<cat>Code.Shader</cat> <title>Custom Post-Processing</title> # Setting up your material and rendering it From the C# side you'll need to do two things. I'll be using a simple color invert shader for this example that you can turn on and off with a ClientCmd. 1. Setup a class for your PostProcessing based on MaterialPostProcess, where you set up all your shader stuff, including the material. ```cs public class InvertPostProcess : MaterialPostProcess { public InvertPostProcess() : base( "materials/post_invert.vmat" ) { } public bool Enabled { set => Attributes.SetCombo( "D_ENABLED", value ); } } ``` <note> The DynamicCombo "D_ENABLED" is defined in the example shader below. You can use `Set` to set any attributes. Eg: `float flMyAttribute< Attribute("MyCoolAttribute"); >;` and you'd set it with `Set( "MyCoolAttribute", 1337.0f);` </note> 2. Initialize that PostProcessing class in your Game class. ```cs public CustomGame() { if(IsClient) { InitPostProcess(); } } public void InitPostProcess() { PostProcess.Add(new InvertPostProcess()); var postInvert = PostProcess.Get<InvertPostProcess>(); postInvert.Enabled = true; // set it to invert colors by default } ``` <note>You can also directly load a post-processing material if you don't have any attributes you want to set from C#</note> ``` PostProcess.Add( new MaterialPostProcess( "materials/post_invert.vmat" ) ); ``` This is a basic example using the post-processing material `post_invert.vmat`. That's all we need to do from the C# side to get our post-processing material to draw, now we just need to actually make the shader. # Basic Post Processing Shader ``` HEADER { CompileTargets = ( IS_SM_50 && ( PC || VULKAN ) );⤶ Description = "Example post processing shader"; } MODES { Default(); VrForward(); } FEATURES { } COMMON { #include "postprocess/shared.hlsl" } struct VertexInput { float3 vPositionOs : POSITION < Semantic( PosXyz ); >; float2 vTexCoord : TEXCOORD0 < Semantic( LowPrecisionUv ); >; }; struct PixelInput { float2 vTexCoord : TEXCOORD0; // VS only #if ( PROGRAM == VFX_PROGRAM_VS ) float4 vPositionPs : SV_Position; #endif // PS only #if ( ( PROGRAM == VFX_PROGRAM_PS ) ) float4 vPositionSs : SV_ScreenPosition; #endif }; VS { PixelInput MainVs( VertexInput i ) { PixelInput o; o.vPositionPs = float4(i.vPositionOs.xyz, 1.0f); o.vTexCoord = i.vTexCoord; return o; } } PS { #include "postprocess/common.hlsl" RenderState( DepthWriteEnable, false ); RenderState( DepthEnable, false ); CreateTexture2D( g_tColorBuffer ) < Attribute( "ColorBuffer" ); SrgbRead( true ); Filter( MIN_MAG_LINEAR_MIP_POINT ); AddressU( MIRROR ); AddressV( MIRROR ); >; CreateTexture2D( g_tDepthBuffer ) < Attribute( "DepthBuffer" ); SrgbRead( false ); Filter( MIN_MAG_MIP_POINT ); AddressU( CLAMP ); AddressV( CLAMP ); >; DynamicCombo( D_ENABLED, 0..1, Sys( PC ) ); struct PixelOutput { float4 vColor : SV_Target0; }; PixelOutput MainPs( PixelInput i ) { PixelOutput o; // Get the current screen texture coordinates float2 vScreenUv = i.vTexCoord.xy - g_vViewportOffset.xy / g_vRenderTargetSize; // Get the current color at a given pixel float3 vFrameBufferColor = Tex2D( g_tColorBuffer, vScreenUv.xy ).rgb; #if D_ENABLED // Invert the color and write it to our output o.vColor.rgb = 1.0f - vFrameBufferColor; #else o.vColor.rgb = vFrameBufferColor; #endif o.vColor.a = 1.0f; return o; } } ``` This is a basic post processing shader that inverts the screen color. <upload src="3c1ff/8d9a61ea993d2f1.png" size="5219945" name="sbox-dev_oXb7vCc1Z3.png" />