Shader language multi-platform compiling and publishing system and method

Abstract

The invention discloses a shader language multi-platform compiling and publishing system and method. The invention provides a scheme for automatically converting an hlsl language into other shader languages. The method comprises the following steps: converting an hlsl language into glsl, meta-shader and spir-V, so that the code writing amount in graphic development is effectively reduced, and a corresponding executable shader script capable of running on other platforms can be generated only by writing the hlsl once in a graphic effect algorithm. According to the method, when the shader code is converted, compiling error detection can be conducted on the shader code, grammar errors are fed back to developers in time, and it can be guaranteed that the finally converted shader code is correct and operable through compiling error detection while conversion is conducted.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of computer language, in particular to a shader language multi-platform compiling and publishing system and method. Background technique [0002] With the development and maturity of the mobile game market, mobile games have also begun to develop in the direction of large-scale and heavy-duty, which has also led to an increasing amount of mobile game development. In particular, the requirements for the amount of shader code written and iteration speed are getting higher and higher as the effects of mobile games become more and more complex. [0003] The main challenge of shader development for mobile games is that different operating systems (IOS, Android, WinPhone) use different graphics protocols (DirectX, Opengl, Metal, Vulkan), and different graphics protocols use different shader languages ​​(hlsl , glsl, metal-shader, spir-v). [0004] Most of the previous generation of game engines in China use hand...

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Problems solved by technology

Problems in actual operation include: the workload doubles as the number of compatible shader languages ​​increases, manual synchronization may have errors or inaccuracies, resulting in inconsistent effects on different platforms

The above problems reduce the efficiency of game effect development; at the same time, because effect developers need to be familiar with the characteristics of different shader languages, the development threshold is also raised

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