Shader movel ps_4_0_level_9_1 doesn't allow reading from position semantics.

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I created a simple pointlight shader in HLSL, and it works great if I choose ps_4_0 or ps_5_0. But I want my game to support directX 9 so I want to use ps_4_0_level_9_1. However when I choose this I get this error:

Shader model ps_4_0_level_9_1 doesn’t allow reading from position semantics.

my shader:

#define MAX_LIGHTS 8

sampler TextureSampler : register(s0);
Texture2D input_texture;

float2 light_pos[MAX_LIGHTS];
float light_intensity[MAX_LIGHTS];
float4 light_color[MAX_LIGHTS];
int light_count;


float4 PixelShaderFunction(float4 pos : SV_POSITION, float4 color1 : COLOR0, float2 texCoord : TEXCOORD0) : SV_TARGET
{
    float4 tex;
    tex = input_texture.Sample(TextureSampler, texCoord.xy);

    float intensity = 0.0f;
    float4 lightColor = float4(0, 0, 0, 0);

    for (int i = 0; i < light_count; i++)
    {
        intensity += (1.0 / length(pos.xy - light_pos[i])) * light_intensity[i];
        lightColor += (light_color[i] * (1.0 / length(pos.xy - light_pos[i])) * light_intensity[i]);
    
    }

    return (tex * lightColor * saturate(intensity));
}

technique Technique1
{
    pass Pass1
    {
        PixelShader = compile ps_4_0_level_9_1 PixelShaderFunction();
    }
}

Can anyone point me in the right direction here?

Thanks!

2

That is a limitation of level 9.1 shaders. Instead of reading from pos.xy in your pixel shader you should pass another texcoord from the vertex shader that includes the position data you need.