Changelog

SHADERed v1.5.6

(28.10.2021)

display error messages on the preview window when in DAP mode
fix a bug that causeed the debugger to crash
fix downloading SpearNode through the "Browse online" window

SHADERed v1.5.5

(3.10.2021)

add IPlugin3
fix gizmo 3D model
fix "Save as GLSL/HLSL" when a plugin shader editor is used
fix a bug where cached plugin shader editor information sometimes wouldn't be cleared
fix a bug that would cause SHADERed to crash when pausing the preview with a plugin shader editor open

SHADERed v1.5.4

(10.7.2021)

add "Save as HLSL" option & --convert flag can now convert GLSL -> HLSL
add ability to step into included files while debugging
add vertex buffer instancing
add ability to copy error messages
add --generatecmake | -gcm command line argument
add more empty space to the "Objects" window so it's easier to right click
fix a bug that would cause SHADERed to crash when trying to view texture properties
fix a bug that would cause compute shaders not to run when rendering a sequence to image files
fix a bug where 3D textures wouldn't be properly bound to a shader debugger
fix a bug where sometimes the debugger wouldn't work properly with if statements
fix loading volume .dds textures
fix autocomplete for geometry shaders
fix a bug that would cause shaders to be output in wrong directory when converting project into C++
fix debug outline in the "Preview" window when using lines_adjacency
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to crash when a non-project shader file is open in a text editor and there are error messages
fix a bug that occured when debugging a project that uses 3D models
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to crash when debugging geometry shaders
fix a bug that caused the debugger not to work if the compiler doesn't output function with the name "main"

SHADERed v1.5.3

(20.5.2021)

add Debug Adapter Protocol
extension for Visual Studio Code
fix a bug that would sometimes cause SHADERed to concat two absolute paths
fix a bug where "Function Stack" window would display wrong line numbers while debugging HLSL

SHADERed v1.5.2

(25.4.2021)

fix a critical bug that would cause SHADERed to not store proper texture paths in project files
fix a bug that would cause SHADERed to crash on creating cubemaps
fix a bug that caused the geometry shader file dialog to be unresponsive
fix a bug that would crash SHADERed when a project file is referencing an texture that doesn't exist

SHADERed v1.5.1

(4.4.2021)

add tessellation control shader debugger
add --convert command
remove BUILD_IMMEDIATE_MODE (immediate mode now works on all systems)
fix immediate mode when using HLSL's cbuffer variables
fix a bug that would sometimes cause SHADERed to print unhelpful error messages
fix a bug in immediate mode that would cause it to crash
fix a bug where --disassemble command would output wrong IDs
fix a bug in text editor that would sometimes highlight wrong code folding collapse/expand sections
fix a bug where search in "Browse online" wouldn't work when searching for themes & plugins
fix a bug that doesn't let you close the frame analysis window
fix a bug that caused the frame analysis window to stay open after loading another project
remove SFML

SHADERed v1.5

(11.3.2021)

add "Frame analysis" window
add the ability to detect undefined behavior in shaders
add global/frame breakpoints
add the ability to see variable's value throughout the whole frame
add SPIR-V instruction heatmap
add "Profiler" window - measure shader execution time
add color histogram
add pixel history
add "Focus mode"
add support for .dds textures
add Texture3D object
add preview for Image3D objects
add --disassemble command

SHADERed v1.4.4

(16.2.2021)

add tessellation shaders
add new file dialog
add code folding
add the ability to CTRL+Click on keywords, functions, headers... etc in the text editor
add "Highlight brackets" option to text editor
add PickPosition variable
add VertexShaderPosition variable
add darkened render texture as background to GeometryOutputUI
add the ability to open a shader file by drag and dropping it into the window
fix a bug where gizmo and bounding box would still render even when the preview is paused

