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RDShaderFile
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**Inherits:** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

Compiled shader file in SPIR-V form (used by :ref:`RenderingDevice<class_RenderingDevice>`). Not to be confused with Godot's own :ref:`Shader<class_Shader>`.

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Description
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Compiled shader file in SPIR-V form.

See also :ref:`RDShaderSource<class_RDShaderSource>`. **RDShaderFile** is only meant to be used with the :ref:`RenderingDevice<class_RenderingDevice>` API. It should not be confused with Godot's own :ref:`Shader<class_Shader>` resource, which is what Godot's various nodes use for high-level shader programming.

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Properties
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Methods
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   | :ref:`RDShaderSPIRV<class_RDShaderSPIRV>` | :ref:`get_spirv<class_RDShaderFile_method_get_spirv>` **(** :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>` version=&"" **)** |const|                                                   |
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   | :ref:`StringName[]<class_StringName>`     | :ref:`get_version_list<class_RDShaderFile_method_get_version_list>` **(** **)** |const|                                                                                     |
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   | void                                      | :ref:`set_bytecode<class_RDShaderFile_method_set_bytecode>` **(** :ref:`RDShaderSPIRV<class_RDShaderSPIRV>` bytecode, :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>` version=&"" **)** |
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Property Descriptions
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:ref:`String<class_String>` **base_error** = ``""``

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- void **set_base_error** **(** :ref:`String<class_String>` value **)**
- :ref:`String<class_String>` **get_base_error** **(** **)**

The base compilation error message, which indicates errors not related to a specific shader stage if non-empty. If empty, shader compilation is not necessarily successful (check :ref:`RDShaderSPIRV<class_RDShaderSPIRV>`'s error message members).

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Method Descriptions
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:ref:`RDShaderSPIRV<class_RDShaderSPIRV>` **get_spirv** **(** :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>` version=&"" **)** |const|

Returns the SPIR-V intermediate representation for the specified shader ``version``.

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:ref:`StringName[]<class_StringName>` **get_version_list** **(** **)** |const|

Returns the list of compiled versions for this shader.

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void **set_bytecode** **(** :ref:`RDShaderSPIRV<class_RDShaderSPIRV>` bytecode, :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>` version=&"" **)**

Sets the SPIR-V ``bytecode`` that will be compiled for the specified ``version``.

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