Visual Studio and effect files

Windows
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Hello,

I was wondering what the best/most common practice is when it comes to working with *.fx effects.

Currently the process I’m using is adding some overhead to the development. I manually compile my effects using the 2MGFX.exe tool and then manually add them/overwrite them in a content folder within my project which I then load during run time as follows:

var effectBytes = File.ReadAllBytes("Content/effect.mgfxo");
_effect = new Effect(graphicsDevice, effectBytes);

I haven’t wrapped my head around how the pipeline tool works using effect files, surely there has to be a better approach than the one I’m using.

Ideally I’d like to be able editing my .fx files in Visual Studio and load them using the ContentManager.

Thanks in advance!

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it works like all the other assets in the contentmanager.

-> Add existing files
-> select your *.fx file

done.

In your game code, you can use it like this

PostprocessEffect = content.Load(“FX/PostProcessing”);

3

Doh, you’re right.

I was always specifying the file extension which threw me exceptions saying that the file wasn’t found, didn’t bother reading it properly, my bad.

Thank you! :slightly_smiling: