public void RegisterEffect(string name)
{
Effect effect = game.Content.Load <Effect>("Content\\Effects\\" + name);
foreach (EffectTechnique tech in effect.Techniques)
{
// remove begin and end of technique name
string lowerTechName = tech.Name.ToLower();
if (!(lowerTechName.StartsWith("t_") && (lowerTechName.EndsWith("_2_0") || lowerTechName.EndsWith("_3_0"))))
{
throw new Exception("Effect file " + name + " has an invalid technique name. Techniques must start with \"t_\" and end with \"_2_0\" or \"_3_0\".");
}
string techNamePartsAsString = lowerTechName.Substring(2, lowerTechName.Length - 6);
// split technique name to parts
string[] techNameParts = techNamePartsAsString.Split(("_").ToCharArray());
// sort tech name parts
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
SortedList <string, string> sl = new SortedList <string, string>(techNameParts.Length);
bool continueWithNextTechnique = false;
foreach (string part in techNameParts)
{
if (part == "basic")
{
continueWithNextTechnique = true;
break;
}
sl.Add(part, part);
}
if (continueWithNextTechnique)
{
continue;
}
// build tech desc string
string shaderModel = lowerTechName.EndsWith("_3_0") ? "SM3" : "SM2";
sb.Append(shaderModel);
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, string> part in sl)
{
sb.Append("," + part.Value);
}
// create ShaderDescription
EffectTechniqueDescription sd = new EffectTechniqueDescription();
sd.Effect = name;
sd.Technique = tech.Name;
// ad to valid
validShaders.Add(sb.ToString(), sd);
}
}
public Effect CreateEffect(EffectTechniqueDescription sd)
{
Effect result = game.Content.Load <Effect>("Content\\Effects\\" + sd.Effect);
foreach (EffectTechnique technique in result.Techniques)
{
if (technique.Name == sd.Technique)
{
result.CurrentTechnique = technique;
break;
}
}
return(result);
}
public Effect CreateEffect(List <string> shaderDescription)
{
EffectTechniqueDescription sd = GetEffectTechniqueDescription(shaderDescription);
return(CreateEffect(sd));
}
public Effect CreateEffect(ShaderDescription shaderDescription, InstancingType instancing)
{
EffectTechniqueDescription sd = GetEffectTechniqueDescription(shaderDescription, instancing);
return(CreateEffect(sd));
}
