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- + diff --git a/beginner/tutorial3-pipeline/index.html b/beginner/tutorial3-pipeline/index.html index 4e7000cc..4840bdde 100644 --- a/beginner/tutorial3-pipeline/index.html +++ b/beginner/tutorial3-pipeline/index.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + @@ -153,6 +153,6 @@ fn main(in: VertexOutput) -> [[location(0)]] vec4<f32> { →

- + diff --git a/beginner/tutorial4-buffer/index.html b/beginner/tutorial4-buffer/index.html index 8247ed02..79767498 100644 --- a/beginner/tutorial4-buffer/index.html +++ b/beginner/tutorial4-buffer/index.html @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ - - + + @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ render_pass. render_pass.set_vertex_buffer(0, self.vertex_buffer.slice(..)); render_pass.set_index_buffer(self.index_buffer.slice(..), wgpu::IndexFormat::Uint16); // 1. render_pass.draw_indexed(0..self.num_indices, 0, 0..1); // 2. -

A couple things to note:

  1. The method name is set_index_buffer not set_index_buffers. You can only have one index buffer set at a time.
  2. When using an index buffer, you need to use draw_indexed. The draw method ignores the index buffer. Also make sure you use the number of indices (num_indices), not vertices as your model will either draw wrong, or the method will panic because there are not enough indices.

With all that you should have a garishly magenta pentagon in your window.

Magenta pentagon in window

# Color Correction

If you use a color picker on the magenta pentagon, you'll get a hex value of #BC00BC. If you convert this to RGB values you'll get (188, 0, 188). Dividing these values by 255 to get them into the [0, 1] range we get roughly (0.737254902, 0, 0.737254902). This is not the same as we are using for our vertex colors which is (0.5, 0.0, 0.5). The reason for this has to do with color spaces.

Most monitors use a color space know as sRGB. Our swap chain is (most likely depending on what is returned from adapter.get_swap_chain_preferred_format()) using an sRGB texture format. The sRGB format stores colors according to their relative brightness instead of their actual brightness. The reason for this is that our eyes don't perceive light linearly. We notice more differences in darker colors than we do lighter colors.

You get an approximation of the correct color using the following formula: srgb_color = (rgb_color / 255) ^ 2.2. Doing this with an RGB value of (188, 0, 188) will give us (0.511397819, 0.0, 0.511397819). A little off from our (0.5, 0.0, 0.5). While you could tweak the formula to get the desired values, your likely save a lot of time by using textures instead as they are stored as sRGB by default, so they don't suffer from the same color inaccuracies that vertex colors do. We'll cover textures in the next lesson.

# Challenge

Create a more complex shape than the one we made (aka. more than three triangles) using a vertex buffer and an index buffer. Toggle between the two with the space key.

Last Updated: 8/9/2021, 8:58:23 PM

A couple things to note:

  1. The method name is set_index_buffer not set_index_buffers. You can only have one index buffer set at a time.
  2. When using an index buffer, you need to use draw_indexed. The draw method ignores the index buffer. Also make sure you use the number of indices (num_indices), not vertices as your model will either draw wrong, or the method will panic because there are not enough indices.

With all that you should have a garishly magenta pentagon in your window.

Magenta pentagon in window

# Color Correction

If you use a color picker on the magenta pentagon, you'll get a hex value of #BC00BC. If you convert this to RGB values you'll get (188, 0, 188). Dividing these values by 255 to get them into the [0, 1] range we get roughly (0.737254902, 0, 0.737254902). This is not the same as we are using for our vertex colors which is (0.5, 0.0, 0.5). The reason for this has to do with color spaces.

Most monitors use a color space know as sRGB. Our swap chain is (most likely depending on what is returned from adapter.get_swap_chain_preferred_format()) using an sRGB texture format. The sRGB format stores colors according to their relative brightness instead of their actual brightness. The reason for this is that our eyes don't perceive light linearly. We notice more differences in darker colors than we do lighter colors.

You get an approximation of the correct color using the following formula: srgb_color = (rgb_color / 255) ^ 2.2. Doing this with an RGB value of (188, 0, 188) will give us (0.511397819, 0.0, 0.511397819). A little off from our (0.5, 0.0, 0.5). While you could tweak the formula to get the desired values, you'll likely save a lot of time by using textures instead as they are stored as sRGB by default, so they don't suffer from the same color inaccuracies that vertex colors do. We'll cover textures in the next lesson.

# Challenge

Create a more complex shape than the one we made (aka. more than three triangles) using a vertex buffer and an index buffer. Toggle between the two with the space key.

