Shader tool

etcaptor · Post by **etcaptor** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:11 pm

Hi all,
I just found one shader tool from Alexei Puzikov.

http://www.dream.com.ua/downloads/shaderman7.zip
http://www.dream.com.ua/downloads/shaderman7.rar

Will be nice if we can use it with irrlicht.

Robomaniac · Post by **Robomaniac** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:33 am

I personally like RenderMonkey and FX Factory or whatever better

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:50 am

Crafter is also very cool and professional. It recently became open-source. But it's a beta and extremely complicated to use. Anyway, check the link:

http://www.funnyfarm.tv/thelab/crafter/research.htm

etcaptor · Post by **etcaptor** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:18 am

Thanks, I'll try it.

Will be easy to use these tools by you with Irrlicht shaders on this stage? Is there any compatibility with generated code?

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:26 am

crafter is more specialized on generating shaders and materials for yafray. But since yafray info is a XML file, perhaps there's something that can be done about it.

hansmbakker · Post by **hansmbakker** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:30 pm

where can i find the FX Factory software?

Tyn · Post by **Tyn** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:41 pm

Well, all the tools listed here aren't going to work with Irrlicht since they all export to some higher level shaders. Even if you did manage to find one that exports to the low level shader languages that Irrlicht supports you will probably find it doesn't work yet, according to the docu there are some functions that Irrlicht doesn't support to send to the GPU. This means that if you write one, it may not work and you won't know if it is Irrlicht or the shader that is wrong.

It may be best to wait until CG is supported by which ever renderer you are using, it'll take some time for me since noone is working on a DX version of the CG wrapper that I know about.