I designed the shader loader to simplify loading shader files. I wanted to to have a list of shader fx files close at hand and just click on them to instantly open them in the editor.
No clicking a file menu, no waiting for a dialog to open and close.
It’s been a feature of Shazzam since version 1.0 and it’s done an splendid job up to this point.
The shader loader in version 1.4 now supports nested folders. You point the shader loader at a folder (by clicking on the Change location link) and it provides access to the files in that folder and it’s children.
Figure 1: The Shader Loader showing the Your Folder tab
It’s a simple change, but it means less fussing with the folder dialog.
Change in Dialogs
Speaking of the folder dialog, we got rid of the atrocious "Browse for Folder dialog" and replaced it with the Windows Vista/7 file dialog.
Figure 2: Yuck. The Browse for Folder dialog
Figure 3: The Vista/Windows 7 dialog.
Sample Shaders in the Shader Loader
Now that Shader loader supports nested folders, the Sample Shaders and Tutorials tab have changed. The shaders are now categorized by folder.
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