Cannot enable pixel shaders

[bozho]

Environment

Windows build number: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19042.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 1.6.10272.0

GPU: Nvidia RTX 3070, driver version 461.40.

Steps to reproduce

I am unable to get pixel shaders working. I've downloaded a few samples (retro, invert, rasterbars) and put them into F:\Temp

I've tried putting "experimental.pixelShaderEffect": "F:\\Temp\\invert.hlsl" into both profile defaults and individual profiles. I've added { "command": "toggleShaderEffects", "keys": "ctrl+shift+."} to actions. The only thing this command seem to do is toggle the built-in "retro" effect (whether experimental.pixelShaderEffect setting is present or not makes no difference).

I've renamed my settings.json file and tested with a default one, no difference.

Expected behavior

Shaders to work :-)

Actual behavior

Shaders not working :-(

[zadjii-msft]

The setting is experimental.pixelShaderPath, not experimental.pixelShaderEffect ☺️

[bozho]

@zadjii-msft

Ah, thank you :-) experimental.pixelShaderPath is mentioned in pixel shader samples.

However, experimental.pixelShaderEffect is mentioned both on 1.6.10272.0 release notes page and devblog page. I copy/pasted the setting from one of those two and failed to spot the difference.

[zadjii-msft]

GAH that's a typo then. @cinnamon-msft can you go fix those docs quick?

[DHowett]

I've fixed the release notes. Sorry about that!

[sylvain69780]

Hello

I just downloaded 1.7.572.0 and was not able to enable "experimental.pixelShaderPath".
"experimental.pixelShaderPath": "C:\Sylvain\shadertoy\hlsl\Grayscale.hlsl"

Only able to use the retroTerminalEffect.

I wanted to make a demo to some colleagues. Too bad. :-)

[zadjii-msft]

@sylvain69780 Did it give you any sort of error message when you changed the settings / launched the Terminal?

You might also need to use double-backslashes, like "experimental.pixelShaderPath": "C:\\Sylvain\\shadertoy\\hlsl\\Grayscale.hlsl"

[DHowett]

This is #9354.