Download the Primal FX Creator (Beta 2) at my virtual drive which can be found here
It is made with XNA 2.0 and some of my engine’s framework( coming soon!)
The best part about mine is that there is no need to have the FULL version of XNA 2.0 installed.
Here are the requirements.
1. Pixel Shader 1.1 is bare minimum…Recommend Pixel Shader 1.4 to get anything really done however.
2. XNA 2.0 must be installed it does not matter wether or not it is the redist or full version.
3. Windows XP SP2
4. Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0
5. The latest DirectX ( use the web installer to check for the latest components/upgrades/etc)
The installer will not bother to check for these and or install them.
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Some of the key features of it are.
1.Do not need to have full XNA 2.0 installed
2.A embedded web browser (will most likely be removed for later use)
3.Syntax Coloring!
4.Supports common 2D images.
5.Provides a quick way to generate a basic fx file
6. Custom save format to keep the file size down during testing(thank you GZIP compression!)
7.Allows you to take a screen shot of the rendering area to show off your wonderful creation
8.What else? find out!
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Future Features:
1. 3D model support
2. Included Examples/models/textures etc
3.Documentation on HLSL
4. Tutorials
5.A Check for Update option
6.Whatever you suggest.
I do plan on allowing people to download the source later on when it gets out of Beta 2( look for it next month to be fully out of it)
Download Primal FX Creator here
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Got any screen shots?
Couple suggestions, put a sample .fx file in the install (and a sample image).
also: turn off updating of the edit window when setting the colors, when you load a .fx file it takes for ever to update the coloring.
ah, found the sample fx file (quickfx.txt)
It would also be nice to have the error window display when there is an error in compiling the .fx, it some times doesnt display any errors. probably something to look at there.
Yeah I was thinking about adding in some more samples and images. Thanks for that bug you found I will definitely look into fixing that! Also you can turn off the coloring in the preferences dialog. If you have not yet found it you can get to it by going to File->Preferences. There is a dramatic difference in the speed it loads up the fx files.You can also add in and remove the keywords if you want to.
But thanks for the great feedback I will definitly look into fixing all of this.