[Weter]

Hello, ET mates.
During last half-month, I've learned a new for me thing, reading MG discussions.
It appears to be, that one can edit *.FX-files (not new idea, but now it captured me).

So the question: where can be found any information, how these files organized?

Thanks in advance.

[wacampbell]

Weter, on 28 March 2023 - 07:25 AM, said:

Hello, ET mates.
During last half-month, I've learned a new for me thing, reading MG discussions.
It appears to be, that one can edit *.FX-files (not new idea, but now it captured me).

So the question: where can be found any information, how these files organized?

Thanks in advance.

Just as a first step, the language used in the .FX files is called HLSL. Here's a reference:

https://learn.micros...x-graphics-hlsl

[Weter]

Hello, Wayne.
Thanks. So it's a kind of program file.

[wacampbell]

Weter, on 28 March 2023 - 08:55 AM, said:

Hello, Wayne.
Thanks. So it's a kind of program file.

Yes, its a sequence of instructions to tell the GPU what to do for every pixel of your object.

eg for every pixel on the mesh,
- open a texture file
- look up the color that corresponds to the pixel I am drawing
- see if the color alpha is transparent
- if so skip the rest of the program
- look at the angle of the sun
- figure out how much the pixel should be brightened
- look at the shadow locations
- figure out how much the pixel should be darkened
- write the final pixel to the screen buffer

etc

[Weter]

I'm going to try to research that.