Is there a way to load fx shader without using the Monogame content pipeline?

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Hello,

Is there a way I can load and run fx shader in MonoGame without using the content Pipeline?

Thanks.

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I don’t use the content pipeline at all, because my program is a compiler of sorts and just creates an executable, so I embed the files into the exe as a resource.

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Well I have been avoiding the content pipeline so far. I even wrote my own font renderer. The only thing that I don’t know how to do is how do I load the .fx shader file and apply it to my game without the help of the content pipeline.

Can you help me with that?

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You do still need to compile the shader file with mgcb to give the mgfxo file. Can then load using

                Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
            BinaryReader Reader = new BinaryReader(assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ScratchEffects.mgfxo"));
            BinaryReader Reader2 = new BinaryReader(assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ScratchEffects2.mgfxo"));

        scratchEffect = new Effect(GraphicsDevice, Reader.ReadBytes((int)Reader.BaseStream.Length));
        scratchEffect2 = new Effect(GraphicsDevice, Reader2.ReadBytes((int)Reader2.BaseStream.Length));