DreamShader 1.4.0

DreamShader 1.4.0

Compatibility

• Added Unreal Engine 5.3 through 5.7 compatibility coverage.
• Verified single-plugin RunUAT BuildPlugin builds for UE 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, and 5.7 on Win64.

DreamShader 1.3.9

DreamShader 1.3.9

Maintenance

• Updated plugin version metadata and documentation references.

DreamShader 1.3.8

DreamShader 1.3.8

Texture Support

• Added VolumeTexture property parsing, code generation, and default texture handling.
• Preserved texture object subtypes during code generation so Texture2D, Texture2DArray, and VolumeTexture inputs are passed to generated HLSL with the correct Unreal texture type.

Plugin Cleanup

• Removed built-in shader library path support from project settings and documentation.

DreamShader 1.3.7

DreamShader 1.3.7

Decompiler

• Added reflected literal property export for generic UE.Expression(...) decompilation so unsupported MaterialExpression nodes retain more editable state.
• Preserved connected TextureSampleParameter2D graph inputs such as UV coordinates by exporting connected sample parameters as graph expressions instead of plain Properties declarations.
• Fixed decompiled MaterialExpressionCustom imports with dynamic named inputs and custom output type metadata.

Performance

• Improved import performance for very large decompiled materials by reducing per-node package dirtying, throttling progress text updates, and skipping automatic layout on large generated graphs.

DreamShader 1.3.6

DreamShader 1.3.6

Build Fixes

• Added an explicit MaterialDomain.h include to DreamShaderSettings.h so projects that include the settings header directly can resolve EMaterialDomain reliably.

DreamShader 1.3.5

DreamShader 1.3.5

ShaderFunction Calls

• Added statement-style multi-output ShaderFunction and VirtualFunction calls in Graph, using positional inputs followed by output target variables.

Dream Shader Function Files

• Added .dsf Dream Shader Function files for reusable generated ShaderFunction assets.
• Allowed .dsm and .dsf files to import .dsf files so generated functions can be reused across DreamShader sources.
• Added .dsf source discovery, dependency tracking, and VSCode workspace file association.

DreamShader 1.3.4

DreamShader 1.3.4

Output Initializers

• Added support for initialized output declarations such as vec3 Color = Tint; inside Outputs.
• Allowed Shader blocks to use initialized output declarations with an empty Graph = {} block.

DreamShader 1.3.3

DreamShader 1.3.3

Graph Swizzles

• Fixed vector property component counts so declared vec2 / vec3 properties bind through RG / RGB instead of always using RGBA.
• Fixed non-sequential swizzles such as .gbr by generating explicit ComponentMask and AppendVector nodes.

DreamShader 1.3.2

DreamShader 1.3.2

Material Function Generation

• Preserved generated ShaderFunction input and output IDs across regeneration so existing MaterialFunctionCall nodes in regular Unreal materials keep their connections.
• Skipped unused generated property nodes in Graph and Custom/HLSL generation paths.
• Improved generated node placement and avoided Unreal's full automatic layout pass for DreamShader-generated material graphs.
• Fixed a crash when regenerating opened material function assets whose expressions were still rooted by the editor.

DreamShader 1.3.1

DreamShader 1.3.1

Function Calls

• Single-output Function and GraphFunction calls can now be used as value expressions, for example Color = Texture::Sample2DRGB(BaseTex, UV0);.
• Multi-output Function and GraphFunction calls still require explicit out variables, for example Texture::Sample2D(BaseTex, UV0, Color, Alpha);.

Graph Functions

• Added top-level and namespaced GraphFunction blocks for reusable HLSL Custom-node logic.
• GraphFunction remains HLSL, but UE.* calls inside its body are converted into material nodes and passed into the Custom node as generated inputs.
• Added GraphFunction argument validation, recursive call detection, and explicit out-variable writeback.