IndexBufferFormat

Types

• struct BarrierMask
• enum BlendFactor
• enum BlendOperation
• enum CompareOperator
• enum DataFormat
• enum DeviceType
• enum DriverResource
• enum FinalAction
• enum InitialAction
• enum Limit
• enum LogicOperation
• enum MemoryType
• struct PipelineDynamicStateFlags
• enum PipelineSpecializationConstantType
• enum PolygonCullMode
• enum PolygonFrontFace
• enum RenderPrimitive
• enum SamplerBorderColor
• enum SamplerFilter
• enum SamplerRepeatMode
• enum ShaderLanguage
• enum ShaderStage
• enum StencilOperation
• struct StorageBufferUsage
• enum TextureSamples
• enum TextureSliceType
• enum TextureSwizzle
• enum TextureType
• struct TextureUsageBits
• enum UniformType
• enum VertexFrequency

Type members

• static let invalidFormatId: Int

  Returned by functions that return a format ID if a value is invalid.

• static let invalidId: Int

  Returned by functions that return an ID if a value is invalid.

• class var godotClassName: StringName

Instance members

• func barrier(from: RenderingDevice.BarrierMask, to: RenderingDevice.BarrierMask)

  This method does nothing.

• func bufferClear(buffer: RID, offset: UInt32, sizeBytes: UInt32) -> GodotError

  Clears the contents of the buffer, clearing sizeBytes bytes, starting at offset.

• func bufferCopy(srcBuffer: RID, dstBuffer: RID, srcOffset: UInt32, dstOffset: UInt32, size: UInt32) -> GodotError

  Copies size bytes from the srcBuffer at srcOffset into dstBuffer at dstOffset.

• func bufferGetData(buffer: RID, offsetBytes: UInt32, sizeBytes: UInt32) -> PackedByteArray

  Returns a copy of the data of the specified buffer, optionally offsetBytes and sizeBytes can be set to copy only a portion of the buffer.

• func bufferUpdate(buffer: RID, offset: UInt32, sizeBytes: UInt32, data: PackedByteArray) -> GodotError

  Updates a region of sizeBytes bytes, starting at offset, in the buffer, with the specified data.

• func captureTimestamp(name: String)

  Creates a timestamp marker with the specified name. This is used for performance reporting with the getCapturedTimestampCpuTime(index:), getCapturedTimestampGpuTime(index:) and getCapturedTimestampName(index:) methods.

• func computeListAddBarrier(computeList: Int)

  Raises a Vulkan compute barrier in the specified computeList.

• func computeListBegin() -> Int

  Starts a list of compute commands created with the compute_* methods. The returned value should be passed to other compute_list_* functions.

• func computeListBindComputePipeline(computeList: Int, computePipeline: RID)

  Tells the GPU what compute pipeline to use when processing the compute list. If the shader has changed since the last time this function was called, Godot will unbind all descriptor sets and will re-bind them inside computeListDispatch(computeList:xGroups:yGroups:zGroups:).

• func computeListBindUniformSet(computeList: Int, uniformSet: RID, setIndex: UInt32)

  Binds the uniformSet to this computeList. Godot ensures that all textures in the uniform set have the correct Vulkan access masks. If Godot had to change access masks of textures, it will raise a Vulkan image memory barrier.

• func computeListDispatch(computeList: Int, xGroups: UInt32, yGroups: UInt32, zGroups: UInt32)

  Submits the compute list for processing on the GPU. This is the compute equivalent to drawListDraw(drawList:useIndices:instances:proceduralVertexCount:).

• func computeListDispatchIndirect(computeList: Int, buffer: RID, offset: UInt32)

  Submits the compute list for processing on the GPU with the given group counts stored in the buffer at offset. Buffer must have been created with .dispatchIndirect flag.

• func computeListEnd()

  Finishes a list of compute commands created with the compute_* methods.

• func computeListSetPushConstant(computeList: Int, buffer: PackedByteArray, sizeBytes: UInt32)

  Sets the push constant data to buffer for the specified computeList. The shader determines how this binary data is used. The buffer’s size in bytes must also be specified in sizeBytes (this can be obtained by calling the size method on the passed buffer).

• func computePipelineCreate(shader: RID, specializationConstants: ObjectCollection<RDPipelineSpecializationConstant>) -> RID

  Creates a new compute pipeline. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func computePipelineIsValid(computePipeline: RID) -> Bool

  Returns true if the compute pipeline specified by the computePipeline RID is valid, false otherwise.

• func createLocalDevice() -> RenderingDevice?

  Create a new local RenderingDevice. This is most useful for performing compute operations on the GPU independently from the rest of the engine.

