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One thing that really sucks is that you are not able to extent a shader.
E.g. I have installed a spdl into my workgroup path. All other machines
register the shader GUID and all parameter GUIDs.
Now I add an parameter in the spdl, I reinstall the shader. Works on my
machine, but all other machines disable the shader because they can't
find the new GUID. The shader is installed, the new parameter not. That
sucks!
Holger Schönberger
technical director
The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night
-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf
Of Halfdan Ingvarsson
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 5:31 PM
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: RE: shader wizard question on .mi file to spdl
The GUID for the shader itself and the "cubemap_lens" params are the
same. Just change one value in either one and all should be fine.
Yes, yes. I know. GUIDs suck. We're working on it, honest...
- ½
-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]On Behalf
Of Rob Wuijster
Sent: Monday, 21 March, 2005 05:55
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: shader wizard question on .mi file to spdl
Hi,
Is seems to be one of those days -again-. Trying to "convert" the
cubical lens shader with a Maya .mi file into XSI's SPDL.
The shader wizard seems to do a good job except one of the GUID's is
shot and gives -offcourse- a parsing error in the spdlcheck utility.
So I created one for myself and that seems to do the trick when checking
the spdl file. At least no erros are genereated.
But installing this into XSI gives me an error, and in the logfile a
spdlcheck is adviced for errors. But the check goes fine, so I'm missing
something here and it's still early.....??
-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --
Here's the original .mi code:
# MI declarations for latlong_lens Mental Ray shader
# by Ralf Habel (ralf.habel@(protected))
declare shader
color "cubemap_lens" (
integer "lensMode" #: softmin 0 softmax 5 default 0
)
version 1
apply lens
scanline off
trace on
#: nodeid 58676
end declare
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Looks easy enough..
And here's the spdl generated from the shader wizard (from within
Firefox, IE doesn't even want to run):
-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---
SPDL
Version = "2.0.0.0";
Reference = "{D18D6A3B-BA9C-4EF3-91BD-147AE70F6769}"; NOTE: this
GUID was shot with an : character in the last set of characters
PropertySet "cubemap_lens_params"
{
Parameter "out" output
{
title = "cubemap_lens output parameter";
guid = "{4C6879FF-7EC8-11D0-8E3B-00A0C90640EC}";
type = color;
flags = 0;
}
Parameter "cubemap_lens" input
{
title = "cubemap_lens input parameter";
guid = "{D18D6A3B-BA9C-4EF3-91BD-147AE70F6769}"; NOTE: this
GUID was shot with an : character in the last set of characters
type = integer;
flags = 0;
texturable = off;
value = 0;
value minimum = 0;
value maximum = 5;
persistable = on;
inspectable = on;
}
}
phenomenon "cubemap_lens_declare"
{
Name = "cubemap_lens";
Version = 1;
Use = lens;
Trace = on;
Scanline = on;
shadow = on;
face = both;
}
BEGIN "{24810490-56FF-11d2-BF23-00A0C982CE5D}"
Defaults
{
cubemap_lens
{
Name = "cubemap_lens";
Description = "";
}
}
Layout "Default"
{
cubemap_lens; NOTE: name of .dll file
}
Logic
{
}
END
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Code looks fine to me, but XSI doesn't really likes it.
Anyone on this, I was so confident I could do this after some previous
fiddling with shaders and spdls..... ;)
cheers,
rob wuijster
s-5 multimedia
holland
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<DIV><SPAN class=875514019-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>One
thing that really sucks is that you are not able to extent a
shader.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=875514019-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>E.g.
