Compute Shader not found

This code works fine in Unity 4, but not Unity 5:

(C#)

Code (csharp):

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2. string shaderName = "CSEulerWasson";
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4.         kernalcomputeShaderGas = computeShaderGas.FindKernel(shaderName);
5.         if (kernalcomputeShaderGas < 0)
6.             print("ERROR:  " + shaderName + " not found");
7.         else
8.             print("computeShaderGas kernal = " + kernalcomputeShaderGas);
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I get the "not found" error here for some reason in Unity 5 and can't figure it out. It's as though .FindKernal is not working anymore. Do I need to change something here? Has the method changed perhaps in 5? Is this a known problem?

The compute shader is included in the correct place in the inspector, it's the same as I have it in 4 from what I can see. I duplicated my project folder so I could work in 4 or 5 to test this out. This code is the same in both and seems to be the only problem area I'm having at the moment with 5. The rest of my project seems to work normally, only faster and better looking.

 

Anyone? Has anything changed on the compute shader side of things with Unity 5?

 

Sorry for the late reply. Been rebuilding my system and taking some time off.

This has all been in the editor. I'm installing beta 14 now so will check the rest as you suggested. Thanks for the help.

 

Ok, I'm back up and running. Have checked your things:
I'm running in the editor. There are no warnings or errors, only the self printed message generated by the loading code in the original post saying my shader kernal is not found. There is only this one compute shader with a single kernal which is index 0 as you said. In player settings -> other settings, Graphics API is set to D3D11 mode. This all was the same as it was in Unity 4 because I just ran Unity 5 on the same folder structure after making a backup for Unity 4 in case 5 wasn't quite up to snuff for my project yet.

As far as I can see, my compute shader and compute shader script are attached to an "engine sound object" correctly. I've verified that both files are still in the same folder as before, but no luck.

There's nothing to reimport, this is a shader I wrote that still works fine on Unity 4. It's a real time car engine simulation, gas dynamic driven procedural audio generator:

I'm using this system in another project where I'm having the problem only on Unity 5 (have tested around beta 9 or 10 through 14 and it's the same). I haven't tried running the program in the video above in Unity 5 though. Maybe I should try that and see if I get the same problem?

 

Ahha, now that I did the reimport as you said, I get an error:

Shader error in 'ComputeShaderGasDynamics5_ToddApproach_24MultipleCylinderExhaust.compute': Compute shader compilation had a problem, your compute shader was not compiled correctly

Perhaps it's something I'm doing in the compute shader itself that's a problem in 5, but not 4? Are you aware of anything that might have changed in that area?

 

Thanks for the help again. It may be some time before I get to this, but it looks like I'll have to.

It's unfortunate that Microsoft buggered up UnityVS in Visual Studio immediately after they bought it. Hopefully they'll get color context back into it and add error reporting so I can go back to fixing things myself again.

 

Thanks. I understand that's the only way. When I get a chance I'll try to do a small repro through the reporting system as you said, then come back here with a case number or whatever it gives you. There's no way I'd post that shader code in the forum.