Last Updated: 8/12/2021, 11:50:52 PM
- + diff --git a/beginner/tutorial5-textures/index.html b/beginner/tutorial5-textures/index.html index c503a519..ccc2b65f 100644 --- a/beginner/tutorial5-textures/index.html +++ b/beginner/tutorial5-textures/index.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + @@ -406,6 +406,6 @@ fn main( →

- + diff --git a/beginner/tutorial6-uniforms/index.html b/beginner/tutorial6-uniforms/index.html index 0b97eb81..8d4413b0 100644 --- a/beginner/tutorial6-uniforms/index.html +++ b/beginner/tutorial6-uniforms/index.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + @@ -328,6 +328,6 @@ fn main( →

- + diff --git a/beginner/tutorial7-instancing/index.html b/beginner/tutorial7-instancing/index.html index 4282f34a..184fd6be 100644 --- a/beginner/tutorial7-instancing/index.html +++ b/beginner/tutorial7-instancing/index.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + @@ -181,6 +181,6 @@ fn main( →

- + diff --git a/beginner/tutorial8-depth/index.html b/beginner/tutorial8-depth/index.html index cd6a800f..fd8840ab 100644 --- a/beginner/tutorial8-depth/index.html +++ b/beginner/tutorial8-depth/index.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + @@ -109,6 +109,6 @@ →

- + diff --git a/beginner/tutorial9-models/index.html b/beginner/tutorial9-models/index.html index 322c6843..0929d100 100644 --- a/beginner/tutorial9-models/index.html +++ b/beginner/tutorial9-models/index.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + @@ -361,6 +361,6 @@ render_pass.

- + diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 33106cf5..13017d0c 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + @@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ →

- + diff --git a/intermediate/tutorial10-lighting/index.html b/intermediate/tutorial10-lighting/index.html index 3884eeed..1fead678 100644 --- a/intermediate/tutorial10-lighting/index.html +++ b/intermediate/tutorial10-lighting/index.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + @@ -628,6 +628,6 @@ let specular_strength = pow(max(dot(in.world_normal, half_dir), 0.0), 32.0); →

- + diff --git a/intermediate/tutorial11-normals/index.html b/intermediate/tutorial11-normals/index.html index 2112ab29..ba44630c 100644 --- a/intermediate/tutorial11-normals/index.html +++ b/intermediate/tutorial11-normals/index.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + @@ -460,6 +460,6 @@ render_pass.

- + diff --git a/intermediate/tutorial12-camera/index.html b/intermediate/tutorial12-camera/index.html index 24b5cf8b..0c742779 100644 --- a/intermediate/tutorial12-camera/index.html +++ b/intermediate/tutorial12-camera/index.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + @@ -375,6 +375,6 @@ →

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# Memory Layout in GLSL

# Alignments

The address of the position of an instance in memory has to a multiple of its alignment.

Normally alignment is the same as size. Exceptions are vec3, structs and arrays.

A vec3 is padded to be a vec4 which means it behaves as if it was a vec4 just that the last entry is not used.

{i,u,b}vec is shorthand for ivec, uvec, bvec so a vector of int or uint or bool. A vec is a vec of float.

type Alignment in bytes size in bytes
int, uint, float, bool 4 4
double 8 8
{i,u,b}vec2 8 8
dvec2 16 16
{i,u,b}vec3 16 12
{i,u,b}vec4 16 16
dvec3 32 24
dvec4 32 32
mat3 (like array of 3 vec3) 16 3*16
mat4 (like array of 4 vec4) 16 4*16

Reference section 7.6.2.2

# In WGPU

To make uniform buffers portable they have to be std140 and not std430. Uniform structs have to be std140. -Storage structs have to be std430.

Storage buffers for compute shaders can be std140 or std430.

# std140 (since GLSL 1.4, OpenGL 3.1)

Array:

  • determine the alignment of the member type and lets name it align_member
  • the alignment of the array is maximum(align_member, 16)

Struct:

  • determine the member with the largest alignment and lets name it max_member_align
  • the alignment of the array is maximum(max_member_align, 16)

# crates to make your struct compatible with std140

glsl_layout crevice

# std430 (since GLSL 4.3, OpenGL 4.3)

more space efficient for structs and arrays

Array

  • alignment is the alignment of the element type

Struct

  • alignment is the alignment of the member with the largest alignment

# crates to make yuor struct compatible with std430

glsl_layout issue crevice issue


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# Foreward

The articles in this section are not meant to be tutorials. They are showcases of the various things you can do with wgpu. I won't go over specifics of creating wgpu resources, as those will be covered elsewhere. The code for these examples is still available however, and will be accessible on Github.

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