SHBIN

Overview

The SHBIN (SHader BINary) file is used to contain compiled and linked shader programs. These can include vertex shaders (typically compiled from .vsh files) and geometry shaders (typically compiled from .gsh files, though .asm have been observed). In commercial games/apps, SHBIN files can be found as standalone files with the extension .shbin, or contained within .bcsdr files. BCSDR files use CGFX as a container, but the underlying DVLB/DVLP/DVLE structure remains unchanged.

A SHBIN's structure starts with a header, then a DVLP, then DVLE(s).

DVLB Header

Offset	Size	Description
0x0	0x4	Magic "DVLB"
0x4	0x4	N = number of DVLEs in SHBIN
0x8	0x4*N	DVLE offset table; each offset is a u32 relative to the start of the DVLB section

The DVLP file comes directly after the header.

DVLP

Offset	Size	Description
0x0	0x4	Magic "DVLP"
0x4	0x4	? (Maybe a version number?)
0x8	0x4	Offset (relative to DVLP start) to the compiled shader binary blob
0xC	0x4	Size of compiled shader binary blob, in words
0x10	0x4	Offset (relative to DVLP start) to shader instruction extension table
0x14	0x4	Number of shader instruction extension table entries (each entry is 8-byte long)
0x18	0x4	Offset (relative to DVLP start) to filename symbol table

Instructions

Encoding

Name	Description	Encoding
DP3	Dot product vec3*vec3	0000 01DD DDDD ??AA AAAA BBBB BBXX XXXX
DP4	Dot product vec4*vec4	0000 10DD DDDD ??AA AAAA BBBB BBXX XXXX
MOV	Move register	0010 01DD DDDD ??AA AAAA 0000 00XX XXXX
?	End 2	1000 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
?	End 1	1000 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
CAL	Call subroutine	1001 00SS SSSS SSSS SSSS SSLL LLLL LLLL

Fields

Name	Description
D	dest register
A	opA register
B	opB register
X	extension id
S	absolute offset for subroutine (in words)
L	number of instructions to execute in subroutine

DVLE

Offset	Size	Description
0x0	0x4	Magic "DVLE"
0x6	0x1	Shader type (0x0 = vertex shader, 0x1 = geometry shader; might contain other flags)
0x8	0x4	Program's main offset in binary blob (in words)
0xC	0x4	Program's endmain offset in binary blob (in words)
0x18	0x4	Offset (relative to DVLE start) to unk1 table
0x1C	0x4	Number of entries in unk1 table (each entry is 0x14-byte long)
0x20	0x4	Offset (relative to DVLE start) to label table
0x24	0x4	Number of entries in label table (each entry is 0x10-byte long)
0x28	0x4	Offset (relative to DVLE start) to unk2 table
0x2C	0x4	Number of entries in unk2 table (each entry is 0x8-byte long)
0x30	0x4	Offset (relative to DVLE start) to variable (?) table
0x34	0x4	Number of entries in variable table (each entry is 0x8-byte long)
0x38	0x4	Offset (relative to DVLE start) to symbol table
0x3C	0x4	Size of symbol table (in bytes)

Label table entry :

Offset	Size	Description
0x0	0x1	Label ID
0x4	0x4	Offset (relative to shader program blob start) to label's location, in words
0x8	0x4	?
0xC	0x4	Offset (relative to DVLE symbol table start) to label's symbol

Variable table entry :

Offset	Size	Description
0x0	0x4	Offset (relative to DVLE symbol table start) to variable's symbol
0x4	0x2	Variable start register
0x6	0x2	Variable end register

Each DVLE is associated to an individual shader shader program contained in the binary blob. A single shader binary blob may contain multiple shader programs of the same kind.

The data contained in unk1 table is sent over to the GPU.