Direct3D 8 - Pixel Shader - Instructions - tex

Last edited 2026-02-20

The tex instruction fetches a texture sample and stores it in the destination register. Used in versions ps.1.0, ps.1.1, ps.1.2 and ps.1.3. (Replaced by texld in ps.1.4.)

The tex syntax looks like this:

tex t#;

t#: This is the target register (e.g., t0, t1, t2) into which the texture vertex data (red, green, blue, alpha) will be written.

Example code:

texture T_Image;                            // <- Main texture

technique tech_main

{

    pass P0

    {

        Texture[0] = <T_Image>;

        PixelShader = asm

        {

            ps.1.1;                         // <- Pixel shader version

            tex t0;                         // <- Load the T_Image texture

            mov r0, t0;                     // <- Assign the result from the Texture register (t0) to the result register (r0)

        };

    }

}

This example requires the following in the .XML file:

• Flag <dx8>yes</dx8>

(More information about .XML files can be found here)

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