• func drawCommandBeginLabel(name: String, color: Color)

  Create a command buffer debug label region that can be displayed in third-party tools such as RenderDoc. All regions must be ended with a drawCommandEndLabel call. When viewed from the linear series of submissions to a single queue, calls to drawCommandBeginLabel(name:color:) and drawCommandEndLabel must be matched and balanced.

• func drawCommandEndLabel()

  Ends the command buffer debug label region started by a drawCommandBeginLabel(name:color:) call.

• func drawCommandInsertLabel(name: String, color: Color)

  This method does nothing.

• func drawListBegin(framebuffer: RID, initialColorAction: RenderingDevice.InitialAction, finalColorAction: RenderingDevice.FinalAction, initialDepthAction: RenderingDevice.InitialAction, finalDepthAction: RenderingDevice.FinalAction, clearColorValues: PackedColorArray, clearDepth: Double, clearStencil: UInt32, region: Rect2) -> Int

  Starts a list of raster drawing commands created with the draw_* methods. The returned value should be passed to other draw_list_* functions.

• func drawListBeginForScreen(Int32, clearColor: Color) -> Int

  High-level variant of drawListBegin(framebuffer:initialColorAction:finalColorAction:initialDepthAction:finalDepthAction:clearColorValues:clearDepth:clearStencil:region:), with the parameters automatically being adjusted for drawing onto the window specified by the screen ID.

• func drawListBeginSplit(framebuffer: RID, splits: UInt32, initialColorAction: RenderingDevice.InitialAction, finalColorAction: RenderingDevice.FinalAction, initialDepthAction: RenderingDevice.InitialAction, finalDepthAction: RenderingDevice.FinalAction, clearColorValues: PackedColorArray, clearDepth: Double, clearStencil: UInt32, region: Rect2, storageTextures: VariantCollection<RID>) -> PackedInt64Array

  This method does nothing and always returns an empty PackedInt64Array.

• func drawListBindIndexArray(drawList: Int, indexArray: RID)

  Binds indexArray to the specified drawList.

• func drawListBindRenderPipeline(drawList: Int, renderPipeline: RID)

  Binds renderPipeline to the specified drawList.

• func drawListBindUniformSet(drawList: Int, uniformSet: RID, setIndex: UInt32)

  Binds uniformSet to the specified drawList. A setIndex must also be specified, which is an identifier starting from 0 that must match the one expected by the draw list.

• func drawListBindVertexArray(drawList: Int, vertexArray: RID)

  Binds vertexArray to the specified drawList.

• func drawListDisableScissor(drawList: Int)

  Removes and disables the scissor rectangle for the specified drawList. See also drawListEnableScissor(drawList:rect:).

• func drawListDraw(drawList: Int, useIndices: Bool, instances: UInt32, proceduralVertexCount: UInt32)

  Submits drawList for rendering on the GPU. This is the raster equivalent to computeListDispatch(computeList:xGroups:yGroups:zGroups:).

• func drawListEnableScissor(drawList: Int, rect: Rect2)

  Creates a scissor rectangle and enables it for the specified drawList. Scissor rectangles are used for clipping by discarding fragments that fall outside a specified rectangular portion of the screen. See also drawListDisableScissor(drawList:).

• func drawListEnd()

  Finishes a list of raster drawing commands created with the draw_* methods.

• func drawListSetBlendConstants(drawList: Int, color: Color)

  Sets blend constants for the specified drawList to color. Blend constants are used only if the graphics pipeline is created with .dynamicStateBlendConstants flag set.

• func drawListSetPushConstant(drawList: Int, buffer: PackedByteArray, sizeBytes: UInt32)

  Sets the push constant data to buffer for the specified drawList. The shader determines how this binary data is used. The buffer’s size in bytes must also be specified in sizeBytes (this can be obtained by calling the size method on the passed buffer).

• func drawListSwitchToNextPass() -> Int

  Switches to the next draw pass.

• func drawListSwitchToNextPassSplit(splits: UInt32) -> PackedInt64Array

  This method does nothing and always returns an empty PackedInt64Array.

• func framebufferCreate(textures: VariantCollection<RID>, validateWithFormat: Int, viewCount: UInt32) -> RID

  Creates a new framebuffer. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func framebufferCreateEmpty(size: Vector2i, samples: RenderingDevice.TextureSamples, validateWithFormat: Int) -> RID

  Creates a new empty framebuffer. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func framebufferCreateMultipass(textures: VariantCollection<RID>, passes: ObjectCollection<RDFramebufferPass>, validateWithFormat: Int, viewCount: UInt32) -> RID

  Creates a new multipass framebuffer. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func framebufferFormatCreate(attachments: ObjectCollection<RDAttachmentFormat>, viewCount: UInt32) -> Int

  Creates a new framebuffer format with the specified attachments and viewCount. Returns the new framebuffer’s unique framebuffer format ID.

