pass the texture coordinates
	
	float3 vPixelToViewDir = normalize(vecViewPos.xyz - vWorldPos.xyz); // *** direction vector from the surface to the camera
	
	float3 vNormal = normalize(mul(float4(input.Normal, 0), matWorld).xyz); // *** transform surface normal from object space to world space
	
	float dot_result = dot(vPixelToViewDir, vNormal); // *** get the angle ( cos(angle) ) between these vectors; both vectors in the dot product have to be normalized (length = 1)
	
	output.Light = fAmbient.xxx; // *** light (= entity brightness) is defined by ent->ambient
	output.Light *= saturate(1.0 - (1.0 - dot_result) * ANGLE_SURFACE_DARKEN); // *** apply the darkening factor with adjustable intensity; saturate() to prevent negative numbers (and numbers > 1)
	
	//
	
	return output;
}

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float4 PShader(VertexShaderOutput In) : COLOR0
{
	float4 Color = tex2D(smpTex, In.Tex);
	
	Color.rgb *= In.Light; // *** simply apply the Light value recieved from the vertex shader to the texture
	
	return Color;
}

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technique Tech_PP
{
	pass Pass_1
	{
		Lighting = False;
		
		AlphaBlendEnable = False;
		AlphaTestEnable = True;
		
		VertexShader = compile vs_3_0 VShader();
		PixelShader = compile ps_3_0 PShader();
	}
}