@r_gigante Hi Riccardo! Thanks for help! Actually, your code doesn't reproduce the issue. Have a look at my code too:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/opwo59utbiup3ks/test.rar?dl=0
There you will find the generated shader resource files + plugin code + xdll for windows (I don't have mac yet).
One interesting note is that there is no problem on Cinema R20.059 Demo (I have downloaded R20.057 from Maxon website and then updated to R20.059 using online update). But few users who have updated their non-demo C4D reported a bug with these issues and I have tested it with them using TeamViewer. It looks strange. The issue however seems to be solved when we use
SetPluginPriority(data, C4DPL_INIT_PRIORITY_PLUGINS);
instead of
SetPluginPriority(data, C4DPL_INIT_PRIORITY_ADVANCEDRENDER);
I don't remember why and when I started using priority C4DPL_INIT_PRIORITY_ADVANCEDRENDER. Somewhere from pluginscafe advice or maybe the whole system is a 3rd party renderer. But it was ok all the time.
Here is the code from my example (see comments there):
/*
There was no problem in the cases described here for R20.057 or earlier.
But this example doesn't launch Cinema when copied to the plugins folder of Windows (7 or 10) + Cinema R20.059.
Note that there should be no any other plugins in the C4D/plugins folder.
Note that this example doesn't launch if it has 40 shaders (but launces if it has 30 or 50 shaders).
Note that this example successfully launches Cinema if you use SetPluginPriority(data, C4DPL_INIT_PRIORITY_PLUGINS); instead of C4DPL_INIT_PRIORITY_ADVANCEDRENDER (see below)
Read comments in the code below.
*/
#include "c4d.h"
#include "c4d_symbols.h"
#define TEST_PLUGIN_ID 1055000
class xshaderTest : public ShaderData
{
INSTANCEOF(xshaderTest, ShaderData)
public:
virtual Bool Init(GeListNode* node);
virtual Bool Message(GeListNode* node, Int32 type, void* data);
virtual Vector Output(BaseShader* chn, ChannelData* cd);
virtual INITRENDERRESULT InitRender(BaseShader* chn, const InitRenderStruct& irs);
virtual void FreeRender(BaseShader* chn);
static NodeData * Alloc(void) { return NewObjClear(xshaderTest); }
};
Bool xshaderTest::Init(GeListNode* node)
{
return ShaderData::Init(node);
}
Vector xshaderTest::Output(BaseShader* chn, ChannelData* cd)
{
return Vector(0.0);
}
INITRENDERRESULT xshaderTest::InitRender(BaseShader* chn, const InitRenderStruct& irs)
{
return INITRENDERRESULT::OK;
}
void xshaderTest::FreeRender(BaseShader* chn)
{
}
Bool xshaderTest::Message(GeListNode* node, Int32 type, void* msgdat)
{
return ShaderData::Message(node, type, msgdat);
}
/*
#include <windows.h>
static const WORD MAX_CONSOLE_LINES = 500;
inline void RedirectIOToConsole()
{
// create the console (see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32185512/output-to-console-from-a-win32-gui-application-on-windows-10)
if (AllocConsole()) {
FILE* pCout;
freopen_s(&pCout, "CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
SetConsoleTitle(L"Debug Console");
SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_RED);
// SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), FOREGROUND_GREEN);
}
}
*/
Bool PluginStart(void)
{
// generate different shader resource files and move them in the res folder of the plugin
// uncomment to generate files again
/* FILE * f = 0;
char shader_name[1024];
char shader_desc[1024];
for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)
{
sprintf_s(shader_name, 1024, "F:\\testshaders\\test_shader%d_res.res", i, i, i, i);
sprintf_s(shader_desc, 1024, "CONTAINER test_shader%d_res \n{\n NAME test_shader%d_res;\n GROUP TEST_SHADER%d_GROUP {\n DEFAULT 1;\n VECTOR TEST_SHADER%d_DATA { UNIT REAL; STEP 0.01; }\n }\n}\n", i, i, i, i);
size_t strsize = strlen(shader_desc);
fopen_s(&f, shader_name, "w");
size_t written = fwrite(shader_desc, 1, strsize, f);
fclose(f);
// printf("\n %2d: strsize %3d written %3d", i, int(strsize), int(written));
}
for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)
{
sprintf_s(shader_name, 1024, "F:\\testshaders\\test_shader%d_res.h", i, i, i, i);
sprintf_s(shader_desc, 1024, "#ifndef TEST_SHADER%d_RES_H__\n#define TEST_SHADER%d_RES_H__\n enum \n { \n TEST_SHADER%d_GROUP = 10000, \n TEST_SHADER%d_DATA = 10100,\n };\n#endif", i, i, i, i);
size_t strsize = strlen(shader_desc);
fopen_s(&f, shader_name, "w");
size_t written = fwrite(shader_desc, 1, strsize, f);
fclose(f);
// printf("\n %2d: strsize %3d written %3d", i, int(strsize), int(written));
}
for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)
{
sprintf_s(shader_name, 1024, "F:\\testshaders\\test_shader%d_res.str", i, i, i, i);
sprintf_s(shader_desc, 1024, "STRINGTABLE test_shader%d_res \n{ \n test_shader%d_res \"test_shader%d_res\"; \n TEST_SHADER%d_GROUP \"test_shader%d_res\"; \n TEST_SHADER%d_DATA \"test_shader%d_res\"; \n}", i, i, i, i, i, i, i);
size_t strsize = strlen(shader_desc);
fopen_s(&f, shader_name, "w");
size_t written = fwrite(shader_desc, 1, strsize, f);
fclose(f);
// printf("\n %2d: strsize %3d written %3d", i, int(strsize), int(written));
}*/
VERSIONTYPE versionType = GeGetVersionType();
// RedirectIOToConsole();
// register shaders
// for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) // Cinema is launching
// for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) // Cinema is launching
for (int i = 0; i < 40; i++) // Cinema is NOT launching if you use SetPluginPriority(data, C4DPL_INIT_PRIORITY_ADVANCEDRENDER);
{
String resfile = String("test_shader") + String::IntToString(i) + String("_res");
RegisterShaderPlugin(TEST_PLUGIN_ID + i, resfile, 0, xshaderTest::Alloc, resfile, 0);
}
return true;
}
void PluginEnd(void)
{
}
Bool PluginMessage(Int32 id, void* data)
{
switch (id)
{
case C4DPL_INIT_SYS:
{
// RedirectIOToConsole();
if (!g_resource.Init())
return false;
return true;
}
case C4DMSG_PRIORITY:
{
SetPluginPriority(data, C4DPL_INIT_PRIORITY_ADVANCEDRENDER); // Cinema is NOT launching if you use 40 shaders
// SetPluginPriority(data, C4DPL_INIT_PRIORITY_PLUGINS); // Cinema launches even if you use 40 shaders and priority is set to this.
// But if you add unchanged compiled c4dsdkplugins to the C4D plugins folder
// then Cinema will not launch with 2 plugins like c4dsdkplugins and test (which has 40 shaders)
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