SHADERed v1.4.3

(24.12.2020)

add geometry shader debugger
add "Auto" window
add "Save as GLSL" option
add "Language" dropdown to "Create Item" when creating a shader pass
add --compile and related commands
add function declaration tooltips
add scrollbar markers for changed lines
add the ability to temporarily disable breakpoint condition
add "Editor.DuplicateLine" shortcut
add "Editor.CommentLines" and "Editor.UncommentLines" shortcuts
add BufferFloat and BufferInt to input layout manager
add link to the blog post in the "Changelog" window
autocomplete now suggest object members after typing '.'
highlight SPIR-V code that corresponds to the line on which the shader debugger is currently located
list Rust and C++ shaders in 'Browse online' window if corresponding plugins are installed
creating a new project doesn't require a save location anymore
when creating a render texture the ratio size will now be used by default
remove "Clear" button in pixel inspect window
"Properties" window will now open (if it was closed) when opening the object's/item's properties
fix a bug that would sometimes crash SHADERed when pasting code
fix a bug that would cause SHADERed to crash when opening a newly created VertexBuffer item in the properties window
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to crash when deleting a input layout item
fix a bug that caused "Create item" window not to create shader files sometimes
fix a crash that happened when deleting last expression in the "Watch" window
fix "Auto indent on paste" feature
fix "Topology" dropdown in the properties (it was impossible to render a point list)
fix double click, CTRL+Backspace & CTRL+Delete shortcuts in the text editor
fix a bug that would cause the "Use geometry shader" flag to be completely ignored in "Create item" window
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to crash when plugin tried to add a message without a "group"
fix a bug that would sometimes cause SHADERed to store configs and downloads on non user owned folders on Linux

SHADERed v1.4.2

(5.11.2020)

video tutorials
add "Save SPIR-V binary" option
add the ability to drag and drop objects on pipeline items
add --version | -v command line argument
add --render | -r, --renderwidth | -rw, --renderheight | -rh, --rendertime | -rt, etc... commands
add threading to "Browse online" window so that it doesn't block SHADERed
add OS support check for plugins in "Browse online" window
improve Pixel Inspect window's UI
improve message written after installing plugin through "Browse online" window
improve logging
reset file dialog search query after opening a directory
right clicking on the path button in file dialog will open path textbox
text editor's "Find" feature is now case insensitive
unpin the variable after applying system value to it
fix binding textures to HLSL shaders in the debugger
fix pipeline item drag and drop
fix "Check for plugin updates on startup" option
fix undo bug that happens after autocomplete
fix SPIR-V syntax highlighting on stats page
fix text editor scrolling
fix GLSL include directive
fix converting from SPIR-V to GLSL when multiple stages are in the same file
fix a bug that wouldnt let user open a project that used plugins through terminal

SHADERed v1.4.1

(4.10.2020)

add compute shader debugger
add "Vector watch" window
add the ability to speed up the first person camera's movement by holding SHIFT key
add the ability to paste full file path in the file dialog
switch from Dear ImGui's 'Columns API' to 'Tables API' in "Watches" & "Breakpoints" window
fix a bug that would cause SHADERed to crash when using immediate mode while debugging vertex shaders
fix a bug that would cause SHADERed to crash if shader has a function with a texture as an argument
fix a bug that would keep the debugger running after "Save As"
fix a bug that wouldn't add a project to recents after "Save As"

SHADERed v1.4

(2.9.2020)

web version of SHADERed: https://shadered.org
add 'Browse online' window -> install plugins, themes & shaders through the application
add "Check for plugin updates on startup" option
add File -> Open Recent
hardware mouse cursors
fix "Save As" for projects that use textures
fix render state saving
fix text editor windows not being resizable
fix file dialog search
fix Gray theme's comments

SHADERed v1.3.6

(27.7.2020)

