This shader is a wrapper for providing custom pixel and vertex shaders, while it is named screenspace_general there is nothing inherently screenspace only about this shader, it is merely the name that was chosen before it received extra functionality that allowed it to do more than just screenspace work, as such this is a general shader that can be used on brushes, decals, info_overlays, models, and more.

The following content paths are supported: MOD, BSP, THIRDPARTY

Source Engine games use the game/shaders/fxc (GMod uses the garrysmod/shaders/fxc) folder to load .vcs shaders.

Example of custom pixel shader

See Also

• Shader Authoring - Valve Developer Community for the shader authoring process.
• SDK Screenspace Shaders - ficool2 GitHub for more information on screenspace_general.
• SCell555's Shader Compiler for standalone shader compilation which is useful for Linux/Mac users through Wine/Crossover, or for CI/CD processes. If you encounter SM1 non-float expression, it means you have to download the original d3dcompiler for Wine via winetricks.
• Srlions's RDNX library a shader example which draws rounded shapes.
• EthanTheGreat's gm_universe shaders a shader example which draws planets.
• EthanTheGreat's gm_shaderbuild utility a utility that allows you to hotload shaders for easy development.