• func framebufferFormatCreateEmpty(samples: RenderingDevice.TextureSamples) -> Int

  Creates a new empty framebuffer format with the specified number of samples and returns its ID.

• func framebufferFormatCreateMultipass(attachments: ObjectCollection<RDAttachmentFormat>, passes: ObjectCollection<RDFramebufferPass>, viewCount: UInt32) -> Int

  Creates a multipass framebuffer format with the specified attachments, passes and viewCount and returns its ID. If viewCount is greater than or equal to 2, enables multiview which is used for VR rendering. This requires support for the Vulkan multiview extension.

• func framebufferFormatGetTextureSamples(format: Int, renderPass: UInt32) -> RenderingDevice.TextureSamples

  Returns the number of texture samples used for the given framebuffer format ID (returned by framebufferGetFormat(framebuffer:)).

• func framebufferGetFormat(framebuffer: RID) -> Int

  Returns the format ID of the framebuffer specified by the framebuffer RID. This ID is guaranteed to be unique for the same formats and does not need to be freed.

• func framebufferIsValid(framebuffer: RID) -> Bool

  Returns true if the framebuffer specified by the framebuffer RID is valid, false otherwise.

• func freeRid(RID)

  Tries to free an object in the RenderingDevice. To avoid memory leaks, this should be called after using an object as memory management does not occur automatically when using RenderingDevice directly.

• func fullBarrier()

  This method does nothing.

• func getCapturedTimestampCpuTime(index: UInt32) -> UInt

  Returns the timestamp in CPU time for the rendering step specified by index (in microseconds since the engine started). See also getCapturedTimestampGpuTime(index:) and captureTimestamp(name:).

• func getCapturedTimestampGpuTime(index: UInt32) -> UInt

  Returns the timestamp in GPU time for the rendering step specified by index (in microseconds since the engine started). See also getCapturedTimestampCpuTime(index:) and captureTimestamp(name:).

• func getCapturedTimestampName(index: UInt32) -> String

  Returns the timestamp’s name for the rendering step specified by index. See also captureTimestamp(name:).

• func getCapturedTimestampsCount() -> UInt32

  Returns the total number of timestamps (rendering steps) available for profiling.

• func getCapturedTimestampsFrame() -> UInt

  Returns the index of the last frame rendered that has rendering timestamps available for querying.

• func getDeviceName() -> String

  Returns the name of the video adapter (e.g. “GeForce GTX 1080/PCIe/SSE2”). Equivalent to getVideoAdapterName. See also getDeviceVendorName.

• func getDevicePipelineCacheUuid() -> String

  Returns the universally unique identifier for the pipeline cache. This is used to cache shader files on disk, which avoids shader recompilations on subsequent engine runs. This UUID varies depending on the graphics card model, but also the driver version. Therefore, updating graphics drivers will invalidate the shader cache.

• func getDeviceVendorName() -> String

  Returns the vendor of the video adapter (e.g. “NVIDIA Corporation”). Equivalent to getVideoAdapterVendor. See also getDeviceName.

• func getDriverResource(RenderingDevice.DriverResource, rid: RID, index: UInt) -> UInt

  Returns the unique identifier of the driver resource for the specified rid. Some driver resource types ignore the specified rid (see DriverResource descriptions). index is always ignored but must be specified anyway.

• func getFrameDelay() -> UInt32

  Returns the frame count kept by the graphics API. Higher values result in higher input lag, but with more consistent throughput. For the main RenderingDevice, frames are cycled (usually 3 with triple-buffered V-Sync enabled). However, local RenderingDevices only have 1 frame.

• func getMemoryUsage(type: RenderingDevice.MemoryType) -> UInt

  Returns the memory usage in bytes corresponding to the given type. When using Vulkan, these statistics are calculated by Vulkan Memory Allocator.

• func indexArrayCreate(indexBuffer: RID, indexOffset: UInt32, indexCount: UInt32) -> RID

  Creates a new index array. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func indexBufferCreate(sizeIndices: UInt32, format: RenderingDevice.IndexBufferFormat, data: PackedByteArray, useRestartIndices: Bool) -> RID

  Creates a new index buffer. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func limitGet(limit: RenderingDevice.Limit) -> UInt

  Returns the value of the specified limit. This limit varies depending on the current graphics hardware (and sometimes the driver version). If the given limit is exceeded, rendering errors will occur.

