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Shaders, .FX files, and how they work... #40846 02/09/05 17:02 02/09/05 17:02
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,011 South Africa capanno OP Serious User
capanno OP Serious User Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,011 South Africa	I know its irritating to help out noobs, but I cant find tutorials. Say ive got a .fx file. What can I do with it? A shader is not a texture, right? Its function is to be used ON the texture to get cool effects, right? How do I use it in my levels. How do I use them on the textures. If Im completely wrong about how shaders work or what they do, please correct me. much apreciated capanno

Re: Shaders, .FX files, and how they work... [Re: capanno] #40847 02/09/05 22:09 02/09/05 22:09
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 48 Hamburg, Germany Jerome8911 Newbie
Jerome8911 Newbie Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 48 Hamburg, Germany	Quote: Say ive got a .fx file. What can I do with it? You can bind a .fx file in your project.: Code: string shader_name = <effect.fx>; a .fx file contains one or more shader-effects. Mosten there is a readme how to use the .fx file. Quote: A shader is not a texture, right? right Quote: Its function is to be used ON the texture to get cool effects, right? It can be assigned to a model-, or level-texture, but can also have effects on the whole screen. Quote: How do I use it in my levels. How do I use them on the textures. There are two different types of textures. The level- and the model-textures. In both cases you have to select a material for it. If you want a certain effect on a model you have to give it a action, like this one: Code: action Entity { my.material = name_of_the_material; } To say the truth, if its a level-texture I dont know how it works, but a good example for Shader on level-textures is the Ultimate lighting shader from Matt_Aufderheide A few days ago i saw a very good tutorial in the forum. It explained how a toon shader works, perhaps a good beginning. MfG Jerome Visit my indieDB page for Tactics of World War One Or download Scheherazade's Journey, made for the A8 Winter 2020 Game Jam

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