Bo3b's School for Shaderhackers

Lesson 0 - prerequisites

• Ensure user account is Admin
• Game setup and installation
• Text editor setup and installation
• HelixMod tool installation
• Create page on wiki.bo3b.net

Quiz: Save and share 3D image with red debug text

Lesson 0.5 - quick fix

• Change in-game settings to disable or improve the 3D
• Change configuration file settings to disable or improve the 3D
• Switch NVidia profiles for fixes
• Consider a possible Game Fixing Strategy

Quiz: Find and enable the Unreal engine flag to fix 3D in The Ball

Lesson 1 - using HelixMod

• Shader hunting keys
• Editing DX9Settings.ini
• Improved shader hunting
• Shader saving
• Save shader text file

Quiz: Save and share an ASM shader file from the game

Lesson 2 - disable effect

• Shader hunting a specific effect
• Saving the shader, then moving it into ShaderOverride
• Editing shader to disable effect
• Load shader to see changes

Quiz: Save and upload before and after 3D snapshots

Lesson 3 - Const

• Create an on/off mechanism using HelixMod constants

Quiz: Modify the toggle code, then upload your changes.

Lesson 4 - game fix

• Creating a complete list of shaders
• Editing shaders to disable effects

Quiz: Make a second key preset to toggle bloom independently from other effects.

Lesson 5 - experimentation

• Pt 1: Play with the Principles of Shading demo.
• Pt 2: Experiment on lava shaders.

Quiz: Go to the end of the demo, and figure out a way to fix the broken water.

Lesson 6 - prime directive

• Fix Lava effect, not just disable it.
• Take a look at how 3D Vision works, so that we all use NVidia's terminology.
• Looking at the prime directive.
• How does this translate to code: Canonical_Stereo_Code
• Fix Lava effect using the prime directive.

Quiz: In the middle of the demo, fix the broken oil effect using the prime directive.

More lessons to be added...