Shaders_Win32.precomp info

Thanks very much for doing this :)

Oooh cool! Thank you :). I've been peeking in it and trying out stuff so it's been helpful.

Is there anywhere to get a list of the names of the existing valid shaders for TS4?

@IngeJones do you mean the one in this post perhaps?

Unfortunately not, I think those are just property settings. I was after the actual names, which presumably were hashed to make the shader entries. Mainly because names are pretty good hints about the role of each shader.

Inge that contains most of the Shader names though. You have to dig down a bit but it's still there. Either way, the shader names are the same as the TS3 ones from what I've seen and noticed, but Trying out the TS3 shader Precomp in the TS4 mods folder with that mods folder arguement ModSquad provided doesn't work.

Been trying to get the game to load my modified .precomp but it does not seem to be working. If i replace the original .repcomp in the game installation directory it works. Can it be confirmed that custom .precomp files are loaded if you modify the Resource.cfg like the example in the first post?

What I did was to create a copy of the "Counters" shader and named it "Counters2" and replaced the pixel shader with a custom one that makes all pixels purple. Changed the shader property in the material for a custom counter.
Object is purple when I replace the original .precomp, that would indicate that the custom shader is working correct. Placing it in the Mods/shadermod folder just like the first post here suggest, gives me a shader error. (red pulsating mesh).

regards
Micke Sundberg

Hi @Tokfarbrorn,

There should be no difference between loading out of the game's data dir or out of the Mods dir. Perhaps try moving the EA-authored file into the Mods folder to see if it loads successfully. That would at least prove the unmodified file is loading correctly out of the Mods folder. I have tried that, and works fine for me.

-SGMS

Hi and thanks for your answer.

Yes, that does actually work, even the modified file will be loaded from the Mods folder if there is no .precomp file in the "res" folder in the game install folder. Once I put the ea-authored file back in the "res" folder the one in "Mods" stops working.

regards,
Micke Sundberg

Ok, been doing some testing now and found that the file needs to be named Shaders_Win32.precomp for the game to even start. It needs to be located in either the game installation folder or in the Mods folder.
I can't get the game to load any other precomp file other than that. I know that the modified file is working since it will load if I move the ea-authored file out from the game installation dir.

Maybe we´re not supposed to add new shaders just modify the existing ones? As I wrote before I added a new shader "Counters2".
Or maybe there´s more to modding shaders than just adding a new one to the file?

/micke