• func renderPipelineCreate(shader: RID, framebufferFormat: Int, vertexFormat: Int, primitive: RenderingDevice.RenderPrimitive, rasterizationState: RDPipelineRasterizationState?, multisampleState: RDPipelineMultisampleState?, stencilState: RDPipelineDepthStencilState?, colorBlendState: RDPipelineColorBlendState?, dynamicStateFlags: RenderingDevice.PipelineDynamicStateFlags, forRenderPass: UInt32, specializationConstants: ObjectCollection<RDPipelineSpecializationConstant>) -> RID

  Creates a new render pipeline. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func renderPipelineIsValid(renderPipeline: RID) -> Bool

  Returns true if the render pipeline specified by the renderPipeline RID is valid, false otherwise.

• func samplerCreate(state: RDSamplerState?) -> RID

  Creates a new sampler. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func samplerIsFormatSupportedForFilter(format: RenderingDevice.DataFormat, samplerFilter: RenderingDevice.SamplerFilter) -> Bool

  Returns true if implementation supports using a texture of format with the given samplerFilter.

• func screenGetFramebufferFormat(screen: Int32) -> Int

  Returns the framebuffer format of the given screen.

• func screenGetHeight(screen: Int32) -> Int32

  Returns the window height matching the graphics API context for the given window ID (in pixels). Despite the parameter being named screen, this returns the window size. See also screenGetWidth(screen:).

• func screenGetWidth(screen: Int32) -> Int32

  Returns the window width matching the graphics API context for the given window ID (in pixels). Despite the parameter being named screen, this returns the window size. See also screenGetHeight(screen:).

• func setResourceName(id: RID, name: String)

  Sets the resource name for id to name. This is used for debugging with third-party tools such as RenderDoc.

• func shaderCompileBinaryFromSpirv(spirvData: RDShaderSPIRV?, name: String) -> PackedByteArray

  Compiles a binary shader from spirvData and returns the compiled binary data as a PackedByteArray. This compiled shader is specific to the GPU model and driver version used; it will not work on different GPU models or even different driver versions. See also shaderCompileSpirvFromSource(shaderSource:allowCache:).

• func shaderCompileSpirvFromSource(shaderSource: RDShaderSource?, allowCache: Bool) -> RDShaderSPIRV?

  Compiles a SPIR-V from the shader source code in shaderSource and returns the SPIR-V as a RDShaderSPIRV. This intermediate language shader is portable across different GPU models and driver versions, but cannot be run directly by GPUs until compiled into a binary shader using shaderCompileBinaryFromSpirv(spirvData:name:).

• func shaderCreateFromBytecode(binaryData: PackedByteArray, placeholderRid: RID) -> RID

  Creates a new shader instance from a binary compiled shader. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func shaderCreateFromSpirv(spirvData: RDShaderSPIRV?, name: String) -> RID

  Creates a new shader instance from SPIR-V intermediate code. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func shaderCreatePlaceholder() -> RID

  Create a placeholder RID by allocating an RID without initializing it for use in shaderCreateFromBytecode(binaryData:placeholderRid:). This allows you to create an RID for a shader and pass it around, but defer compiling the shader to a later time.

• func shaderGetVertexInputAttributeMask(shader: RID) -> UInt

  Returns the internal vertex input mask. Internally, the vertex input mask is an unsigned integer consisting of the locations (specified in GLSL via. layout(location = ...)) of the input variables (specified in GLSL by the in keyword).

• func storageBufferCreate(sizeBytes: UInt32, data: PackedByteArray, usage: RenderingDevice.StorageBufferUsage) -> RID

  Creates a storage buffer with the specified data and usage. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func submit()

  Pushes the frame setup and draw command buffers then marks the local device as currently processing (which allows calling sync).

• func sync()

  Forces a synchronization between the CPU and GPU, which may be required in certain cases. Only call this when needed, as CPU-GPU synchronization has a performance cost.

• func textureBufferCreate(sizeBytes: UInt32, format: RenderingDevice.DataFormat, data: PackedByteArray) -> RID

  Creates a new texture buffer. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func textureClear(texture: RID, color: Color, baseMipmap: UInt32, mipmapCount: UInt32, baseLayer: UInt32, layerCount: UInt32) -> GodotError

  Clears the specified texture by replacing all of its pixels with the specified color. baseMipmap and mipmapCount determine which mipmaps of the texture are affected by this clear operation, while baseLayer and layerCount determine which layers of a 3D texture (or texture array) are affected by this clear operation. For 2D textures (which only have one layer by design), baseLayer must be 0 and layerCount must be 1.

