Unreal Engine Issues and Bug Tracker (UE-186891)

Description

This is a path specification problem, so if the correct path is given, the DLL will load correctly.

static void DumpShaderAsm(FString& String, const D3D12_SHADER_BYTECODE& Shader)
{
#if D3D12RHI_USE_D3DDISASSEMBLE
	if (Shader.pShaderBytecode)
	{
		// This function needs to load the bundled version of d3dcompiler lib explictly. Implicit linking results
		// in picking up the system lib by both the engine and SCWs (which links to this module), which makes
		// the shader compilation system-dependent.
		static pD3DDisassemble D3DDisasmFunc = nullptr;
		if (D3DDisasmFunc == nullptr)
		{
			static HMODULE CompilerDLL = NULL;	// not nullptr as the return value of LoadLibrary remains defined as NULL
#if 0
			static const TCHAR* CompilerPath = TEXT("Binaries/ThirdParty/Windows/DirectX/x64/d3dcompiler_47.dll");
			if (CompilerDLL == NULL)
			{
				CompilerDLL = LoadLibrary(CompilerPath);
			}
#else
			if (CompilerDLL == NULL)
			{
				FString CompilerPath = FPaths::EngineDir();
				CompilerPath.Append(TEXT("Binaries/ThirdParty/Windows/DirectX/x64/d3dcompiler_47.dll"));
				CompilerDLL = LoadLibrary(*CompilerPath);
			}
#endif

Steps to Reproduce

Edit shader file to cause pipeline state compilation errors (semantic mismatch will do that)
Example: ScreenPass.usf

// Copyright Epic Games, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

#include "Common.ush"

Texture2D InputTexture;
SamplerState InputSampler;

void ScreenPassVS(
	in float4 InPosition : ATTRIBUTE0,
	in float2 InTexCoord : ATTRIBUTE1,
//	out noperspective float4 OutUVAndScreenPos : TEXCOORD0,	//comment out
	out noperspective float4 OutUVAndScreenPos : TEXCOORD2, //add this line
	out float4 OutPosition : SV_POSITION)
{
	DrawRectangle(InPosition, InTexCoord, OutPosition, OutUVAndScreenPos);
}
...

launch the editor with a project
*If you want to set breakpoints, put pragma optimize around DumpShaderAsm or DebugEditor build is better.

Result :
DumpShaderAsm fails to load d3dcompiler_47.dll. So the engine will not output disassemble code in the log

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Fixed

Component	UE - Rendering Architecture
Affects Versions	5.1, 5.2
Target Fix	5.3

Fix Commit	25731620
Main Commit	25731704

Created	May 24, 2023
Resolved	Jun 1, 2023
Updated	Aug 21, 2023

UE-186891

DumpShaderAsm function fails to load compiler DLL and does not output disassemble code

DumpShaderAsm function fails to load compiler DLL and does not output disassemble code

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