Creating new material, custom parameters don't show.

[antony.wells]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a custom post-processing material, but although it works, the parameters tab in the ide remains blank. I've tried reloading but to no avail.

here is the material.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<base_material version="2.0" name="titleblur_post" editable="0">

	<!-- Post-effect shaders -->
	<shader pass="post"
		defines="BASE_POST"
		vertex="shaders/pp/vertex/blurTitle.vert"
		fragment="shaders/pp/frag/blurTitle.frag"/>
	
	<!-- Textures -->
	<texture name="color" pass="post" unit="0" type="procedural"/>
	
	<!-- Parameters -->
	<parameter name="grayscale_power" type="slider" shared="1" min="0.0" max="1.0"
	flags="max_expand">0.5</parameter>
	
</base_material>

grayscale_power being the one that won't show.

[antony.wells]

And the material/shaders are working aside from that. I changed the output to the simple fragment shader and it make the picture more dim as it should. Just cannot seem to get parameters to display.

[rohit.gonsalves]

Dear Antony,

1. Which Version are you using?

2. Are you just taking it from Documentation? For Yes;  Documentation needs a little update.

I am using 2.10 and when I change the parameter to 

<!-- Parameters -->
<slider name="grayscale_power" min="0.0" max="1.0" max_expand="1" shared="1">0.5</slider>

It shows.

I suggest to look for other base materials straight away for comparison. Because code is updated but sometimes Documentation lags in terms of time.

I hope it will solve your issue.

Regards,

Rohit

[rohit.gonsalves]

Custom Material documentation needs little update

https://developer.unigine.com/en/docs/2.11/content/materials/custom?rlang=cpp

But Base Material File Format explains everything nicely.

https://developer.unigine.com/en/docs/2.11/code/formats/materials_formats/base_material_format?rlang=cpp

Hope this helps.

Rohit