Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) Shaders

Shaders

These shaders are stored in game/xenon/archives/shader.arc and game/xenon/archives/shader_lt.arc in the 360 version of the game. Most shaders have several different variants with different feature support.

Folder	Description
lm	Lightmapped
lm_np	Lightmapped without point lights
morph	Mesh morph
morph_np	Mesh morph without point lights
skin	Rigged meshes
skin_np	Rigged meshes without point lights
std	Standard
np	Standard without point lights

Many of the shaders within the subfolders will be exact duplicates of the standard variant.

Each of the shaders listed below are in the .fxo format in the 360 version of the game. Each shader can contain multiple techniques, which hold the respective vertex and fragment shaders.

Shader	Notes
AcrobataPrimitive	Use in rendering of Acroarts particle effects.
Air00
Animal00
Animal01
Animal02
AqaScene00
AqaScene01
AqaScene02
Aqua00
Artifact00
Artifact01
Artifact02
Artifact03
Artifact06
Artifact07
BackGround
balloonicon	Used for rendering quest "balloons" in hub worlds.
Billboard00
Billboard01
Billboard02
Billboard03
Billboard04
Billboard05
Billboard06
Billboard07
BillboardSp00
BillboardSp01
BillboardSp02
BloomFilter
bod_light
bod_metal
BurnoutBlurFilter	Responsible for the radial "motion" blur seen in the final game. Likely named after the Burnout racing series.
ChaosDrive
CharacterMaterial	Responsible for rendering playable characters. By far the densest shader in the game, including many unused techniques.
ColorCopyFilter
ColorCorrectionFilter
ColorOutFilter	Outputs a solid colour. Used for bright areas of spotlights in White Acropolis stealth sections.
Common
conditional_rendering	Used in rendering of lens flare effect.
CopyFilter
core_circle
CscGlass00
CscGlass01
CscGlass02
CscScene00
CscScene01
CscScene02
CscScene03
csd	Used in rendering of CSD (UI) scenes.
csd3D
csdBG
cyl
DepthOfFieldFilter	Unused in the final game. Likely a depth of field effect similar to the one in Sonic Unleashed.
DtdSand00
DtdSand01
DtdSand02
DtdSand03
DtdSand04
DtdScene00
DtdScene01
DtdScene02
DtdScene03
DtdScene04
DtdScene05
ecb_light
ecb_metal
Effect00
egen_light
egen_metal
egen_slight
emob_light
emob_metal
en_bullet
en_laser00
en_lava
en_light
en_lightani
en_metal
en_plating
en_rock
EndSky00
FBTex_NrmMap
Fence00
Fence01
FlcCore00
FlcScene00
FlcScene01
Fluff00
Fog00
font	Used in font rendering for CSD.
fsol_armor
fsol_eye
fsol_fluid
Gadget_Glider
Gadget
gindows
Glass00
Glass01
Glass02
Glass03
iblis01_eye
iblis01_lava
iblis01_rock
iblis02_eye
iblis02_lava
iblis02_rock
iblis03_eye
iblis03_lava
iblis03_rock
Ice00
Ice01
Ice02
Ice03
Item_Board
ItemGlass00
ItemMetal00
KdvAqua00
KdvAqua01
KdvMist00
KdvRope
KdvWindRoad
Kyozoress
Laser00
Laser01
Leaf00
Leaf01
lensflare
LightCore
Lightmap00
Lightmap01
LightmapSp00
LightmapSp01
LightmapSp02
LightmapSp03
LightmapSp04
Luminous00
Luminous01
Luminous02
Luminous03
Luminous04
Luminous05
Luminous06
Luminous07
lzout_pt
lzout
Mantle00
Mantle01
Mantle02
MarathonSpeedTree
MaskCopyFilter
Mefiress
MefiressSpecific
MefiressSpecific2
Mercury
Metal00
Metal01
Metal02
MotionBlurFilter	BurnoutBlurFilter is used in retail rather than this shader.
movie
movieARGB
movieYUV420
no_shader
OpticalCamouflage	Used for rendering camouflaged enemies.
pe
PhaseShiftFilter
physicsviewer
player_homing
primitive
psi_effect
Ring
rt_clear
rt_restoration
Rust00
SampleFilter
scr_metal
Shield
simple
Sky00
Sky01
Sky02
Snow00
Snow01
Snow02
Stone00
Stone01
Stone02
Stone03
Stone04
Terrain00
Terrain01
Terrain02
Terrain03
Terrain04
Terrain05
Terrain06
Terrain07
Tex_Phone
Tex_Spec_Phone
TpjWater00
TpjWater01
TwnFence00
TwnGate
TwnGlass00
TwnGlideWire
TwnScene00
TwnScene01
TwnScene02
TwnScene03
vout
WapScene00
WapScene01
WapScene02
Water00
Water01
Water02
Water03
Water04
Water05
Waterrise
Wood00
Wood01
Zakoress
ZakoressBillboard
zout_pt
zout