DepthWrite

DepthWrite is a Pixel shader available in all  Source games. The shader used for writting hardware or colored depth for Depth buffer, Cascaded Shadow Maps or Projected texture.

Supported Parameters

Basics

$color_depth <boolean>

Write depth as color.

$vsm <boolean> (only in )

Write VSM (Variance Shadow Maps) shadow moments instead of depth.

$zFill <float> (only in )

Use for zfill, not depth texturebuilding (no poly offset, enable culling).

$zFillPolyOffset <float> (only in )

Use for occluder zfill (use poly offset,enable culling).

Transparency

$basetexture <texture>

Used for $alphatest, using alpha channel of texture.

$alphatest <boolean>

Allow $alphatest support, using $basetexture.

$alphatestreference <float>

Alpha reference value.

$nocull <boolean>

$nocull disables backface culling optimization.

Adjustment

$basetexturetransform <matrix> (only in )

Transform $basetexture's alignment, scale, rotation and position.

Effect

$treeSway <boolean> (in all games since ) (also in )

Vertex manipulation to give the effect of trees swaying in the wind.

$displacementmap <texture> (only in )

Displacement map.

$displacementwrtinkle <boolean> (only in )

Displacement map contains wrinkle displacements.

See also

• Materials for models