novus/renderer/README.md

# Renderer

This handles rendering FFXIV visual data, such as models and materials.

Currently it has a basic rendering method enabled by default, which is limited to displaying a material's diffuse texture and not much else.

## Experimental

There's a more advanced renderer which is still in development, which uses the game's own shaders to render models. Launch any Novus tool with `NOVUS_USE_NEW_RENDERER=1` set to enable it.
renderer: Add README 2023-10-10 17:56:09 -04:00			`# Renderer`

Add experimental new rendering system I started writing this late last year, and finally uploading parts of it. Currently, doesn't work, but doesn't crash either. Enable it via the NOVUS_USE_NEW_RENDERER environment variable. The goal is to use the game's own shaders instead of creating our own, it's lacking support for buffers with actual data in them and constants so while it "works" nothing is displayed on screen yet. 2024-04-20 17:29:29 -04:00			`This handles rendering FFXIV visual data, such as models and materials.`

			`Currently it has a basic rendering method enabled by default, which is limited to displaying a material's diffuse texture and not much else.`

			`## Experimental`

			There's a more advanced renderer which is still in development, which uses the game's own shaders to render models. Launch any Novus tool with `NOVUS_USE_NEW_RENDERER=1` set to enable it.