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Discussion in '2020.1 Beta' started by aleksandrk, Dec 8, 2019.

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  1. aleksandrk

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    Hello Unity alpha users!

    2020.1.0a15 is out and it brings a new shader preprocessor (experimental). You can enable it by passing a command line option “-force-new-shader-pp” to the Editor executable.
    EDITED on 09.01.2020: As of 2020.1.0a18 you can enable it per project via Project Settings -> Editor Settings -> Caching Preprocessor checkbox.
    EDITED on 03.05.2020: As of 2020.2.0a8 it's possible to override preprocessor in the shader inspector on a per shader basis.
    EDITED on 04.06.2020: As of 2020.2.0a13 Caching Preprocessor is now the default option. It is still possible to turn it off either in project settings or on a per-shader basis.

    It’s going to be faster (performance improvements coming in 2020.1.0a16, shader compilation time is reduced by 5-25%), comes with new features and follows the C standard more thoroughly.

    New features

    Show preprocessed source
    Shader inspector now has a checkbox “Preprocess only” which toggles between compiling shader variants and showing preprocessed source. The checkbox is only active for the new preprocessor.

    Conditionals can now affect #pragma directives
    #pragma directive parsing is now done using the new preprocessor, which means preprocessor conditionals can be used to influence, which #pragma directives are selected.

    Restrictions:
    #pragma directives are not searched for in include files (this would increase shader compilation time significantly).

    Conditionals will affect #pragma directives if the expression depends only on:
    • Any custom #define
    • The following platform keywords: SHADER_API_MOBILE, SHADER_API_DESKTOP, UNITY_NO_RGBM, UNITY_USE_NATIVE_HDR, UNITY_FRAMEBUFFER_FETCH_AVAILABLE, UNITY_NO_CUBEMAP_ARRAY
    • Unity version macro
    The list may be expanded in the future.

    Accurate include dependency tracking
    The same rules that are used for conditionals affecting #pragma directives are now applied to include dependency tracking. This reduces the chance of shader reimport when some include file changes.

    Support for `#pragma once` directive
    Instead of writing the regular include guards
    Code (CSharp):
    1. #ifndef MY_ASWESOME_INCLUDE_FILE_INCLUDED
    2. #define MY_ASWESOME_INCLUDE_FILE_INCLUDED
    3. <actual include code here>
    4. #endif //MY_ASWESOME_INCLUDE_FILE_INCLUDED
    It’s now possible to just write
    Code (CSharp):
    1. #pragma once
    2. <actual include code here>
    Support for #pragma warning directive
    #pragma warning behaves the same as #pragma error, but issues a warning.

    New #include_with_pragmas directive (from 2020.1.0a18)
    This is a new directive introduced for the new preprocessor. It is exactly the same as the standard #include directive, but it is not ignored during shader import time, which makes it possible to put shader snippet parameters (#pragma directives) in an include file.
    This directive has to be used explicitly (e.g. if you use #include_with_pragmas inside a file included using a regular #include directive, it won't be checked).

    Differences in behaviour with the previous preprocessor
    • Octal number recognition is deferred to the compiler unless the number is part of a preprocessor conditional expression.
    • No number truncation to 64 bits happens in the preprocessor unless the number is part of a preprocessor conditional expression.
    • String with escape characters are now handled correctly.
    • #line directive can use non-10-base integers as line number
    • #line directive arguments will be macro-expanded if they don’t match <Integer> or <Integer + String> pattern
    • __FILE__ and __LINE__ macros can be used.
    • “\\\n” is not treated as a space anymore.
    • “\\\n” can now be used anywhere in the code, for example “#\\\nd\\\ne\\\nf\\\ni\\\nn\\\ne\\\n A\\\n 1\n” is equivalent to “#define A 1\n”
    • When a macro is redefined, the new preprocessor issues a warning if the definition is different and uses the last definition.
    • defined(x) can now come as a result of macro expansion
    • Macros with 0 parameters are now supported. Expamle: #define A() B
    • Self-referring macros are now handled correctly. Example: #define A 1 + A
    • Empty macro arguments are now supported. Example: #define A(x, y)... A(,)
    • Commas inside brackets (“[]”) and braces (“{}”) will now be treated as a delimiter between macro arguments.
    • Generic preprocessing numbers are now recognized as such.
    • Self-expanding macros are now handled correctly.
    • In general, macro expansion now follows the C standard.
    • Ill-formed #undef directives are no longer ignored when the first argument matches <Identifier>.
    • Full stringizing support.
    • Concatenation works within macros without arguments. Example: #define A x ## y
    • Invalid concatenation now issues a warning.
    • Macro parameters are not macro-expanded when used for concatenation or stringizing.
    • Character constants are now treated as integers.
    • No support for % operator in conditionals.
    • Shift operators are now supported in conditionals.
    • #include directive arguments are now macro-expanded if they don’t match the regular format.
    • When the new preprocessor encounters a macro name without parameters no substitution happens (previously resulted in an error).
    Restrictions (EDITED on 20.12.2019)

