[Gtkradiant] Suggestion: add 'common' to shaderlist.txt

Nerius Landys nlandys at gmail.com
Tue Apr 15 12:15:21 CDT 2008 

It seems that the shaderlist.txt in the Urban Terror install dir is
responsible for determining which textures/shaders get pulled automatically
into the bsp compile process.  (When I build the bsp I see all the textures
listed in shaderlist.txt being parsed and pulled in, in the console.)  It
seems that the shaderlist.txt in my ~/.q3a directory is able to determine
which texture directories are displayed in my UI when I select
"shaderlist.txt only", overriding the shaderlist.txt in the Urban Terror
install dir.  However the shaderlist.txt in my ~/.q3a directory does not
have an effect on which textures get pulled automatically into the build
process (modifying the shaderlist.txt in my ~/.q3a directory has no effect
in the console output related to all the shaders being parsed during the bsp
build).

I had just a shaderlist.txt in my Urban Terror install directory containing
a single line "common".  I had no shaderlist.txt in my ~/.q3a diretory.  I
had a map that used textures in the Urban Terror pk3s, and these textures
were not in common (one of them was in bbq6 if I recall correctly, and bbq6
was not in my shaderlist.txt).  The compile worked.  So in other words I
don't think it's necessary to list all textures in the shaderlist.txt in the
Urban Terror install dir for the bsp compile process to work, even when the
map uses shaders/textures not listed in the shaderlist.txt.  That is why I
propose to remove essentially all (or at least some) of the lines in this
shaderlist.txt file.  The way it stands now will not result in a successful
bsp compile, as mentioned in my previous email.

This all is pretty complicated.  I hope it makes sense.  I would like to see
the tool be as painless as possible to install and get running for mappers.
I can get mine to work but other people will have the same problem and they
may not figure out how to solve it.

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Nerius Landys <nlandys at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you see the error I was getting in my previous email?
>
> 1. I remove every instance of shaderlist.txt under ~/.q3a.  (I had
> manually copied and edited a shaderlist.txt to my dot directory as an
> attempt to work around this bug, but it didn't help.)
> 2. I use the stock UrT shaderlist.txt that comes from your SVN (as per
> install instructions).
> 3. I compile, and get the error described in my previous email.
>
> The workaround that I MUST DO in order to get around this problem is to
> nuke at least some lines from YOUR shaderlist.txt.  I chose to remove every
> line from the file, and I added common.  My compile works now.  I have no
> clutter in any of my directories; my ~/.radiant/, ~/.q3a/, UrT install dir
> and ZeroRadiant install dirs are created absolutely fresh.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Timothee Besset <ttimo at idsoftware.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I added common to the latest UrT shaderlist.txt
> >
> > The ZeroRadiant game config copies the UrtPack/install/ content to the
> > game path, that's how it places all the scripts. The one you have under
> > ~/.q3a doesn't come from us and should probably be deleted.
> >
> > TTimo
> >
> > Nerius Landys wrote:
> > > 1.6 compile from source for Linux.
> > >
> > > I was having a problem compiling the bsp for my map until I
> > > essentially removed every line from my shaderlist.txt file (Urban
> > > Terror install directory).
> > >
> > > Two shaderlist.txt files on my system:
> > >   /opt/mapping-urt/q3ut4/scripts/shaderlist.txt (Urban Terror install
> > > directory)
> > >   ~/.q3a/q3ut4/scripts/shaderlist.txt
> > >
> > > The shaderlist.txt in the UrbanTerror install directory I had set to
> > > the one that comes stock with the UrT mapping tools (from your SVN, as
> > > per build instructions on your webpage).  The shaderlist.txt in my
> > > home directory I set to contain just one line, "common".  Then I tried
> > > to compile a bsp and I got the following error:
> > >
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > entering scripts/riva.shader
> > > entering scripts/riyadh_lamp.shader
> > > entering scripts/roman_armor.shader
> > > entering scripts/sarah.shader
> > > entering scripts/scopering.shader
> > > entering scripts/scopes.shader
> > > entering scripts/sfx.shader
> > > entering scripts/sggatec.shader
> > > entering scripts/shminkylights.shader
> > > entering scripts/sinnifunstuff.shader
> > > entering scripts/sky.shader
> > > entering scripts/sky_thingley.shader
> > > entering scripts/sn_smoke.shader
> > > entering scripts/streetlamp.shader
> > > entering scripts/sweetnutz.shader
> > > WARNING: Unknown surfaceparm: "solid"
> > > entering scripts/sweetnutz3.shader
> > > entering scripts/swim.shader
> > > entering scripts/tom.shader
> > > entering scripts/toxic2sky.shader
> > > entering scripts/toxiclight.shader
> > > entering scripts/toxicscripts.shader
> > > entering scripts/toxicsky.shader
> > > entering scripts/toxic_water.shader
> > > entering scripts/true_fence.shader
> > > entering scripts/tunis.shader
> > > WARNING: Unknown q3map_alphaMod method: dotproduct2
> > > WARNING: Unknown q3map_alphaMod method: dotproduct2
> > > WARNING: Unknown q3map_alphaMod method: dotproduct2
> > > entering scripts/tunis_sky.shader
> > > entering scripts/turnpike.shader
> > > entering scripts/urbanq3_misc2.shader
> > > entering scripts/urbanterror_ui.shader
> > > ************ ERROR ************
> > > ParseShaderFile(): scripts/urbanterror_ui.shader, line 37: { not
> > found!
> > > Found instead: blendFunc
> > > Last known shader: assets/ui_lines1a.tga
> > > Received error msg .. shutting down..
> > >
> > > I changed the shaderlist.txt file in the install directory to contain
> > > just one line, "common".  I compiled again and the problem was fixed.
> > >
> > > So maybe the shaderlist.txt file needs adjustment in SVN?  Maybe just
> > > leave it totally blank or let it contain just one line, "common"?  The
> > > user can override this with the one in their home directory.  Well,
> > > sort of, because when the shaderlist.txt in the install dir had all
> > > those lines and the one in my home dir had just one line the compile
> > > was failing due to all those shaders being looked up.  So the
> > > shaderlist.txt in my home dir does not completely override the one in
> > > the install dir - there is some funny business going on.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Nerius Landys <nlandys at gmail.com
> > > <mailto:nlandys at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     I noticed that 'common' is missing from the Urban Terror shader
> > >     list.  This provides caulk and the other standard shaders.  Is the
> > >     shaderlist.txt still a relevant file?  It does get used by
> > >     ZeroRadiant when I choose to show only textures in shaderlist.txt
> > >     under the Texture menu.  Perhaps 'common' should be added to this
> > >     file, no?
> > >
> > >     nlandys at sylvester:~/ZeroRadiant$ pwd
> > >     /home/nlandys/ZeroRadiant
> > >     nlandys at sylvester:~/ZeroRadiant$ find . -name shaderlist.txt
> > >     ./install/installs/UrTPack/install/q3ut4/scripts/shaderlist.txt
> > >     ./install/installs/UFOAIPack/install/base/scripts/shaderlist.txt
> > >     ./install/installs/Q2WPack/install/default/scripts/shaderlist.txt
> > >     nlandys at sylvester:~/ZeroRadiant$
> > >
> > >
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