# How do I put a breakpoint in a HLSL/USF shader?

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**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** breakpoint, unreal-engine, Shaders, hlsl, question\
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-put-a-breakpoint-in-a-hlsl-usf-shader/467102 "2020-06-22T17:55:31Z")\
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I see that I can embed debug information via fxc.exe, and Visual Studio has a Debug Graphics option, but it doesn’t seem to find the debug symbols for the HLSL or \*.d3dasm files?