Allow for overriding type and size of an element, opening the path for `int#[]`, `float#[]`, `int#x#`, `float#x#`, `bool#x#`, `vector<type, #>` and `matrix<type, #, #>`. Also allows for specifying the exact type of texture instead of hoping the user gets it right, as well as samplers.
Parameters are also now created if they are invisible, which means that the properties() function must not be called, but they must still be used like any other. This is due to a problem with default values not being applied all the time, and sometimes just vanishing.
The code also now throws exceptions with reasonable text, which should be caught by the gfx::shader implementation and refuse a load of the effect. No other state should be modified at that point, so care must be taken that up until the moment the complete initialization is done no other state is modified.
Thanks to the workaround in obs::tools, gfx::shader::shader now supports dynamically rebuilding the properties with new properties without crashing OBS Studio. This effectively allows you to have an up to date view of the current parameters for the shader technique.
Additionally with file watching, live development of shaders is possible at very little cost. Currently only file times and size is looked at every 333ms, but in the future it is possible to also watch for file renames and more.
Removes the stutter when re-opening the properties dialog which was caused by recompiling the same exact shader every time this happened. Also paves the way for simple file watching.
Michael Fabian 'Xaymar' Dirks