NMS-ShaderCode

Shader code taken from the initial macOS release of No Man's Sky

The main difference between .h and .bin seems to be that .bin uses -> syntax while .h uses . syntax

//TF_BEGIN and //TF_END refer to The Forge and sections enclosed by these commits should be assumed to deal with macOS and iOS (and thus, Metal).

How to comprehend NMS shaders

NMS shaders are written in GLSL. There are a few types:

• standard GLSL (fragment, compute, vertex, geometry...)
• "common" shaders - treat these like header files
• .glsl, .hlsl - these should be assumed to come from elsewhere, ie an SDK
• .shader.bin in the root directory - these are "shader resources"; think of them as sorta like build targets.

(to be continued)