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Shader Render State

The state of the rendering pipeline can only be set through shaders. There is no way to change its state other than to select a shader which includes that specific state.

Use shader permutations to create variants of a shader. Each variant may incorporate a different render state. By setting shader permutation variables at runtime, you select the specific shader variant (permutation) and thus also get its render state.

This design follows what rendering APIs such as DirectX 12 and Vulkan require.

The Shader Render State Section

Each shader is made up of several sections:

[PLATFORMS]

ALL
DEBUG

[PERMUTATIONS]

ALPHATEST
WIREFRAME

[RENDERSTATE]

#if WIREFRAME == 1
  WireFrame = true
#endif

[VERTEXSHADER]

VS_OUT main(VS_IN Input)
{
  ...
}

[PIXELSHADER]

...

The render pipeline state associated with the shader is defined in the [RENDERSTATE] section. It may use permutation variables just like the shader code. To have different state for different permutations, use standard C preprocessor syntax.

Render States

The following variables are available in the [RENDERSTATE] section. Simply overwrite them with the desired value.

Rasterizer States

  • bool DepthClip = false

  • bool FrontCounterClockwise = false

  • bool LineAA = false

  • bool MSAA = false

  • bool ScissorTest = false

  • bool WireFrame = false

  • enum CullMode = CullMode_Back

    CullMode = CullMode_None
CullMode = CullMode_Back
CullMode = CullMode_Front

  • float DepthBiasClamp = 0.0

  • float SlopeScaledDepthBias = 0.0

  • int DepthBias = 0

Depth-Stencil State

  • enum BackFaceDepthFailOp = StencilOp_Keep

    BackFaceDepthFailOp = StencilOp_Keep
BackFaceDepthFailOp = StencilOp_Zero
BackFaceDepthFailOp = StencilOp_Replace
BackFaceDepthFailOp = StencilOp_IncrementSaturated
BackFaceDepthFailOp = StencilOp_DecrementSaturated
BackFaceDepthFailOp = StencilOp_Invert
BackFaceDepthFailOp = StencilOp_Increment
BackFaceDepthFailOp = StencilOp_Decrement

  • enum BackFaceFailOp = StencilOp_Keep

    BackFaceFailOp = StencilOp_Keep
BackFaceFailOp = StencilOp_Zero
BackFaceFailOp = StencilOp_Replace
BackFaceFailOp = StencilOp_IncrementSaturated
BackFaceFailOp = StencilOp_DecrementSaturated
BackFaceFailOp = StencilOp_Invert
BackFaceFailOp = StencilOp_Increment
BackFaceFailOp = StencilOp_Decrement

  • enum BackFacePassOp = StencilOp_Keep

    BackFacePassOp = StencilOp_Keep
BackFacePassOp = StencilOp_Zero
BackFacePassOp = StencilOp_Replace
BackFacePassOp = StencilOp_IncrementSaturated
BackFacePassOp = StencilOp_DecrementSaturated
BackFacePassOp = StencilOp_Invert
BackFacePassOp = StencilOp_Increment
BackFacePassOp = StencilOp_Decrement

  • enum BackFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Always

    BackFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Never
BackFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Less
BackFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Equal
BackFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_LessEqual
BackFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Greater
BackFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_NotEqual
BackFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_GreaterEqual
BackFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Always

  • enum FrontFaceDepthFailOp = StencilOp_Keep

    FrontFaceDepthFailOp = CompareFunc_Never
FrontFaceDepthFailOp = CompareFunc_Less
FrontFaceDepthFailOp = CompareFunc_Equal
FrontFaceDepthFailOp = CompareFunc_LessEqual
FrontFaceDepthFailOp = CompareFunc_Greater
FrontFaceDepthFailOp = CompareFunc_NotEqual
FrontFaceDepthFailOp = CompareFunc_GreaterEqual
FrontFaceDepthFailOp = CompareFunc_Always

  • enum FrontFaceFailOp = StencilOp_Keep

    FrontFaceFailOp = CompareFunc_Never
FrontFaceFailOp = CompareFunc_Less
FrontFaceFailOp = CompareFunc_Equal
FrontFaceFailOp = CompareFunc_LessEqual
FrontFaceFailOp = CompareFunc_Greater
FrontFaceFailOp = CompareFunc_NotEqual
FrontFaceFailOp = CompareFunc_GreaterEqual
FrontFaceFailOp = CompareFunc_Always

