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Started by Iceshadow July 14, 2000 04:16 PM

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Iceshadow

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July 14, 2000 04:16 PM

Like they are referenced in Quake3:Arena, what exactly is a shader? ilnelson@cswnet.com

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MK42

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July 16, 2000 04:26 AM

A shader is basically a script describing material characterisics. It tells the engine which textures to apply in a certain order to a polygon. But, shaders can also be used to specify geometry transformations like apply a sine wave to vertices, etc...

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