How to use a Global Shader on a Plugin?

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Hi, I’m trying to learn about USF and followed this tutorial: How to Add Global Shaders to UE4 - Unreal Engine

Since shaders are supported as plugins since 4.17, I tried doing that. My code compile and all but at the end of that tutorial I’m supposed to modify the engine code, is that correct?
I don’t have much experience with modifying the engine code and wanted to avoid that, so is it possible?

My goal is to adapt this old cel-shading tutorial to a plugin https://blog.felixkate.net/2016/05/22/adding-a-custom-shading-model-1/
Can that be done?

Sorry if this is in the wrong section I wasn’t sure where it fits better. Anyway, thanks in advance.

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To add global shaders you don’t need to change engine code. To add shader models you would need thou. The articles bellow will cover from global shaders and shader models.

I sugest for you to follow this threads/blogs/links:

https://rcaloca.blogspot.com.br/2017…rs-to-ue4.html

and/or

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/…n/QuickStart/1

and/or

https://medium.com/@lordned/unreal-e…1-c47f2da65346

quite an amount of time of reading, GL!

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I see, I was mixing global shaders with shader models, sorry. Thanks for the links, that third one is really good and has a lot of good info.