community-shaders/skyrim-community-shaders

How community-shaders/skyrim-community-shaders works

Skyrim Community Shaders is an SKSE plugin that adds configurable graphics features and engine fixes to Skyrim. Its principal workflow is game/plugin initialization, feature configuration, then graphics changes during runtime rendering. The tree and excerpts support the major subsystems, but most feature implementations and plugin dispatch code were not sampled, so their internal wiring is shown only at a high level.

Main entry points: Features Graphics Features · XSEPlugin.cpp Plugin Entry · Menu.cpp Configuration Menu · Feature.cpp Feature Settings

Components 22

Plugin Runtime

Plugin Entry src/XSEPlugin.cpp
Engine Hooks src/Hooks.cpp
Engine Fixes src/EngineFix.cpp

Graphics Features

Graphics Features src/Features
Effects11 src/Features/Effects11/EffectManager.cpp
Effect Textures src/Features/Effects11/TextureManager.cpp
Weather Effects src/Features/Effects11/WeatherManager.cpp
Upscaling src/Features/Upscaling.cpp
True PBR src/TruePBR.cpp
Shader Hooks src/ShaderTools/BSShaderHooks.cpp

Settings and UI

Feature Settings src/Feature.cpp
Weather Settings src/WeatherManager.cpp
Scene Settings src/SceneSettingsManager.cpp
Settings Overrides src/SettingsOverrideManager.cpp
Configuration Menu src/Menu.cpp
Community Shader Editor src/CSEditor/EditorWindow.cpp
Theme Management src/Menu/ThemeManager.cpp
Effect Settings src/Features/Effects11/SettingManager.cpp

Graphics Integrations

Direct3D 11
FidelityFX src/Features/Upscaling/FidelityFX.cpp
NVIDIA Streamline src/Features/Upscaling/Streamline.cpp

Other components

Skyrim / SKSE

Connections 19

Skyrim / SKSE → Plugin Entry: loads plugin
Plugin Entry → Engine Hooks: initializes hooks
Plugin Entry → Engine Fixes: installs fixes
Engine Hooks → Graphics Features: dispatches runtime
Graphics Features → Direct3D 11: renders effects
Effects11 → Effect Textures: uses textures
Effects11 → Direct3D 11: issues draw calls
Effect Textures → Direct3D 11: creates resources
Effect Settings → Weather Effects: provides settings
Weather Effects → Weather Settings: reads weather data
Scene Settings → Feature Settings: applies feature values
Settings Overrides → Feature Settings: modifies settings
Configuration Menu → Feature Settings: edits settings
Community Shader Editor → Configuration Menu: opens editor UI
Theme Management → Configuration Menu: styles interface
Upscaling → FidelityFX: uses upscaling
Upscaling → NVIDIA Streamline: uses integration
Shader Hooks → Graphics Features: supports rendering
True PBR → Graphics Features: adds material rendering

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