[DEBUGGER] add immediate window
[DEBUGGER] add watches
[DEBUGGER] add conditional breakpoints
[DEBUGGER] add a feature that executes expressions on hover
[DEBUGGER] add color preview for vec3 and vec4 variables
add code snippets (located in Options)
add a feature that allows exporting images, textures & render textures to an image file
add ability to disable compute pass
add ability to update image's content from a loaded texture
add markers to text editor's scrollbar
add "Auto indent on paste" option
add IsSavingToFile system variable
add custom file dialogs
add ability to add multiple textures to project at once
add KeyboardTexture description in Help -> Information
implement IPlugin2
redesign "Output" window
fix text editor's "Find and replace" feature
fix a bug that would crash SHADERed when using multiple compute shaders
fix a bug that would crash SHADERed when deleting a buffer
fix a bug that would crash SHADERed when setting FPS limit to 0 while the FPS limit is applied to whole application
fix a bug that would add textures to Shader Pass' variables when using "auto variables" feature
fix a bug that caused SHADERed not to apply 'system value' if a variable previously used a function
fix cubemaps
fix cubemap example
fix a bug that would incorrectly report an error when exporting project to a C++ file
fix a bug that would add some themes two times to the theme list in options
fix a bug that wouldn't sync breakpoint's state when toggling it through the "Breakpoints" window
remove "Create shader file" menu item
rename "Active autocomplete" option to "Continuous autocomplete"

SHADERed v1.3.5

(12.7.2020)

plugin API v1
add a feature that automatically detects and adds uniforms to variable manager
add "Active autocomplete" option
add user defined functions, variables & structures to text editor's autocomplete
add KeyboardTexture object
add BreakpointDisabled, UserFunction, UserType, UniformVariable, GlobalVariable, LocalVariable, FunctionArgument entries to TextEditor's theme
add "Syntax highlighting" option
add SHADERED_WEB, SHADERED_DESKTOP & SHADERED_VERSION preprocessor definitions to shaders
add Preview.ToggleCursorVisibility, Preview.ToggleMouseLock & Preview.ToggleTimePause shortcuts
add more information to the "Stats" page
add ability to reload texture objects
plugins are backward and forward compatible
plugins can implement their own shader language & editor
improve the "auto recompile" feature
fix text editor's ui scaling
fix HLSL geometry shaders
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to crash when deleting render textures
fix a bug that sometimes caused SHADERed to crash when deleting shader pass item
fix a bug that caused deleted plugins to stay in the "Not loaded" list in options
fix a bug that allowed user to create objects without a name
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to crash when debugging a shader that uses some image functions
fix cubemap saving
fix text editor's "Save changes" popup
fix "Autocomplete" option
fix "Brace completion"
fix mouse wrapping
rename "Recompile shader every 200ms" to "Recompile shader on content change"
rename "Smart predictions" to "Autocomplete"

SHADERed v1.3.4

(17.5.2020)

replace ShaderDebugger with SPIRV-VM (introduces significant improvements to the SHADERed's debugger)
add pixel outline to debugger's overlay
add debugger overlay to render texture's preview
add Stats page (currently only shows SPIR-V)
add "Auto fetch" option
add "Primitive outline" & "Pixel outline" options
add a feature that automatically creates shader files when creating a shader pass
add line numbers in the "Function stack" window
add statusbar to render texture's preview
add new templates (QuadHLSL and QuadGLSL)
primitive's outline is now shown even after zooming in when paused and debugging
changing properties in Save Preview -> Advanced should now accordingly update the preview window
use glslang for error messages
use more powerful GPU by default (NvOptimusEnablement & AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance)
double clicking on an object in the "Objects" window now opens its preview
make it possible to pick pixels on the render texture's preview window
show pixel coordinates in "Pixel Inspect" window
update text editor's light theme (better current line and "selection" colors)
reset zoom on project load
pause music & audio shader when preview is paused
[DEBUGGER] now works with buffers, 3D textures and cubemaps
[DEBUGGER] now works with VertexBuffer items
[DEBUGGER] add support for derivative functions
remove "Immediate" window, "Watches" & conditional breakpoints
fix a bug where buffer objects couldn't be bound to vertex/pixel shaders
fix (render) texture's preview alignment
fix (render) texture's preview magnifier
fix gizmo
fix VertexBuffer picking + bounding box
fix 3D model picking
fix "Step Out" (it's now possible to use "Step In" multiple times on the same line)
fix a bug that caused breakpoints to duplicate when a new line is added
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to change current time after a render to file even if user didn't change it
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to crash when deleting a texture that's open in properties
fix a bug that caused magnifier not to zoom sometimes
fix a bug that made it possible to open preview for the same object several times
fix a bug that caused debugger to produce wrong numbers when it is rendered to the same render texture multiple times in the project
fix a bug that caused buffer to stay bound to compute pass even after it has been unbound
fix buffer's "load data from 3D model"
fix text editor's UI when user horizontally scrolls
fix a bug that would apply user's custom render states to the magnifier UI
fix TextEditor::EnsureCursorVisible()

