PostEffect Class Reference
[Rendering]

A fullscreen shader effect. More...

Inheritance diagram for PostEffect:

Public Member Functions
void	clearShaderMacros ()
	Remove all shader macros.
void	disable ()
	Disables the effect.
String	dumpShaderDisassembly ()
	Dumps this PostEffect shader's disassembly to a temporary text file.
void	enable ()
	Enables the effect.
float	getAspectRatio ()
bool	isEnabled ()
void	reload ()
	Reloads the effect shader and textures.
void	removeShaderMacro (string key)
	Remove a shader macro. This will usually be called within the preProcess callback.
void	setShaderConst (string name, string value)
	Sets the value of a uniform defined in the shader. This will usually be called within the setShaderConsts callback. Array type constants are not supported.
void	setShaderMacro (string key, string value="")
	Adds a macro to the effect's shader or sets an existing one's value. This will usually be called within the onAdd or preProcess callback.
bool	toggle ()
	Toggles the effect between enabled / disabled.
Callbacks

void	onAdd ()
	Called when this object is first created and registered.
void	onDisabled ()
	Called when this effect becomes disabled.
bool	onEnabled ()
	Called when this effect becomes enabled. If the user returns false from this callback the effect will not be enabled.
void	preProcess ()
	Called when an effect is processed but before textures are bound. This allows the user to change texture related paramaters or macros at runtime.
void	setShaderConsts ()
	Called immediate before processing this effect. This is the user's chance to set the value of shader uniforms (constants).
Public Attributes
bool	allowReflectPass
	Is this effect processed during reflection render passes.
bool	isEnabled
	Is the effect on.
bool	oneFrameOnly
	Allows you to turn on a PostEffect for only a single frame.
bool	onThisFrame
	Allows you to turn on a PostEffect for only a single frame.
string	renderBin
	Name of a renderBin, used if renderTime is PFXBeforeBin or PFXAfterBin.
float	renderPriority
	PostEffects are processed in DESCENDING order of renderPriority if more than one has the same renderBin/Time.
PFXRenderTime	renderTime
	When to process this effect during the frame.
string	shader
	Name of a GFXShaderData for this effect.
bool	skip
	Skip processing of this PostEffect and its children even if its parent is enabled. Parent and sibling PostEffects in the chain are still processed.
GFXStateBlockData	stateBlock
	Name of a GFXStateBlockData for this effect.
string	target
	String identifier of this effect's target texture.
PFXTargetClear	targetClear
	Describes when the target texture should be cleared.
ColorF	targetClearColor
	Color to which the target texture is cleared before rendering.
string	targetDepthStencil
	Optional string identifier for this effect's target depth/stencil texture.
GFXFormat	targetFormat
	Format of the target texture, not applicable if writing to the backbuffer.
Point2F	targetScale
	If targetSize is zero this is used to set a relative size from the current target.
Point2I	targetSize
	If non-zero this is used as the absolute target size.
filename	texture [4]
	Input textures to this effect ( samplers ).

Detailed Description

A fullscreen shader effect.

PFXTextureIdentifiers

Member Function Documentation

void PostEffect::clearShaderMacros ( )

Remove all shader macros.

void PostEffect::disable ( )

Disables the effect.

String PostEffect::dumpShaderDisassembly ( )

Dumps this PostEffect shader's disassembly to a temporary text file.

Returns:: Full path to the dumped file or an empty string if failed.

void PostEffect::enable ( )

Enables the effect.

float PostEffect::getAspectRatio ( )

Returns:: Width over height of the backbuffer.

bool PostEffect::isEnabled ( )

Returns:: True if the effect is enabled.

void PostEffect::onAdd ( )

Called when this object is first created and registered.

void PostEffect::onDisabled ( )

Called when this effect becomes disabled.

bool PostEffect::onEnabled ( )

Called when this effect becomes enabled. If the user returns false from this callback the effect will not be enabled.

Returns:: True to allow this effect to be enabled.

void PostEffect::preProcess ( )

Called when an effect is processed but before textures are bound. This allows the user to change texture related paramaters or macros at runtime.

Example:

function SSAOPostFx::preProcess( %this )
{
   if ( $SSAOPostFx::quality !$= %this.quality )
   {
      %this.quality = mClamp( mRound( $SSAOPostFx::quality ), 0, 2 );
      
      %this.setShaderMacro( "QUALITY", %this.quality );
   }
   %this.targetScale = $SSAOPostFx::targetScale;
}

See also:: setShaderConst; setShaderMacro

void PostEffect::reload ( )

Reloads the effect shader and textures.

void PostEffect::removeShaderMacro ( string key )

Remove a shader macro. This will usually be called within the preProcess callback.

Parameters:

key

Macro to remove.

void PostEffect::setShaderConst	(	string	name,
		string	value
	)

Sets the value of a uniform defined in the shader. This will usually be called within the setShaderConsts callback. Array type constants are not supported.

Parameters:

	name	Name of the constanst, prefixed with '$'.
	value	Value to set, space seperate values with more than one element.

Example:

function MyPfx::setShaderConsts( %this )
{
   // example float4 uniform
   %this.setShaderConst( "$colorMod", "1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0" );
   // example float1 uniform
   %this.setShaderConst( "$strength", "3.0" );
   // example integer uniform
   %this.setShaderConst( "$loops", "5" );}

void PostEffect::setShaderConsts ( )

Called immediate before processing this effect. This is the user's chance to set the value of shader uniforms (constants).

See also:: setShaderConst

void PostEffect::setShaderMacro	(	string	key,
		string	value = `""`
	)

Adds a macro to the effect's shader or sets an existing one's value. This will usually be called within the onAdd or preProcess callback.

Parameters:

	key	lval of the macro.
	value	rval of the macro, or may be empty.

Example:

function MyPfx::onAdd( %this )
{
   %this.setShaderMacro( "NUM_SAMPLES", "10" );
   %this.setShaderMacro( "HIGH_QUALITY_MODE" );
   
   // In the shader looks like... 
   // #define NUM_SAMPLES 10
   // #define HIGH_QUALITY_MODE
}