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cg_3_1_0013 - Cg Toolkit 3.1 April 2012

Summary

The Cg Toolkit allows developers to write and run Cg programs using a wide variety of hardware and OS platforms and graphics APIs. Originally released in December 2002, the Toolkit now supports over 30 different DirectX and OpenGL profile targets. It provides a compiler for the Cg language, runtime libraries to use with the OpenGL and DirectX graphics APIs, support for CgFX effect files, example applications, and extensive documentation.

Cg Runtime Libraries

: The Cg core runtime library for managing parameters and loading programs.
: The CgGL runtime library for OpenGL based applications.
: The CgD3D9 runtime library for DirectX 9 based applications.
: The CgD3D10 runtime library for DirectX 10 based applications.
: The CgD3D11 runtime library for DirectX 11 based applications.

Supported Profiles

OpenGL

: gp5tcp NV_tessellation_program5 control program.
: gp5tep NV_tessellation_program5 evaluation program.
: gp5gp NV_geomemtry_program5.
: gp5vp NV_vertex_program5.
: gp5fp NV_fragment_program5.
: gp4gp NV_geomemtry_program4.
: gp4vp NV_vertex_program4.
: gp4fp NV_fragment_program4.
: glslg OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) for OpenGL 2.0 geometry shader.
: glslv OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) for OpenGL 2.0 vertex shader.
: glslf OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) for OpenGL 2.0 fragment shader.
: arbvp1 ARB_vertex_program 1.0.
: arbfp1 ARB_fragment_program 1.0.
: vp40 ARB_vertex_program + NV_vertex_program2 option.
: fp40 ARB_fragment_program + NV_fragment_program2 option.
: vp30 NV_vertex_program 2.0.
: fp30 NV_fragment_program 1.0.
: vp20 NV_vertex_program 1.0.
: fp20 NV_register_combiners and NV_texture_shader.

DirectX 11.0

: ds_5_0 HLSL11 Domain Shader.
: hs_5_0 HLSL11 Hull Shader.
: gs_5_0 HLSL11 Geometry Shader.
: vs_5_0 HLSL11 Vertex Shader.
: ps_5_0 HLSL11 Fragment Shader.

DirectX 10.0

: gs_4_0 HLSL10 Geometry Shader.
: vs_4_0 HLSL10 Vertex Shader.
: ps_4_0 HLSL10 Fragment Shader.

DirectX 9.0c

: hlslv HLSL9 Vertex Shader.
: hlslf HLSL9 Fragment Shader.
: vs_3_0 Vertex Shader 3.0.
: ps_3_0 Pixel Shader 3.0.

DirectX 9

: vs_2_x Extended Vertex Shader 2.0.
: ps_2_x Extended Pixel Shader 2.0.
: vs_2_0 Vertex Shader 2.0.
: ps_2_0 Pixel Shader 2.0.
: vs_1_1 Vertex Shader 1.1.
: ps_1_3 Pixel Shader 1.3.
: ps_1_2 Pixel Shader 1.2.
: ps_1_1 Pixel Shader 1.1.

Improvements And Bug Fixes

Bug Fixes

: Improved GLSL support for clip semantics.
: Fixed a runtime bug concerning gp4 and gp5 geometry programs.

Download

: Windows x86/x86-64 installer for Windows XP, Vista and Win7.
: Mac OS X ppc/i386/x86_64 dmg for Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion.
: Linux x86 tgz tarball, rpm for RedHat and deb for Debian and Ubuntu.
: Linux x86-64 tgz tarball, rpm for RedHat and deb for Debian and Ubuntu.

License

The docs directory contains a file license.pdf providing a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty free license for redistributing Cg with your applications. See this license for details.

Notice

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