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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Shader command request

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wargasmic
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Posted: 15th Jul 2013 02:32
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I don't know if this would be hard to implement, but something I find myself really needing is the ability to send arrays to shaders.

We have SetShaderConstantByName which is useful for most things, but the ability to send an array to the shader with it would be great.
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The Zoq2
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Posted: 15th Jul 2013 10:49
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I fully agree to this, not sending arrays makes things like nultiple lights very tough to do
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wargasmic
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Posted: 15th Jul 2013 21:45
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Yeah, multiple lights would be so simple with the ability to send an array to the shader and would allow a single call instead of making a call for every single light.

Personally I need to create a distortable background that reacts to explosions, of which there could be any ammount so I need the ability to pass an array to the shader.

Is there any chance we could see this in 108, or are are we going to have to wait for the improved shader support in v2? Wouldn't it be quite a simple feature to add as we can already send multiple data types, just not arrays?
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wargasmic
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Posted: 20th Jul 2013 02:29
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Bump.
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Paul Johnston
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2013 17:34
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I will take a new look at shaders in the 3D portion of AppGameKit v2. Setting array values was originally left out because tier 1 can't pass arrays as a parameter.
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