  • enum FrontFacePassOp = StencilOp_Keep

    FrontFacePassOp = CompareFunc_Never
FrontFacePassOp = CompareFunc_Less
FrontFacePassOp = CompareFunc_Equal
FrontFacePassOp = CompareFunc_LessEqual
FrontFacePassOp = CompareFunc_Greater
FrontFacePassOp = CompareFunc_NotEqual
FrontFacePassOp = CompareFunc_GreaterEqual
FrontFacePassOp = CompareFunc_Always

  • enum FrontFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Always

    FrontFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Never
FrontFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Less
FrontFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Equal
FrontFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_LessEqual
FrontFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Greater
FrontFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_NotEqual
FrontFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_GreaterEqual
FrontFaceStencilFunc = CompareFunc_Always

  • bool DepthTest = true

  • bool DepthWrite = true

  • bool SeparateFrontAndBack = false

  • bool StencilTest = false

  • enum DepthTestFunc = CompareFunc_Less

    DepthTestFunc = CompareFunc_Never
DepthTestFunc = CompareFunc_Less
DepthTestFunc = CompareFunc_Equal
DepthTestFunc = CompareFunc_LessEqual
DepthTestFunc = CompareFunc_Greater
DepthTestFunc = CompareFunc_NotEqual
DepthTestFunc = CompareFunc_GreaterEqual
DepthTestFunc = CompareFunc_Always

  • int StencilReadMask = 255

  • int StencilWriteMask = 255

Blend State

  • bool AlphaToCoverage = false

  • bool IndependentBlend = false

The following variables exist with suffix 0 to 7. If IndependentBlend is disabled, only the ones with suffix 0 are used.

  • bool BlendingEnabled0 = false

  • enum BlendOp0 = BlendOp_Add

    BlendOp0 = BlendOp_Add
BlendOp0 = BlendOp_Subtract
BlendOp0 = BlendOp_RevSubtract
BlendOp0 = BlendOp_Min
BlendOp0 = BlendOp_Max

  • enum BlendOpAlpha0 = BlendOp_Add

    BlendOpAlpha0 = BlendOp_Add
BlendOpAlpha0 = BlendOp_Subtract
BlendOpAlpha0 = BlendOp_RevSubtract
BlendOpAlpha0 = BlendOp_Min
BlendOpAlpha0 = BlendOp_Max

  • enum DestBlend0 = Blend_One

    DestBlend0 = Blend_Zero
DestBlend0 = Blend_One
DestBlend0 = Blend_SrcColor
DestBlend0 = Blend_InvSrcColor
DestBlend0 = Blend_SrcAlpha
DestBlend0 = Blend_InvSrcAlpha
DestBlend0 = Blend_DestAlpha
DestBlend0 = Blend_InvDestAlpha
DestBlend0 = Blend_DestColor
DestBlend0 = Blend_InvDestColor
DestBlend0 = Blend_SrcAlphaSaturated
DestBlend0 = Blend_BlendFactor
DestBlend0 = Blend_InvBlendFactor

  • enum DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_One

    DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_Zero
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_One
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_SrcColor
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_InvSrcColor
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_SrcAlpha
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_InvSrcAlpha
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_DestAlpha
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_InvDestAlpha
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_DestColor
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_InvDestColor
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_SrcAlphaSaturated
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_BlendFactor
DestBlendAlpha0 = Blend_InvBlendFactor

  • enum SourceBlend0 = Blend_One

    SourceBlend0 = Blend_Zero
SourceBlend0 = Blend_One
SourceBlend0 = Blend_SrcColor
SourceBlend0 = Blend_InvSrcColor
SourceBlend0 = Blend_SrcAlpha
SourceBlend0 = Blend_InvSrcAlpha
SourceBlend0 = Blend_DestAlpha
SourceBlend0 = Blend_InvDestAlpha
SourceBlend0 = Blend_DestColor
SourceBlend0 = Blend_InvDestColor
SourceBlend0 = Blend_SrcAlphaSaturated
SourceBlend0 = Blend_BlendFactor
SourceBlend0 = Blend_InvBlendFactor

  • enum SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_One

    SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_Zero
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_One
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_SrcColor
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_InvSrcColor
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_SrcAlpha
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_InvSrcAlpha
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_DestAlpha
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_InvDestAlpha
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_DestColor
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_InvDestColor
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_SrcAlphaSaturated
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_BlendFactor
SourceBlendAlpha0 = Blend_InvBlendFactor

  • int WriteMask = 255

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