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Each and every shaders does not work for all entities.

Anyone knows a good tutorial on shaders?
As for as I know there are pixel shaders and vertex shaders, FPSC uses pixel shaders I guess? (Don't really know the difference between these two types)
And It must have something to do with the textures and the materials. But If I want a shader to work with any entity, don't I just need to apply eg. a bumpmap on them? How can I do this?

Best!

oh! btw I'm using version 1.18 of FPSC x9

A shader consists of both a vertex and pixel shader.

Vertex shaders process the model geometry and determine where the model should be placed within the game world and on the screen.

Pixel shaders determine the the final color/shading of the pixel on screen.

Shaders are highly game engine specific. To learn more about the whole rendering pipeline this is a great place to start, it's now available for FREE online: http://news.developer.nvidia.com/2008/05/the-cg-tutorial.html

Different entities within FPSC (static/dynamic/characters/weapons/post-process) follow different rendering paths and generally the shaders aren't interchangeable. It's best to start with an existing entity that already has an effect applied that you want, and use that as a template.

If you want to apply shaders to an object, open the FPE of the object and where it says "effect=" add an effect from the "effectbank" in your FPSC directory. Unfortunately, you can't just pick one and go - you have to pick specific ones. If I am correct, certain shaders work for characters, certain ones work for entities, some work for segments, and still others are full-screen shaders. Look in the FPE's of stock items to help you choose. Once you apply the effect, you'll need to create a (or more commonly some) shader map(s). Bootlicker created a tutorial on how to make shaders here: http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=187966&b=24

Also, there are tutorials designed for X10 on the X10 board - I use that one for making shaders, although there are some things that aren't the same for X9.

@Bond1: Thanks for the link! I'll check it out some time.