Re: [GD-Consoles] Cg, HLSL, ?

[Javier A. <ja...@py...>]

Jamie Fowlston <ja...@qu...> wrote:

> the only really viable solution i've heard of is to give the artists
> access to a library of shaders, and reimplement them per platform.
> not great, but it works.

I agree. Could you people guesstimate the number of different material /
shader types used in their games? I would assume at most a few dozens (with
many of them being variations of a few). Anything under 40 is clearly a job
for hand-crafting them. Even if you have an automated system, you will
definitely leave the option to hand-optimize the most used (or less optimal
when automated) ones.

  Javier Arevalo
  Pyro Studios