🎨 SLM: Shader

This mod introduces a dynamic shader system for screen effects, with full support for multiplayer synchronization.

⚙️ Features

Includes a variety of real-time shader effects:

🌈 Color overlays
💥 Impact frames
🌫️ Noise overlays
🔄 Radial blur (in / out transitions)

These effects can be combined and executed in sequences using a flexible shader pipeline.

🔗 Networking Support

The system is fully network-aware and supports multiple execution flows:

Client → Server → Client (CTS → STC → CTS)
Server → Client (STC → CTS)
Static (Instance Only)

More details

Using client-side execution for a "CTS -> STC -> CTS" sequence is useful when you want to launch the shader from the client but also use server-side data such as nearby entities, which entities are facing the player, load additional effects, etc.

Using "STC -> CTS" is useful when you want the above but are not on the client side.

Using "Static" is useful if the shader doesn't require server-side data or you only want to launch it on the client.

This allows shaders to be triggered:

Locally (client-side effects)
Remotely (server-driven events)
Synchronized across players

More details

Noise Overlay, Color Overlay, and Impact Frame can be sent from one entity to another; however, blur effects can only be executed statically within the instance.

🎬 Smooth Transitions

Built-in support for graceful shader cancellation
Prevents abrupt visual cuts
Ensures smooth transitions

🧠 Shader Pipeline

Chain-based execution system
Supports different shader types and phases
Modular design for combining multiple visual effects

More details

However, multiple executions of the same shader fx are not possible, as they will overwrite each other. If you execute two impact frames at the same time, you will not get 2 impact frames, but the last one added will overwrite the other, the same logic for the rest of the shaders.

Although, as previously mentioned, you can run multiple shaders simultaneously, you can also combine Noise Overlays, Color Overlays, and Radial Blur In for example.

🛠️ Utilities

Includes additional tools for:

📡 Raycast system
🎮 Command support for triggering shaders
🔧 Helper utilities for screen-based rendering