General Assetto Corsa Shaders, Texture maps list

[DanTDBV]

Ohh, what a bee hive this is. So many possibilities and close to zero knowledge. I am in the process of changing that.

No wonder with 78 different shaders, 26 of them dissabled.

I am starting this thread, because I need to put this information, into something I can understand and sort out. I am doing the work, so I think that I might as well share it.

If I by sharing this, can ease the journey, for others into this subject, then I will be more happy.

To make this more managable, I am working on 2 lists. This one with the different texturemaps, that each shader can use and the other one, about what purposes the shaders can be used for.

This is very much a work in progress and any help will be very much appreciated.

This first post will be updated, as I gain more knowledge and time allows.

AC shader information is ammongst others available here:

Proper technique in track making + tips
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/i...er-technique-in-track-making-plus-tips.27180/

Track Materials / Shaders
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/track-materials-shaders.10174/

Car materials / shaders / modelling stuff (Add your knowledge here)
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/i...odelling-stuff-add-your-knowledge-here.19704/

I very much appreciate the work, done in these threads.

Questions about techniques, should be asked in the Track Materials / Shaders and Car materials / shaders threads.

*shaders dissabled in Assetto Corsa Editor/system/cfg/shader_filter_list.txt. Enable by deleting line in txt file.

rc is recommended dds compression.

Example: Note! At the moment NOT! Correct information!

ksMultilayer_fresnel_nm.shader

• txDiffuse Ye basic, no frills, base texture, contains alpha layer rc DXT5
• txDiffuse Ye basic, no frills, base texture, no alpha layer rc DXT5
• txMask bla bla bla rc DXT1
• txDetailR Tobla tobla tobla rc DXT5
• txDetailG Gip gip gip rc DXT4
• txDetailB Gupi gupi gupi rc DXT2
• txDetailA Long explanation Long explanation Long explanation Long explanation Long explanation Long explanation rc DXT1
• txDetailNM Bup bupbup blabber rc DXT3

Ground shaders (asphalt, tarmac, sand, etc.):

*ksIdealLine.shader

• txDiffuse Ye basic, no frills, base texture

*ksSkidMark.shader

• txDiffuse

Object shaders (trees, grass, buildings, poles, fences, etc.)

ksGrass.shader

• txDiffuse
• txVariation

ksFlags.shader

• txDiffuse

ksTree.shader

• txDiffuse

The air shaders:

ksSky.shader

ksSkyBox.shader

• txClouds

ksSkyCubemap.shader

ksClouds.shader

• txDiffuse

*ksPostFOG.shader

• txDiffuse
• txDepth

Car shaders:

ksBrakeDisc.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal
• txGlow
• txBlur
• txNormalBlur

ksBrokenGlass.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal

ksCarPaintSimple.shader

• txDiffuse

ksTyres.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal
• txDirty
• txBlur
• txNormalBlur

ksWindscreen.shader

• txDiffuse

newStefano_ksTyres.shader

*ksFakeCarShadows.shader

• txDiffuse

*ksFakeCarShadowsGen.shader

*ksCircularRPM.shader

• txDiffuse
• txDiffuseON

Multiple use shaders:

ksPerPixel.shader

• txDiffuse

ksPerPixel_dual_layer.shader

• txDiffuse
• txLayer1
• txLayer1_Mask

ksPerPixel_nosdw.shader

• txDiffuse

ksPerPixelAlpha.shader

• txDiffuse

ksPerPixelAT.shader

• txDiffuse

ksPerPixelAT_NM.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal

ksPerPixelAT_NS.shader

• txDiffuse

ksPerPixelMultiMap.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal
• txMaps
• txDetail

ksPerPixelMultiMap_AT.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal
• txMaps
• txDetail

ksPerPixelMultiMap_AT_NMDetail.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal
• txMaps
• txDetail
• txNormalDetail

ksPerPixelMultiMap_damage.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal
• txMaps
• txDetail
• txDamage

ksPerPixelMultiMap_damage_dirt.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal
• txMaps
• txDetail
• txDamage
• txDust
• txDamageMask

ksPerPixelMultiMap_NMDetail.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal
• txMaps
• txDetail
• txNormalDetail

ksPerPixelMultiMapSimpleRefl.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal
• txMaps
• txDetail

ksPerPixelNM.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal

ksPerPixelNM_UV2.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal

ksPerPixelNM_UVMult.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal

ksPerPixelReflection.shader

• txDiffuse

ksPerPixelSimpleRefl.shader

• txDiffuse

ksMultilayer.shader

• txDiffuse
• txMask
• txDetailR
• txDetailG
• txDetailB
• txDetailA

ksMultilayer_fresnel_nm.shader

• txDiffuse
• txMask
• txDetailR
• txDetailG
• txDetailB
• txDetailA
• txDetailNM

ksMultilayer_objsp.shader

• txDiffuse
• txMask
• txDetailR
• txDetailG
• txDetailB
• txDetailA

I don't know use, yet shaders:

