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Omni Shader Tools for HLSL

Omni Shader Tools for HLSL

AMLOVEY

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Visual Studio Code extension for HLSL shader language programming
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Omni Shader Tools for HLSL

Omni Shader Tools for HLSL is a HLSL shader language programming support tool, with features that Syntax Highlighting, Code Completion and other powerful features.

Visit our website https://omnishader.amlovey.com/docs/?doc=core-features for core features preview.

Basic version of Omni Shader is always free for everyone without login or any license required.

Free trial licenses are also available to try all features.

Support files

Omni Shader Tools for HLSL supports:

extension description
.hlsl HLSL shader file
.usf, .ush Unreal Engine shader file
.compute Compute shader file

If you need more file extensions or applications support, please contact us at omnishader@amlovey.com or GitHub.

To support Unreal Engine builtin shader library intellisense, you need to set the engine root directory path in config omnishaderHLSL.engineRootPath.

Omni Shader Versions

Below is a detailed comparison of features available in each Omni Shader version:

Feature Basic Pro Enterprise
Syntax Highlighting ✅ ✅ ✅
Basic Code Completion ✅ ✅ ✅
Hover Information ✅ ✅ ✅
Code Snippets ✅ ✅ ✅
Document Symbols ✅ ✅ ✅
Document Comments ✅ ✅ ✅
Full Code Completion ❌ ✅ ✅
Code Formatting ❌ ✅ ✅
Go To Definition ❌ ✅ ✅
Find References ❌ ✅ ✅
Signature Help ❌ ✅ ✅
Error Diagnostics * ❌ ✅ ✅
Rename ❌ ✅ ✅

Basic version is always free for everyone without login or any license required.

Pro and Enterprise versions are paid and can be activated by license key.

Diagnostics is disabled by default, you can enable it by setting omnishaderHLSL.enableDiagnostics to true in VSCODE settings.

How to use license key

  1. Create a license from https://omnishader.amlovey.com
  2. Copy license key to clipboard
  3. Open Command Palette in Visual Studio Code
  4. Run command "Omni Shader: Active License"
  5. There will be an Information Message displayed 'Activation Success. Please restart VSCode to take effect.'
  6. Restart Visual Studio Code

Troubleshooting

If you have any problems, please contact us at omnishader@amlovey.com or report an issue on GitHub.

Change Log

See https://github.com/OmniShader/ISSUES/blob/main/CHANGELOG_VSCODE_HLSL.md for changes to Omni Shader Tools for HLSL.

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