SHADERed v1.3.3

(17.4.2020)

add VertexBuffer
add command line arguments
add an option to pause buffer preview
add an option to load buffer data from texture, 3D models and regular files
add horizontal scrolling with mouse cursor while selecting text
add SHIFT + left click to select text
add color preview to vec3 and vec4 shader variables
line numbers & breakpoints in text editor should now be "pinned" to the left side
fix a bug that unfocused text editor on AltGr key press
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to crash when parsing error messages
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to crash when using ObjectProperty variables
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to crash when a font file didn't exist
fix a bug that caused SHADERed sometimes to crash after pressing "Change Variables" button
fix a bug that caused variable values to get mixed up sometimes
fix a bug that caused preview window to sometimes go blank when using an external text editor
fix a bug that caused "Save As" file dialog to open twice when saving templates
fix a bug caused by deleting variables used in the "Change Variables" popup
fix gizmo
fix file dialogs
fix fps limit options
fix line highlighting in the text editor
fix plane and circle normals

SHADERed v1.3.2

(3.4.2020)

add texture properties
add shader variables that point to pipeline item properties
add a splash screen
add "Changelog" popup which shows up on startup after an update
add "Show tips on startup" option
add "This will unassign Shortcut.ID" popup when changing shortcuts
fix ScreenQuad position and size on other RTs
fix a bug that caused SHADERed to crash when clicking on shader variable function list combobox

SHADERed v1.3.1

(18.3.2020)

add confirmation dialog when deleting a shader pass item
add CTRL + scroll to change text editor font size
fix font resizing/changing
fix a bug where caret would move multiple characters after pressing backspace
fix picking with SHIFT + A
fix picking scaled 3D models
fix a bug where SHADERed would sometimes block on exit on Linux
fix UI scaling
DPI awareness
moving items up/down now counts as a project modification
resizing render textures now counts as a project modification
remove MatrixShadow and MatrixReflect

SHADERed v1.3

(25.2.2020)

add shader debugger
add plugin API
add MSAA
add option for supersampling when rendering to an image file
add support for #include keyword
add "Export -> as C++ project" option
add ability to load projects by drag and dropping them
add search in Options -> Shortcuts
add "Pause preview on startup" option
add "Show function description tooltips" option
change default font & theme
change how MouseButton works
change how paused state works
clicking on "Reset time" when paused will now rerender everything
fix zoom reset using double click when paused
fix a bug where SHADERed would think it's minimized on startup (and slow down the whole program)
various other fixes

SHADERed v1.2.4

(31.10.2019)

add drag & drop to PipelineUI
add ability to "hide"/deactivate certain shader pass
fix TextEditor shortcut system
fix Home/End in TextEditor
fix gizmo interaction when preview is zoomed in
fix Find tool's highlighting
fix pause functionality
scroll to Find tool's selection
Editor.Replace is now bound to CTRL+H (instead of SHIFT+H)

SHADERed v1.2.3

(13.10.2019)