GL.shader

GL2D.shader

ksColourShader.shader

ksMegaShader.shader

• txDiffuse

ksMSDepthResolve.shader

• txDepth

ksOrenNayar.shader

• txDiffuse

ksOculusVR

• Texture

ksOculusVR2

• Texture

ksPostFOG_MS.shader

• txDiffuse
• txDepth

ksShadowGen_debug.shader

ksSimpleShader.shader

• txDiffuse

ksSkinnedMesh.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal
• txMaps
• txDetail

ksSkinnedMesh_NMDetaill.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal
• txMaps
• txDetail
• txNormalDetail

ksTest.shader

ksYebisBlur

• txBlurredDepth
• txFinalDepth

ksYebisBlur_MS

• txBlurredDepth
• txFinalDepth

ksYebisPreDof

• txDiffuse
• txDepth

Dissabled shaders:

*GLTextured.shader

• txDiffuse

*ksCameraDirt.shader

• txDiffuse

*ksFont.shader

• txDiffuse

*ksFXAA Has 6 texture slots, all with the same name: txCurrent

*ksFXAA_0.shader
*ksFXAA_1.shader
*ksFXAA_2.shader
*ksFXAA_3.shader
*ksFXAA_4.shader
*ksFXAA_5.shader

*ksHighPass.shader

• txDiffuse
• txDownsampled

*ksParticle.shader

• txDiffuse

*ksPostAdaptLum.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNewLuma

*ksPostBlur.shader

• txDepth
• txSrc

*ksPostBlur_MS.shader

• txDepth
• txSrc

*ksPostBlurH.shader

• txDiffuse

*ksPostBlurRadial.shader

• txDepth
• txSrc
  

*ksPostBlurRadialMS.shader

• txDepth
• txSrc

*ksPostBlurV.shader

• txDiffuse

*ksPostBW.shader

• txCurrent

*ksPostCopy.shader

• txDiffuse

*ksPostCopyLuma.shader

• txDiffuse

*ksPostToneMap.shader

• txDiffuse
• txBloom
• txDownsampled

*ksSelectedMesh.shader

*ksShadowGen.shader

*ksShadowGenAT.shader

• txDiffuse

*ksShadowGenSKIN.shader

I hope that someone are going to find this usefull.

Happy AC Modding

 

[DanTDBV]

Hmmm. I made a slight mistake in creating this thread. A better name for it would be:
Assetto Corsa Shaders, Texture maps list

Is it possible that it could be changed, as it is a more correct description of what it is.

I would be very gratefull for that.

Happy modding.

 

[AndrewBo]

Done. Have FUN.
PS: If that happens again, please tick the report button. So I get an alert and can react. Thank you.

 

[DanTDBV]

Thank you very much Andrew. I will keep that in mind.

Have a nice weekend.

 

[DanTDBV]

I have decided that I will make 2 more threads about AC shaders

One I would call Assetto Corsa shaders, settings list

As I find out of it, I will add descriptions, of what the different settings do.

ksPerPixelMultiMap_damage.shader

• ksAmbient Ambient light multiplier. Range [0, +inf)
• ksDiffuse Diffuse light multiplier. Range [0, +inf)
• ksSpecular Specular light multiplier. Range [0, +inf)
• ksSpecularEXP
• ksEmissive
• ksAlphaRef

The other would be Assetto Corsa shaders, what can be used where list.

Here I would list the shaders again, this time with the different things, it can be used for.

ksPerPixelMultiMap.shader

• So and so
• This and that
• and so forth.

Happy modding

 

[Noobot9k]

ksPerPixelNM_UVMult.shader

• txDiffuse
• txNormal

This one has some strange behavior for me. When I switch between this at normalMult 0 and the ksPerPixelNM_UV2 the strength of the normal map I have applied changes drastically. NM_UVMult displays my normal map as being very weak even though it's pretty aggressive. Am I missing something?

NM_UV2:

NM_UVMult:

Sorry if this is the wrong place to be asking this.

Edit: It only looks like this in the editor. When in-game it looks fine. ‍:facepalm:
Also in your Assetto Corsa install folder>System>Shaders there are some HTML files with brief descriptions of some of the shader's properties and that puts the properties into categories which I found a little useful.