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Taking a string as a ui_input uniform

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2 years 3 months ago #1 by moriz1
is it possible to have a string as an input for ui_input? it works fine for numbers and single characters, but i can't use "string" as a type.

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2 years 3 months ago #2 by crosire
What do you mean? How would a string be converted to one of the uniform variable primitive types (bool, int, uint, float)?

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2 years 3 months ago #3 by moriz1
in the shader configuration menu, i want to be able to input the name of a file.

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2 years 3 months ago - 2 years 3 months ago #4 by crosire
You can't use strings in shader code. The only option is to use preprocessor definitions.
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