I
have installed a spdl into my workgroup path. All other machines register the
shader GUID and all parameter GUIDs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=875514019-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Now I
add an parameter in the spdl, I reinstall the shader. Works on my machine, but
all other machines disable the shader because they can't find the new GUID. The
shader is installed, the new parameter not. That sucks!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Holger Schönberger</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=1>technical director</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=1>The day
has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=de dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-- --Original Message-- --<BR><B>From:</B> owner-xsi@(protected)
[mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Halfdan
Ingvarsson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 21, 2005 5:31 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
XSI@(protected)<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: shader wizard question on .mi file
to
spdl<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=561572916-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
GUID for the shader itself and the "cubemap_lens" params are the same. Just
change one value in either one and all should be fine.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=561572916-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=561572916-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Yes
,
yes. I know. GUIDs suck. We're working on it, honest...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=561572916-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=561572916-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> - ½</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-- --Original Message-- --<BR><B>From:</B> owner-xsi@(protected)
[mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Rob
Wuijster<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 21 March, 2005 05:55<BR><B>To:</B>
XSI@(protected)<BR><B>Subject:</B> shader wizard question on .mi file to
spdl<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>Is seems to be
one of those days -again-. Trying to "convert" the cubical lens shader with
a Maya .mi file into XSI's SPDL.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>The shader
wizard seems to do a good job except one of the GUID's is shot and gives
-offcourse- a parsing error in the spdlcheck utility.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>So I created
one
for myself and that seems to do the trick when checking the spdl file. At
least no erros are genereated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>But installing
this into XSI gives me an error, and in the logfile a spdlcheck is adviced
for errors. But the check goes fine, so I'm missing something here and it's
still early.....??</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005>-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --<
/SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>Here's the
original .mi code:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005># MI
declarations for latlong_lens Mental Ray shader<BR># by Ralf Habel (<A
href="mailto:ralf.habel@(protected)">ralf.habel@(protected)</A>)</SPAN><
/FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>declare
shader<BR> color "cubemap_lens" (<BR> integer
"lensMode"  
;
#: softmin 0 softmax 5 default 0<BR> )<BR> version
1<BR> apply lens<BR> scanline off<BR> trace on<BR> #:
nodeid 58676<BR>end declare</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005>-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----<
/SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>Looks easy
enough..</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>And here's the
spdl generated from the shader wizard (from within Firefox, IE doesn't even
want to run):</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005>-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --
-</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>SPDL<BR>Version
= "2.0.0.0";<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>Reference =
"{D18D6A3B-BA9C-4EF3-91BD-147AE70F6769}";
NOTE: this GUID was shot with an : character in the last set of
characters<BR>PropertySet "cubemap_lens_params"<BR>{<BR> Parameter
"out" output<BR> {<BR> title = "cubemap_lens output
parameter";<BR> guid =
"{4C6879FF-7EC8-11D0-8E3B-00A0C90640EC}";<BR> type =
color;<BR> flags = 0;<BR> }<BR> Parameter
"cubemap_lens" input<BR> {<BR> title = "cubemap_lens input
parameter";<BR> guid =
"{D18D6A3B-BA9C-4EF3-91BD-147AE70F6769}";
NOTE:
this GUID was shot with an : character in the last set of
characters<BR> type = integer;<BR> flags =
0;<BR> texturable = off;<BR> value =
0;<BR> value minimum = 0;<BR> value maximum =
5;<BR> persistable = on;<BR> inspectable =
on;<BR> }<BR>}<BR>phenomenon "cubemap_lens_declare"<BR>{<BR> Name
= "cubemap_lens";<BR> Version = 1;<BR> Use = lens;<BR> Trace
= on;<BR> Scanline = on;<BR> shadow = on;<BR> face =
both;<BR>}<BR>BEGIN
"{24810490-56FF-11d2-BF23-00A0C982CE5D}"<BR>Defaults<BR>{<BR> cubemap
_lens<BR> {<BR> Name
= "cubemap_lens";<BR> Description = "";<BR> }<BR>}<BR
>Layout
"Default"<BR>{<BR> cubemap_lens;
NOTE: name of .dll file<BR>}<BR>Logic<BR>{<BR>}<BR>END</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005>-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --
-- ---- ---- ---- --</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>Code looks fine
to me, but XSI doesn't really likes it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>Anyone on this,
I was so confident I could do this after some previous fiddling with
shaders
and spdls..... ;)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005>cheers,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>rob
wuijster</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=918074410-21032005>s-5
multimedia</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=918074410-21032005>holland</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><
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