• func textureCopy(fromTexture: RID, toTexture: RID, fromPos: Vector3, toPos: Vector3, size: Vector3, srcMipmap: UInt32, dstMipmap: UInt32, srcLayer: UInt32, dstLayer: UInt32) -> GodotError

  Copies the fromTexture to toTexture with the specified fromPos, toPos and size coordinates. The Z axis of the fromPos, toPos and size must be 0 for 2-dimensional textures. Source and destination mipmaps/layers must also be specified, with these parameters being 0 for textures without mipmaps or single-layer textures. Returns @GlobalScope.OK if the texture copy was successful or @GlobalScope.ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER otherwise.

• func textureCreate(format: RDTextureFormat?, view: RDTextureView?, data: VariantCollection<PackedByteArray>) -> RID

  Creates a new texture. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func textureCreateFromExtension(type: RenderingDevice.TextureType, format: RenderingDevice.DataFormat, samples: RenderingDevice.TextureSamples, usageFlags: RenderingDevice.TextureUsageBits, image: UInt, width: UInt, height: UInt, depth: UInt, layers: UInt) -> RID

  Returns an RID for an existing image (VkImage) with the given type, format, samples, usageFlags, width, height, depth, and layers. This can be used to allow Godot to render onto foreign images.

• func textureCreateShared(view: RDTextureView?, withTexture: RID) -> RID

  Creates a shared texture using the specified view and the texture information from withTexture.

• func textureCreateSharedFromSlice(view: RDTextureView?, withTexture: RID, layer: UInt32, mipmap: UInt32, mipmaps: UInt32, sliceType: RenderingDevice.TextureSliceType) -> RID

  Creates a shared texture using the specified view and the texture information from withTexture’s layer and mipmap. The number of included mipmaps from the original texture can be controlled using the mipmaps parameter. Only relevant for textures with multiple layers, such as 3D textures, texture arrays and cubemaps. For single-layer textures, use textureCreateShared(view:withTexture:)

• func textureGetData(texture: RID, layer: UInt32) -> PackedByteArray

  Returns the texture data for the specified layer as raw binary data. For 2D textures (which only have one layer), layer must be 0.

• func textureGetFormat(texture: RID) -> RDTextureFormat?

  Returns the data format used to create this texture.

• func textureGetNativeHandle(texture: RID) -> UInt

  Returns the internal graphics handle for this texture object. For use when communicating with third-party APIs mostly with GDExtension.

• func textureIsFormatSupportedForUsage(format: RenderingDevice.DataFormat, usageFlags: RenderingDevice.TextureUsageBits) -> Bool

  Returns true if the specified format is supported for the given usageFlags, false otherwise.

• func textureIsShared(texture: RID) -> Bool

  Returns true if the texture is shared, false otherwise. See RDTextureView.

• func textureIsValid(texture: RID) -> Bool

  Returns true if the texture is valid, false otherwise.

• func textureResolveMultisample(fromTexture: RID, toTexture: RID) -> GodotError

  Resolves the fromTexture texture onto toTexture with multisample antialiasing enabled. This must be used when rendering a framebuffer for MSAA to work. Returns @GlobalScope.OK if successful, @GlobalScope.ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER otherwise.

• func textureUpdate(texture: RID, layer: UInt32, data: PackedByteArray) -> GodotError

  Updates texture data with new data, replacing the previous data in place. The updated texture data must have the same dimensions and format. For 2D textures (which only have one layer), layer must be 0. Returns @GlobalScope.OK if the update was successful, @GlobalScope.ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER otherwise.

• func uniformBufferCreate(sizeBytes: UInt32, data: PackedByteArray) -> RID

  Creates a new uniform buffer. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func uniformSetCreate(uniforms: ObjectCollection<RDUniform>, shader: RID, shaderSet: UInt32) -> RID

  Creates a new uniform set. It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func uniformSetIsValid(uniformSet: RID) -> Bool

  Checks if the uniformSet is valid, i.e. is owned.

• func vertexArrayCreate(vertexCount: UInt32, vertexFormat: Int, srcBuffers: VariantCollection<RID>, offsets: PackedInt64Array) -> RID

  Creates a vertex array based on the specified buffers. Optionally, offsets (in bytes) may be defined for each buffer.

• func vertexBufferCreate(sizeBytes: UInt32, data: PackedByteArray, useAsStorage: Bool) -> RID

  It can be accessed with the RID that is returned.

• func vertexFormatCreate(vertexDescriptions: ObjectCollection<RDVertexAttribute>) -> Int

  Creates a new vertex format with the specified vertexDescriptions. Returns a unique vertex format ID corresponding to the newly created vertex format.