    The following platforms are supported starting from Unity 2020.1.0a17:
    • Xbox One
    • PS4
    The following shader types are supported starting from Unity 2020.1.0a17:
    • Compute shaders
    The following shader types are not yet supported:
    • Ray tracing shaders
    • Surface shaders
    These will gradually become available in the upcoming alpha releases.

    Thanks for reading this far :)
    Stay tuned!
     
    Last edited: Jun 4, 2020
    aleksandrk, Dec 8, 2019
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  2. aleksandrk

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    Greetings Unity alpha users!

    Unity 2020.1.0a17 is out, and brings Xbox Ona and PS4 support as well as Compute shader support.
    We also introduced UNITY_OLD_PREPROCESSOR macro, which is defined only for the old preprocessor.

    More to follow! :)
     
    aleksandrk, Dec 20, 2019
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  3. Peter77

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    Maybe also update the initial post "Restriction" section?
     
    Peter77, Dec 20, 2019
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  4. aleksandrk

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    @Peter77 updated, thanks for the suggestion!
     
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  5. hippocoder

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    Thanks for this - really exciting. Will it eventually cover performance improvements or is it mostly going to be a quality of life authoring thing?

    No complaints though, quality of life is a very nice thing in shader land :)
     
    hippocoder, Dec 20, 2019
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  6. aleksandrk

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    As it's only the preprocessor changing, the shaders should be the same, so runtime performance shouldn't be affected :)
    The new preprocessor should not be slower. I've seen anything between 1% and 25% faster import and compilation time when using the new one, but I haven't seen it perform slower than the old system. If you find a case where it is slower, please report a bug.
     
    aleksandrk, Dec 21, 2019
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  7. a436t4ataf

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    It's awesome that #pragma's will finally be conditionally compilable (although the only use case I have left, that I haven't ended up with good workarounds for, is: including multiple vert/frags within a single file).

    When you say:

    ... how bad is it, and why can't we make that decision ourselves?
     
    a436t4ataf, Dec 29, 2019
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  8. a436t4ataf

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    Also ... any chance for conditional-compile of passes? :) (currently I'm scouring the forums for best practices on ways to clean-up code that has divergent use of multiple passes, and finding only ugly hacks :(. On the plus side, it led me to this thread, and it's good to see what's coming in 2020.1, even if I won't be able to use it for another year or two once everyone else has upgraded)
     
    a436t4ataf, Dec 29, 2019
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  9. DrummerB

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    Great news!
    Could you elaborate on this one? Was this not possible before? For instance this works in 2019.2:
    Code (CSharp):
    1. #define DEBUG defined(DEBUG_MODE) && !defined(RENDERING_CAMERA)
    2. // and later:
    3. #if DEBUG
    4. // code
    5. #endif
    Do you have any suggestions on how to toggle different debug modes of a compute shader from script?

    In a normal shader I'm able to define keywords and then toggle that keyword on a Material by script. Something similar would be super useful for compute shaders as well. Currently I have to enable debug modes by uncommenting #defines in the shader. I can use bool properties, but that's bad for performance and isn't compiled out of the shader when not needed.
     
    DrummerB, Dec 30, 2019
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    And just after posting this I've seen that multi compile for compute shaders is coming in 2020.1 as well! Compute shaders will be even more powerful! Thanks a lot for working on this!
     
    DrummerB, Dec 30, 2019
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  11. aleksandrk

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    something like
    Code (CSharp):
    1. #if SHADER_API_DESKTOP
    2. #pragma vertex DesktopVert
    3. #else
    4. #pragma vertex MobileVert
    5. #endif
    should work now :)

    too bad to allow this directly (several times longer shader compilation)

    we're rolling the feature out step by step, just wait a bit ;)

    the change would be too drastic, so unlikely

    some more advanced macros did not work properly with this, can't say from the top of my head, what exactly didn't work.
     
    aleksandrk, Jan 1, 2020
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  12. aleksandrk

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    Happy New Year everyone!