add 3D textures
add audio shaders (HLSL/GLSL synthesized audio)
add camera snapshots (ability to have multiple cameras)
add ability to change variable type after variable has been created
add a window where all system variables are listed
add magnifier tool to texture/image preview window
add find and replace feature in the text editor
add right click context menu in the text editor
add Editor.FindNext shortcut
add feature that automatically adds variables on shader pass creation
add support for HLSL types in the buffer format
add ability to change warning, message and error text colors in the theme files
add ability to use sprintf format specifiers in filenames when exporting image sequence
fix copy and paste
fix matrix variable exporting & importing
fix a bug where openning Sobel -> Edge -> Sobel examples would break the renderer
fix RT default size
fix bounding box color
fix a bug where SHADERed would recompile file two times after clicking "Compile" button
fix texture loading
fix "GeometryShader" & "VulkanSimple" example
fix a bug where "Outline" example wouldn't work after Edge/Sobel examples
fix ObjectPreviewUI::Close()
fix a crash on openning "cubemap" example
improve image sequence export speed
any form of project saving should also now save all shader code modifications
shader code modifications now also count as project modifications (now you will get "Are you sure" message box on exit)
recompile shader pass after we change its shader path
close text editors after a shader pass has been deleted
prevent various crashes (loading wrong 3D model file, wrong project file, compute shaders not supported, etc...)
color compute shader labels light/dark green (can be changed)
improve CTRL+F
internal changes

SHADERed v1.2.2

(27.9.2019)

rework image objects (you can choose how to bind them & removed Read & Write flags)
add support for Vulkan GLSL
add input layout manager
add CTRL+F in code editor
add tangent, bitangent and color vertex attributes
add ability to export your shader to an image sequence
add support for drag & drop
add resource manager
add project change detection & "Are you sure?" message box
add "Hide menu bar in performance mode" option
add glslang error messages when preprocessing fails
add CamerPosition3 and CameraDirection3 variables
fix a bug which would crash whole app after deleting last variable in the list
fix a bug where variable name was wrongly limited to 16chars when being created
fix a bug where SHADERed would use absolute paths even if project and shader file were on the same drive
fix file "Compile" option so that it only recompiles the correct shader pass
fix "Recompile on file change" so that it only recompiles correct shaders
fix non resizable columns
fix a bug where SHADERed would sometimes crash on exit
fix a bug where no actual error messages show up with the auto recompile on HLSL and Vulkan GLSL shaders
fix "Edge" example
fix for two vertical scrollbars in CodeEditorUI
fix for loading textures with improper size
fix ScreenQuadNDC rendering in GLSL projects
save "performance mode" state on exit
increase variable name length from 32 to 256
color the "Name:" label red when user tries to use already existing item name

SHADERed v1.2.1

(20.9.2019)

fix ctrl + backspace / ctrl + delete
fix ctrl + shift selecting
fix "Insert spaces on tab press" option
fix "Show horizontal scrollbar" option
fix text editor error message color on light theme (& add ErrorMessage property to editor themes)
fix various transcompiler crashes
fix a crash that occurs when fetching texel data from a texture without a sampler in a HLSL shader
fix a bug where text editor would append \n at the end of file
fix a crash when using RWTexture2D
fix a crash on HLSL function calls with no arguments
add item type label in the Properties
minor UI polishing

SHADERed v1.2

(17.9.2019)

add compute shaders
add empty image objects
fix loading files from different drives on Windows
fix saving info about item opened in PropertyUI
fix "Show error list window when build finishes with an error" option
temprorary fix for crash on float3(), float4(), etc...

SHADERed v1.1.5

(14.9.2019)

add auto recompile option (compile shaders every 200ms)
add option to disable/enable window's alpha channel
add "Show whitespace" option
add ScreenQuadNDC
add the ability to set CodeUI.Save and Project.Save to same shortcut
add option to stream logs to log.txt
fix some TextEditor bugs

SHADERed v1.1.4

(11.9.2019)

add option to reset time
add CTRL+ALT+MWheel to zoom in/out
add cubemap preview
add object preview window
add buffer objects
add instancing
add automatic update checks
add option to modify system variables when rendering to image
fix zoom area dragging
fix zoom selection bounds
fix picking when zoomed in
fix gizmo, bounding box & zoom area performance
fix a bug where SHADERed would crash with multiple 3D models

SHADERed v1.1.3

(3.9.2019)

add icon font
add tool bar
add zoom in/out functionality
add zoom controls (ALT + LEFT drag to select the zoom area, ALT + RIGHT drag to move the zoom area, ALT + DBL CLICK reset zoom)
add format property to render textures
add ability to pause and increase time by 100ms (or hold CTRL to increase just by 1 frame)
add Mouse and MouseButton system variables
fix float4/int4/bool4 variables
fix last frame flag for GeometryTransform
fix a bug where bounding box wouldn't show if gizmo is turned off
disable last frame flag for ViewportSize

