shaders do not appear on monsters

[poncex]

Hi everyone, I followed this tutorial:

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to be able to add wings, shaders, etc. to my server, but when I try to add shaders to the monsters, nothing happens. It lets me add them to the NPCs and players, but not to the monsters.

Could someone help me? I've tried modifying the monsters.cpp file, even trying to follow the example of npc.cpp to see if it solves anything, but still nothing happens.

 

[poncex]

Solved.

 

[3alola1]

Solved.

Please post the solution so others know

 

[poncex]

Please post the solution so others know

No :v

Post automatically merged: Jul 2, 2025

The solution isn't difficult. The problem, at least for me, is that it doesn't detect shader names, at least for Monsters (unlike NPCs, where you can add the shader name to their respective XML files and it works correctly). I just had to change it so that instead of detecting by name, it detects by shader ID (this is shown in shaders.xml). When I get home from work, I'll post the solution so it's easier to understand.

 

[L0FIC]

Care to share it? I cant even add it to npcs with shader=”shadername here”, followed same commit and it works on players, but no shaders work on npc or monsters.

Thanks!
Z

 

[Mateus Robeerto]

Hello everyone,

I've added support for setting shader IDs via XML for both monsters and NPCs. This allows you to define the shader directly in their XML files using a new attribute.

https://imgur.com/a/5fc2Ekv

Example:
<look ... shader="1" />
Just set the shader attribute and it works for both monsters and NPCs.

This requires source changes.
I’ve already committed them, so just update your source from the branch and it’ll work.
Here’s the commit:
shader