Me and James are both having the exact same problem, and are running Vista 32bit. I have tried running shadercompile.exe in compatability mode, but seems to not make a difference. I'm beginning to wonder if the operating system is a factor of the problems me and James are seeing.
2009/5/28 KLIMaka <[email protected]> > WinXP Prof x64 SP2 > > > Yeah, I have no problems with running studiocompile. Out of curiosity, > what > > version of Windows are you all running this on? > > > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:13 PM, BEaST <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Really? I have everything works fine! Maybe problem in erroneous > bat-files? > > > The solution, which helped me: > > > > > > 1) Copy from your ...\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\ directory into > > > ...\src\materialsystem\stdshaders\ next files - shadercompile.exe and > > > shadercompile_dll.dll > > > > > > 2) Change buildshaders.bat : following lines > > > > > > echo %SDKBINDIR%\shadercompile.exe >> filestocopy.txt > > > echo %SDKBINDIR%\shadercompile_dll.dll >> filestocopy.txt > > > echo %SDKBINDIR%\vstdlib.dll >> filestocopy.txt > > > echo %SDKBINDIR%\tier0.dll >> filestocopy.txt > > > > > > modify to > > > > > > echo shadercompile.exe >> filestocopy.txt > > > echo shadercompile_dll.dll >> filestocopy.txt > > > rem echo %SDKBINDIR%\vstdlib.dll >> filestocopy.txt > > > rem echo %SDKBINDIR%\tier0.dll >> filestocopy.txt > > > > Sorry I don't have anything to contribute, but how were you able to > > > > get the shader SDK working? Using the beta SDK and DXSDK Nov2008, > > > > the .fxc files do not seem to build successfully. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 23, 2009, at 9:29 PM, "walter" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I tried to make CShadowDepthView draw into a custom render target > > > > > which > > > > > would then be passed to shader, but I cant find the right way how > to > > > > > do > > > > > it. Being inexperienced in programming, I really could use some > > > > > advice. > > > > > > only way - additional render pass with depth write only. Simplest > way > > > > > > (IMHO) to use CClientShadowMgr. It uses CShadowDepthView::Draw() > for > > > > > > writing full range depth. I think it should look like "always > > > > > > turned on > > > > > > flashlight" with FOV`s (horizontal and vertical) and resolution > > > > > > equal to > > > > > > viewport FOV and resolution accordingly. Something like that... > > > > > > > > > > > > Pardon for poorly english )) > > > > > > > Is there any other way how to get depth (distance) into shader? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is for Orange Box-based mod. > > > > > > > > On PC platform _rt_FullFrameDepth is a compressed depth > buffer. > > > > > > > > This > > > > > > > means > > > > > > > > that presented not full depth range, but only part, not to > exceed > > > > > > > > OO_DESTALPHA_DEPTH_RANGE (as defined in the file > > > common_ps_fxc.h). > > > > > > > That is > > > > > > > > why we have fake soft particles. Sadly :( > > > > > > > > > Is this for ep1? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:52 PM, walter > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I wrote a custom shader which accesses depth buffer > through > > > > > > > > > > "_rt_FullFrameDepth" render target. It works, but alpha > > > channel > > > > > > > > > becomes > > > > > > > > > > maxed out to white just few meters from camera, > preventing > > > > > > > intended > > > > > > > > > > function. Any idea what could I be doing wrong? > > > > > > > > > > Jan "Walter" Sluka > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the > list > > > > > > > archives, > > > > > > > > > > please visit: > > > > > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the > list > > > > > > > archives, > > > > > > > > > please visit: > > > > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > > > > > archives, > > > > > > > > please visit: > > > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > > > > archives, > > > > > > > please visit: > > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > > > archives, > > > > > > please visit: > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > > archives, please visit: > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > -- Sent from Olly's SEGA Game Gear _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
