Source Shader Editor - Color codes

There are several situations in the shader editor where a certain color is used to visualize the state of an object on the canvas, this list provides an overview.

Flowgraph tabs

• green - HLSL graph
• red - Post processing graph

Nodes

• Outline color
  • black - All inputs defined without issues.
  • light green - The node has been solved and is currently declaring a new variable itself.
  • light blue - Missing inputs.
  • red - One or more inputs show errors or the parent node is erroneous.

• Base color
  • green - Node has been solved successfully.
  • blue - Node is a child of a container node and currently unsolved.
  • grey - Node cannot be solved due to missing or wrong inputs.

Bridges

• black - Bridge is valid.
• light blue - Input is undefined.
• red - The target node has an error.

Canvas outline

• invisible - The current preview shader matches the shader setup on the canvas.
• grey - The preview shader is currently outdated.
• flashing red - There was a compiler error.

Warning:Any type of visible error on the canvas will prohibit compilation of the respective hierachy.