    2020.1.0a18 is out and it bring two more updates:
    • New preprocessor can now be enabled/disabled per project (Project Settings -> Editor Settings -> Caching Preprocessor checkbox)
    • #include_with_pragmas directive (@a436t4ataf this is the thing you were asking for ;))
    I updated the original post with details.
    Stay tuned!
     
    aleksandrk, Jan 9, 2020
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  13. ROBYER1

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    Will it be on by default in a new 2020 version?
     
    ROBYER1, Jan 17, 2020
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  14. aleksandrk

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    @ROBYER1 the plan is to make it default during the 2020 cycle, most likely during the 2020.2 alpha.
     
    aleksandrk, Jan 17, 2020
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    It would be super useful if the new preprocessor also worked outside of the HLSL blocks. Primarily in the Properties block, but also while setting up render states. Using an include and not having to constantly copy-paste all those shared properties would be a huge improvement.
     
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  16. aleksandrk

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    Well, one doesn't need a preprocessor for that. Just some additional syntax to allow such behaviour :)
     
    aleksandrk, Feb 14, 2020
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  17. ROBYER1

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    @aleksandrk This preprocessor (on 2020.1.0a24) seems to fall over looking for Xbox Shaders and Blit shaders? This happened when I activated the preprocessor and reopened my project. It has 2 shader graphs in. I can try to reproduce on a smaller repro but I was using Universal RP at this commit https://github.com/Unity-Technologi...mmit/1799d2ceeba0a7ea257eb6cfa6335651e489a3c8

    Shader error in 'Hidden/Universal Render Pipeline/Blit': Couldn't open include file 'Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.xboxone/ShaderLibrary/API/XBoxOne.hlsl'. at Common.hlsl(159)


    Shader error in 'Universal Render Pipeline/Lit': undeclared identifier 'unity_Builtins0' at SpaceTransforms.hlsl(12) (on d3d11)


    Shader error in 'Universal Render Pipeline/Nature/SpeedTree8': undeclared identifier 'unity_Builtins1' at SpaceTransforms.hlsl(12) (on d3d11)


    Shader error in 'Graphs/MeshRenderer/MeshRenderer-ColorRim': undeclared identifier 'unity_Builtins0' at SpaceTransforms.hlsl(12) (on d3d11)


    It all goes away if I disable that new preprocessor and hit play. Also causes shadergraph to be unusable while erroring out before I disable the preprocessor.
     
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  18. aleksandrk

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    @ROBYER1 a fix is coming for the "Can't open include file" issue, I'll post here whan it's available in 2020.1 :)
    If you can make a small repro for the others, would be great!
     
    aleksandrk, Mar 2, 2020
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  19. aleksandrk

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    @ROBYER1 a fix for "Couldn't open include file" will be available in 2020.1.0b2.
     
    aleksandrk, Mar 7, 2020
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    Thankyou for this, I will get round to submitting a bug report for the other shader issues next week. Have had a lot of shader unrelated XR bugs to report during our development!

    Any word on when 2020.1.0b2 will hit?
     
    ROBYER1, Mar 7, 2020
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  21. aleksandrk

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    Can't promise anything, unfortunately. This depends on many factors, and a specific version can get delayed if e.g. a critical bug is found.
     
    aleksandrk, Mar 7, 2020
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    Reported at (Case 1226235) [URP][ShaderPreProcessor]Using new shader preprocessor on 2020.1.0a25, shader errors for Shader graphs and Speedtree shaders

    As it's a very simple test scene using the Unity Sample Assets which breaks with the preprocessor, I would urge you to test this with different shader graphs in URP/HDRP. a repository like this has great examples of what breaks with the new preprocessor in it. https://github.com/UnityTechnologies/ShaderGraph_ExampleLibrary

    Seeing as it's focused on shader compilation, is there an internal Unity Shader Graph examples project/scene with all possible variations or at least all shader graph nodes used within?

    I would also like to have such a scene for our own tests, we are forced to stay up to date with the latest URP/Shader graph versions within Unity Alpha 2020 until the current issues with Oculus Quest/Go and XR are fixed for us.
     
    ROBYER1, Mar 9, 2020
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  23. aleksandrk

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    Great, thanks a lot!

    Neat, didn't know about it :)
    I will definitely test with those!

