Hiding GLSL shader source code

[lechoo]

Hi,
I just did some tests with VRayGLSL and it looks awesome. I have one question though: is it possible to hide (maybe compile) source code of a shader if I cannot publish it as open source?

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

same question as above =D

[vlado]

Hm, for the moment there is no direct way to do that, other than obfuscating the code with something like snob. The shader does get compiled to byte code, so we could just add the possibility to save and read that instead of the original text.

Out of curiosity, what are you using it for?

Best regards,
Vlado

[lechoo]

For commercial shaders.

[vlado]

Hehe, I could guess as much. For the moment you can also try obfuscating your code through a tool like snob or Stunnix, but I'm not sure how much this would hide.

Best regards,
Vlado

[vlado]

I forgot to write this here, but this is already implemented in the latest nightly builds and will go into the next official update.

Best regards,
Vlado