SHADERed v1.1.2

(30.8.2019)

add Pointer function (variables can now be pointers to other variables)
add shader macros
add FrameIndex system variable
add shader variable flags (invert matrices, use last frame values, etc...)
add option to disable RT clear
fix clear color parsing
fix a bug where SHADERed would crash when adding a shader pass through CreateItemUI

SHADERed v1.1.1

(23.8.2019)

fix a bug when multiple textures are bound but some are not used
fix GLSL shaders (specify location)

SHADERed v1.1

(22.8.2019)

port from DirectX to OpenGL & SDL (works on linux now)
add CMakeLists.txt
use assimp - supports more 3D model file formats
link glslang and SPIRV-Cross (rather than using external processes)
only one variable manager for all stages (variable names now matter though)
write actual error messages in the Output window
add line number and shader type (source) in the Output Window
support single key shortcuts (example: press F to go into Performance mode)
KeyboardShortcuts doesnt listen to repeated events anymore
merge DepthStencilState, RasterizerState, BlendState into one state called RenderState
HLSL to GLSL transcompiler
cubemaps now require path to 6 separate textures
append version to project files (+ backwards compatibility)
implement version #2 of SHADERed project files
SHIFT+drag gizmo for faster dragging
slow down the application when minimized
add "Apply the FPS limit to the whole application" option
add "Limit application to 60FPS when it is not focused" option
limit rotation value between [0, 360] in PropertyUI
duplicated object now appears in PropertyUI if "PropertyPick" option is turned on
IsPicked variable now works with multiple items selected
prompt user to save project when user tries to save changes to a shader file in a template
prompt user to save project when user tries to open template shaders in an external editor
add an actual logger -> outputs high amount of stuff in log.txt
fix mouse cursor capture when rotating camera
fix bounding boxes for other geometry types
fix for "app wont gain focus when clicking on anything but the titlebar"
fix a bug where the app would crash if when set as a default app for ".sprj" files
fix a bug where gizmo wont move with the selected object when the object is moved using PropertyUI
fix a bug where user couldnt write {} (and other characters using alt and ctrl) in the text editor
fix a bug where user could pick a render state item by double clicking it in PipelineUI
fix mouse cursor capture when rotating camera
fix a bug where two items could exist with names "Box", "BoX", etc...
fix a bug where where SHADERed wouldnt check for file updates on a recently added geometry shader
remove FXAA
remove stats page
remove input layout manager
remove glslangValidator.exe & SPIRVCross.exe

SHADERed v1.0.3

(19.7.2019)

add ability to duplicate selected items
add shift+click to select multiple items
add bounding box
add option to open shaders in an external text editor
add a more flexible GLSL file extension system
add mute button for audio files
add context menu in ObjectListUI and PipelineUI
add "collapsed" attribute to shader passes in the project file
add a wheel UI when rotating an object using GizmoObject
add option to snap transformations with gizmo
add minor changes to UI design in Options
add CTRL+click shortcut to delete the shortcut in the options
add DPI scale text in the options
add wrapped text in popup windows
show degrees (rather than radians) in PropertyUI for OBJModel and Geometry
fix gizmo (different model for scale and rotation transforms, change color on hover, etc...)
fix item picking
fix an error that occurs when loading audio file on a PC with no audio output device
fix PipelineManager::Has -> it was possible to have two or more items with the same name

SHADERed v1.0.2

(3.7.2019)

add ability to load audio files
add DPI awareness
fix for "VSync not being applied on startup"

SHADERed v1.0.1

(29.6.2019)

add more editor shortcuts to the options
add an option to automatically recompile shader on file change
add performance mode (hide everything except preview window)
add FXAA
add "Open project directory" option
add ability to switch left and right mouse click functionality
fix TextEditor ctrl+backspace/delete

SHADERed v1.0

(28.6.2019)

first release