[SM5] error X4510 maximum samplers reached (16), only 14 active in material

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Hi there,

Stats say that I am using more than 16 texture samplers, but, having counted them by hand I can only find 14 samplers. Are there any other parameters that consume sampler slots? are there hidden ones that I’ve missed?

When I remove a sampler in one of the layers it compiles just fine, meaning that I’ve got 17 samplers in there, which in turn means that there’s 3 that I cannot find.

When I remove the “incandescent cloth” material layer, it says I have 14 samplers active, while, at that point it should be 11.

The samplers in sequence are the following:

Master Material:

  • Albedo (RGB)
  • Layer Mask 1 (RGBA)
  • Layer Mask 2 (RGBA)
  • Detail Mask (RGBA)
  • Normalmap (RGB)

Steel, 1 sampler (RGBA)
Chrome, 1 sampler (RGBA)
Rubber, 1 sampler (RGBA)
Painted Metal, 2 samplers (RGBA, Nrm)
Metal 1 sampler (RGBA)
Incandescent Cloth, 3 samplers, (RGBA, RGB, Nrm)

With that said, I must be blind, or something strange is going on.

Below you can see the spagetti of everything, all samplers are highlighted with a red border.

(The warning above the sampler error can be disregarded as it goes away when the error is resolved)

Thank you in advance.

http://i.imgur.com/pEhXDh7.png

http://i.imgur.com/uTTtW0O.png

http://i.imgur.com/RN35D4c.png

http://i.imgur.com/GiaHLCI.png

http://i.imgur.com/ql2cW9O.png

http://i.imgur.com/gfus0Nk.png

http://i.imgur.com/yZQCMJy.png

http://i.imgur.com/7a55z7c.png

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Answering my own question. 3 Samples are used for lighting information that are otherwise hidden.

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Yep various code features like lightmaps use samplers. Note that you can use the shared samplers to get past the 16 limit (up to 128 unique textures).