Shader FX

[Gman]

Can anyone tell me if the render tree allows you to create shaders in the same way like Shader FX for 3DSmax does? Is there a tool for creating shaders for XSI via code ? Or is it just better to use the render tree..

Cheers

Gman

[thiago]

yes you can.
you go in the rendertree, nodes>realtime (directX,openGL or CG) and pick the program node.
on DirectX you can click on More to get the FX node which let you code, compile/execute directly in XSI. Or the .DXFX2 that let you load a .FX file... (in case you download or you have an .fx file, you use this node to just load the file)

take a look on this tutorial: http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video.php?v=704


theres also some good examples in the netview...
alt+5, Add-ons, DirectX, factory presets.

[thiago]

part two is pretty cool...
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=705


another good one http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video.php?v=698

[Gman]

That is fantasic , you have been a great help!

Thank-you

Gman