    I'm not sure, but it seems there's a test project in SRP repo: https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/ScriptableRenderPipeline/tree/master/TestProjects
     
    aleksandrk, Mar 9, 2020
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  24. laurentlavigne

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    could this be linked to upgrade project that crash unity?
     
    laurentlavigne, Mar 16, 2020
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  25. aleksandrk

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    @laurentlavigne it's disabled by default, so it shouldn't be the case.
    What's in the log before the crash?
     
    aleksandrk, Mar 17, 2020
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    the import window is modal so no access to the console but one of the QA person found that repeatedly happening then crash "A polygon of stw_spine_weight_2_jnt_proxy_geo is self-intersecting and has been discarded."
    Note: import worked before beta 1 and before the upgrade to the latest HDRP
     
    laurentlavigne, Mar 18, 2020
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  27. aleksandrk

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    well, as I said, the feature is in opt-in mode, so you have to manually enable it
    you don't need any window to access the log, here's how to find it: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/LogFiles.html
     
    aleksandrk, Mar 18, 2020
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  28. ROBYER1

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    These errors have not returned in 2020.1.0b3!
     
    ROBYER1, Mar 27, 2020
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    I now get the following string of errors in a very simple test scene that has a tree, a shader graph of water and some UI as well as the Unity Sample Scene assets. Built using OpenGLES, IL2CPP, Universal RP, Shader Graph and running in XR on Oculus Quest.

    Will add the bug case back here soon: (Case 1231169) [XR][URP] New Shader Preprocessor creates incompatible shaders for the Oculus Quest in URP

    Code (CSharp):
    1. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.255 6311 6327 Debug Unity WARNING: Shader
    2. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.255 6311 6327 Debug Unity Unsupported: 'Hidden/Nature/Terrain/Utilities' - All passes removed
    3. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.255 6311 6327 Debug Unity WARNING: Shader
    4. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.256 6311 6327 Debug Unity Did you use #pragma only_renderers and omit this platform?
    5. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.256 6311 6327 Debug Unity ERROR: Shader
    6. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.256 6311 6327 Debug Unity Shader is not supported on this GPU (none of subshaders/fallbacks are suitable)
    7. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.256 6311 6327 Debug Unity WARNING: Shader
    8. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.256 6311 6327 Debug Unity Unsupported: 'Hidden/Nature/Terrain/Utilities' - Setting to default shader.
    9. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.362 6311 6327 Debug Unity WARNING: Shader
    10. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.362 6311 6327 Debug Unity Unsupported: 'Hidden/Universal Render Pipeline/Terrain/Lit (Basemap Gen)' - Pass '' has no vertex shader
    11. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.362 6311 6327 Debug Unity ERROR: Shader
    12. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.362 6311 6327 Debug Unity Shader is not supported on this GPU (none of subshaders/fallbacks are suitable)
    13. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.362 6311 6327 Debug Unity WARNING: Shader
    14. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.362 6311 6327 Debug Unity Unsupported: 'Hidden/Universal Render Pipeline/Terrain/Lit (Basemap Gen)' - Setting to default shader.
    15. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.490 6311 6327 Debug Unity WARNING: Shader
    16. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.490 6311 6327 Debug Unity Unsupported: 'Universal Render Pipeline/Lit' - Pass 'ForwardLit' has no vertex shader
    17. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.490 6311 6327 Debug Unity WARNING: Shader
    18. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.490 6311 6327 Debug Unity Unsupported: 'Universal Render Pipeline/Lit' - Pass 'ShadowCaster' has no vertex shader
    19. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.490 6311 6327 Debug Unity WARNING: Shader
    20. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.490 6311 6327 Debug Unity Unsupported: 'Universal Render Pipeline/Lit' - Pass 'DepthOnly' has no vertex shader
    21. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.490 6311 6327 Debug Unity WARNING: Shader
    22. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.490 6311 6327 Debug Unity Unsupported: 'Universal Render Pipeline/Lit' - Pass 'Universal2D' has no vertex shader
    23. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.490 6311 6327 Debug Unity WARNING: Shader
    24. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.490 6311 6327 Debug Unity Unsupported: 'Universal Render Pipeline/Lit' - All passes removed
    25. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.490 6311 6327 Debug Unity WARNING: Shader
    26. 2020/03/27 12:06:12.491 6311 6327 Debug Unity Did you use #pragma only_renderers and omit this platform?
    27.  
     
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  30. aleksandrk

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    Do these errors disappear when you turn off the Caching shader preprocessor?
     
