Shader problems with ATI Radeon drivers [Solved]

[Griff]

OK, i think i've got the shaders sorted for random hits, but i've hit a snag, the shipdata.plist is written in XML which makes my hair stand on end, most of it hasn't changed but i've no idea how to write out the new texture uniform stuff, could somebody translate this into xml so i can use it as a guide to copy from:

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	shaders = 
		{ 
            "griff_krait_diffuse.png" =  
			{ 
                vertex_shader = "griff_normalmap_ships.vertex"; 
                fragment_shader = "griff_krait_r_channel_decals.fragment"; 
                textures = 
						(
							"griff_krait_diffuse.png", 
							"griff_krait_effects.png"
						);
				uniforms =
						{
						uColorMap = { type = texture; value = 0; };
						uEffectsMap = { type = texture; value = 1; };
						uTime = "universalTime";
						nearly_dead = "throwingSparks";	
						hull_heat_level = "hullHeatLevel";	 				
						engine_power = "speedFactor"; 			
						}; 	
			}; 
		};

[JensAyton]

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    <key>shaders</key>
    <dict>
        <key>griff_krait_diffuse.png</key>
        <dict>
            <key>vertex_shader</key>
            <string>griff_normalmap_ships.vertex</string>
            <key>fragment_shader</key>
            <string>griff_krait_r_channel_decals.fragment</string>
            <key>textures</key>
            <array>
                <string>griff_krait_diffuse.png</string>
                <string>griff_krait_effects.png</string>
            </array>
            <key>uniforms</key>
            <dict>
                <key>uColorMap</key>
                <dict>
                    <key>type</key>
                    <string>texture</string>
                    <key>value</key>
                    <string>0</string>
                </dict>
                <key>uEffectsMap</key>
                <dict>
                    <key>type</key>
                    <string>texture</string>
                    <key>value</key>
                    <string>1</string>
                </dict>
                <key>uTime</key>
                <string>universalTime</string>
                <key>nearly_dead</key>
                <string>throwingSparks</string>
                <key>hull_heat_level</key>
                <string>hullHeatLevel</string>
                <key>engine_power</key>
                <string>speedFactor</string>
            </dict>
        </dict>
    </dict>

See? Much simpler. ;-)

[Cody]

Oh well, I suppose it had to happen. I’ve started getting a few ‘black screen/vpu recover’ events… I’m none too happy with the way Catalyst 10.4 loads Oolite. In hope, I’ll presume that it’s the driver at fault, and not my aging system.

I guess I’ll have to roll-back to 10.1 again… <sigh>.

[Griff]

thanks for posting the shader definitions in XML, in the end i couldn't muster up enough enthusiasm to go through the shipdata.plist file and make all the changes over the weekend!

[Cody]

It’s near the end of the fifth month of the tenth year of the millennium… which means it’s time for ATI/AMD to release Catalyst 10.5, driver version 8.732. It’s installed and so far, so good… now for another few days of ‘deep immersion’ testing. Oh well, as Star Gazer said… ‘it’s a dirty job, but someone has got to do it’.

Now where do I want to go tonight… right across the fifth from Bizalein to Gesolaon, that should do for starters.

<Station control, this is Rolling Thunder, bay seventeen... request launch sequence>

[Palmski]

Sorry to keep on asking about this, but I don't think the Griff Boa is displaying correctly for me:



It seems to have gl_TexCoord[0].st referenced throughout the .fragment files so I'm guessing this is another one for the list.

I'll happily have a go at fixing it myself if someone can give me an overview of how to do it that a poor simple Java programmer can understand

[Palmski]

Scratch that, I just upgraded to Catalyst 10.5 and it's displaying ok again. Also interesting to note that I put back the gl_TexCoord[0].st entries in YAH and that also shows up ok in game now (apologies for the rubbish screenshot):



Good news possibly?

[Griff]

oo, that does look like good news, as long as the updated shaders that switched to using 'multiTexcoord' are still working! *praying smiley.gif*
thanks for doing the driver testing palmski, it doesn't look like the attempts i made to put these older pre-normal map shaders through a "normal map shader but without using a normal map" conversion process worked that well judging by the trippy capt kev dodo station screenshots that baffled players started posting after i made the changes to the oxp!

[Palmski]

I'll do some more testing tonight - this was just a quick look while drinking my pre-work coffee when I noticed El Viejo's post about 10.5 being out. Fingers crossed though!

[Killer Wolf]

sigh, 10.5 : do i believe it's going to solve my install/rendermonkey problems, or do i ignore it given the last 3 updates haven't sorted anything? :-/

[Cody]

I just upgraded to Catalyst 10.5 and it's displaying ok again.

What’s this… an ATI driver update that actually cures a problem instead of creating one? Whatever next?

KW… I know what you’re thinking, but you’ll have to try it… won’t you?

[Zieman]

Tried 10.5 and:
HOORAY!

Now I see all the beautiful shadered stuff again!
Even the animated billboards work again!

YEEHAW!

[Cody]

Glad to hear that, Zieman… maybe ATI are progressing just a little.
10.5 seems to load Oolite okay and runs smoothly in-game (so far).

[Palmski]

Yup, all seems well after an arduous 2 hours of testing. I put back all the other gl_TexCoord[0].st bits back in and everything looks fine. Visited some Shady Bars and saw plenty of ConStores and billboards and they all looked a whole lot better than they were before.

[Cody]

Great news, Palmski, and that testing is oh so arduous, ain't it.
Does it load Oolite smoothly? Mine still scrambles the display briefly, but no VPU /recover events yet, thankfully.