Recompiling shaders

RedcrowProd · 04-05-2023 05:58 AM

Hi,

i am following the instruction at
https://github.com/Esenthel/EsenthelEngi...Shaders.md

This is understood and done

Code:

open Titan Solution file Titan.sln

modify the Engine/Source/Graphics/Shader Compilers.cpp file

enable the "#define COMPILE_DX 1" (to compile for DirectX)

and uncomment which shader files should be recompiled (such as MAIN, DEFERRED, etc.)

"MAIN" includes all the basic shaders for drawing on the screen (lines, rectangles, text, ..) and other similar which are always used

Here is what i do :
-building the "engine"
- change //DataPath(EngineDataPath); to DataPath("../Data"); in initpre of the "Project" in the Titan solution as noted below.

project then will build, but not run, and it is complaining about dxcompiler.dll
can you let me know what am i doing wrong please ?

Code:

after making that change, running any project will compile selected shaders after 'InitPre' and before 'Init' stage

shaders will be stored in the 'DataPath' folder

so if using the "Project" project from Titan Solution file, 'DataPath' should be set inside 'InitPre' as: DataPath("../Data"); which will store shaders inside Data/Shader

once the shaders are recompiled, don't forget to use "Engine Builder" and create the new "Engine.pak" so it can be used by the Editor

**Esenthel** · 04-05-2023 10:18 AM

https://github.com/Esenthel/EsenthelEngi...mpiler/bin

RedcrowProd · 04-06-2023 03:59 AM

okay that worked, as i dumped the .dll into the main project folder and i managed to rebuild the shaders.

thanks !

Recompiling shaders
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