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    Yes, but then currently on 2020.1.0b3 using OpenGLES on Oculus Quest, nothing renders but the UI and we get constant errors I have reported in (Case 1230906) [XR][URP]OpenGLES 3.0 runs OPENGL NATIVE PLUG-IN ERRORS in build on Oculus Quest

    (same scene very simple only a canvas UI, a speedtree, shader graph of water and sample scene assets)

    New report for the preprocessor errors: (Case 1231169) [XR][URP] New Shader Preprocessor creates incompatible shaders for the Oculus Quest in URP
     
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    Thanks a lot! I'll take a look next week :)
     
    aleksandrk, Mar 27, 2020
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    On 2020.1.0b5 my test project from the aforementioned Bug Cases for Oculus Quest using URP the new shader preprocessor now builds (blazingly fast) and runs fine.. now to test on my main project!

    Edit: All works fine on my main project now with dozens of custom shader graphs, I am very pleased!
     
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    @ROBYER1 cool!
    Although I didn't do anything yet o_O
    I'll check your bug reports anyway. Thank you for those :)
     
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    I spoke too soon, after a while the XboxOne.hlsl errors come back during the editor itself when making Shader Graphs in some ways and prevents previewing, I will have a bug report case for this also soon.

    (Case 1237656) [Shader Graph][URP] Having New Experimental Caching Shader Preprocessor on makes Main Preview window Pink
     
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    I stumbled on this as well recently, no need to report a bug :)
    Thanks!
     
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    @aleksandrk Any word on which 2020.1 beta or even if 2020.2 alpha will get the fix for the Xbox One.hlsl errors? That error plagues me in every new engine version I try!
     
    ROBYER1, Apr 24, 2020
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    @ROBYER1 sorry, not yet. I'll post here when I have info :)
     
    aleksandrk, Apr 25, 2020
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    Small update: starting with 2020.2.0a8 it's possible to override preprocessor in the shader inspector on a per shader basis.
     
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    UNITY_OLD_PREPROCESSOR macro is going to be available in 2019.3.14f1 and 2018.4.23f1
     
    aleksandrk, May 6, 2020
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  42. rz_0lento

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    Tried Caching Shader Preprocessor briefly on 2020.2.0a9 and HDRP from github (hdrp/staging). Getting these on project load now:

    Do note that I don't even dev for xbox one, project is only configured for Windows and have no access to xbox packages (nor should I have).

    The errors go away after I disable this feat again.
     
    rz_0lento, May 6, 2020
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  43. ROBYER1

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    It's been bug reported by me in the past, I would also like to know the e.t.a for a fix and if it will be in 2020.1 or 2020.2
     
    ROBYER1, May 6, 2020
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  44. aleksandrk

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    Hey :)
    The fix is on the way, 2020.2.0a12 will have it. I have it in the queue for 2020.1 as well, I'll update this message when it's there.

    EDIT on 08.05.2020: 2020.1.0b9 will have it :)
    @ROBYER1
     
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  45. LarsLaborious

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    I get the same error in Unity 2019.310f1 when adding a HDRP asset and build platform is set to Xbox One. Will updating Unity likely fix the issue, or is this unrelated?
     
    LarsLaborious, May 7, 2020
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  46. aleksandrk

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    @LarsLaborious unrelated, 2019.3 does not have this feature.
    I guess you need to install some xbox support package, but I'm not sure.
     
    aleksandrk, May 7, 2020
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  47. LarsLaborious

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    You're spot on :) Sorry for the interruption.
     
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  48. Hyp-X

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    So should something like this work with the new preprocessor?

    Code (CSharp):
    1. #pragma shader_feature WIREFRAME_MODE_ON
    2.  
    3. #ifdef WIREFRAME_MODE_ON
    4. #pragma geometry ForwardPassGeometry
    5. #endif
    Because (as of 2020.1.0b11) it doesn't work
     
    Hyp-X, Jun 3, 2020
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  49. aleksandrk

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    No, it shouldn't. Keywords coming from pragmas (shader_feature, multi_compile and variations) will not affect other pragmas.

    This will work:
    Code (CSharp):
    1. #if SHADER_API_DESKTOP
    2. #pragma geometry ForwardPassGeometry
    3. #endif
     
    aleksandrk, Jun 4, 2020
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  50. aleksandrk

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    As of 2020.2.0a13 Caching Preprocessor is now the default option. It is still possible to turn it off either in project settings or on a per-shader basis.
     
    aleksandrk, Jun 4, 2020
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