If you don't need it then you can do so. However it shouldn't effect my plug-in if you do keep it.

Okay, problem solved. Turns out I had to many files listed in the shaderlist.txt file. I just replaced the default ones (depth, testshader) with the other ones (godrays, depthoffield). Thanks for the help, and the wonderful effects!

On a related note, is it possible that the order of the files in the shaderlist could effect how the game looks? If the depth of field is applied before the godrays it might look different than if it was applied afterwards.

Edit: Ninja'd by White Envy. And yes the order the files are in will effect the look of the game slightly.

Could someone explain to me what the various matrices are acting on? I'm having a hard time understanding what they do and how you apply them, because I can't visualise them. I know that since they're 4x4, they've got to be acting on a 4xn, probably a 4x1, matrix/vector. What I don't understand is what they are acting on, and what each of the indices in the matrices are. How do they fit into the data->what you see conversion, basically?

I think this lack of understanding is preventing me from getting any further with this, and I can't find any decent explanations online.

I'm still failing to get this to work. After installing everything as specified, when I run OBSE I get the error message "Cannot find d3dx9_41.dll." Would the dx9 refer to directX 9? I am running a system with directX 10 on it.

I have a way to describe it, Black n' White n' Noise

take out depth.fx and testshader.fx from shaderlsit.txt that should get rid of black and white noise..

I didn't ask how you fixed it, because I already knew that. It was supposed to be a funny reply to the guy who said "it can only be described with a picture like this ".

Edit: anti-capslock

There's a link in the first post saying "http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=04AC064B-00D1-474E-B7B1-442D8712D553&displaylang=en". You'll need that.

Vac

Thanks vac, and sorry for being dense! XD I'm downloading now, and I hope it'll work now...

ok, whereabouts should I install it to? and then what?

I'm sorry, the linked page doesn't have much information on it about where it should go, and it doesn't come up with a default location.

The directx update just has to be run. It knows where it has to go and it can't go anywhere else.

If it comes up with a request for a location, it must just be asking for a temporary location to unzip the archive to before running the install, so any temp folder will do.

ok, thanks, sorry for the hassle

Haven't seen the code you're referring to, but I've written a 3d engine before (OpenGL, not Direct3D, but the math is the same), so I can make an educated guess: they're to be multiplied with existing matrices.

Usually a 4x4 matrix is a rotation matrix, to be multiplied with a vector (to get a position in worldspace) or multiplied with another rotation matrix (to get a cumulative rotation; animation, translation from worldspace to screenspace, multiple forces in physics engine, etc).

Another possibility, since you're working with pixel shaders, is deformation matrices to be applied to the framebuffer - I've seen 4x4 deformation matrices in Photoshop and GIMP plugins, but I never looked into them enough to figure out exactly what they were doing.

These articles should help - http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1832.asp | http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1373.asp

Cheers shadeMe, those should definitely help. (I just finished writing up my vector/matrices notes for my maths course, what good timing! )

This is somewhat off topic, but this was the only OBGE thread I could find.

I read on the Construction Set website that I could type Memory:float? or GetAvailableGraphicsMemory
in the console and should get the info displayed on my monitor. I did this, but nothing happens.
The command GetAvailableGraphicsMemory registers, but returns no data.

Also, for people that have tried OMG WaterRefraction, what is the trick to get the refraction to slow down?
It is painful watching the water move so fast. Is there an alternate shader for OBGE yet for water?

I can't help you with your first problem, but OMG WaterRefraction isn't an OBGE mod. It's also just using a modified version of the effect used on Oblivion gates (forgotten the name), hence why it (IMHO) looks god awful. And no, there isn't an OBGE water shader yet.

Sorry for asking really, because I'm sure I've just missed the info somehow, but what effects are available (that use OBGE) so far?

I'm using godrays and screeneffects, and have tried depth of field and water reflection blur. So, what else can I trial?

A list with links can be found here:
http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1056861&st=36

Set the return value to a variable - That's the only way you'll get to see the result.

set zzSOmeQuest.fSomeFloatVar to getAvailableGraphicsMemory

That should echo something like this : set fSomeFloatVar >> 493

here are some nice eye candy for you guys

http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/5def0cf0d5fdfa601d43e29df13becacb501d289.png
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/7fbf33da4df6a8e4bb9fe57560a40c149b9de2c1.png

After intalling the files and type the "showtestshader" my screen turns blue but I can still hear myself play.

Blue screen error is most likely to result from graphic card issues.

hmm i had a blue screen ones from Screen Effects truns out i for got to install Oblivion Graphics Extender