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    Render To Texture with OpenGL

    Hi
    I noteced that TBGL lacks render to texture functions. this is a simple way to do it using the fastest way.

    first we must setup OGL to draw in 2D

    // the main function = puts the texture we want to render to on backbuffer
    Void BeginRTT(void* tosp){
    glDisable(GL_FOG);
    glDisable(GL_LIGHTING);
    glDisable(GL_CULL_FACE);
    glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
    glEnable(GL_BLEND);
    glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA,GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);

    glClearColor(0.0,0.0,0.0,0); // Black Background
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT|GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT); // Clear The Screen And The Depth Buffer

    glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,TEXTUREID(tosp)); // TEXTUREID is a function that returns the opengl number of the texture

    glTexEnvi(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_REPLACE);

    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
    glPushMatrix();
    glLoadIdentity();
    glOrtho(0, W,0,H,0, -1); // W and H are the window width and height
    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
    glPushMatrix();
    glLoadIdentity();

    glColor4f(1,1,1,1);
    float tx1=0;
    float tx2=TextureWidth(tosp);
    float ty2=TextureHeight(tosp);
    float ty1=0;
    glBegin(GL_QUADS);
    glTexCoord2f(0,0);
    glVertex2i(tx1,ty1);
    glTexCoord2f(0,1);
    glVertex2f(tx1,ty2);
    glTexCoord2f(1,1);
    glVertex2f(tx2,ty2);
    glTexCoord2f(1,0);
    glVertex2f(tx2,ty1);
    glEnd();

    // these are global variables to backup the last call of BeginRTT in order to use them in EndRTT function
    LastRTT=TextureID(tosp);
    LastRTT_H=TextureHeight(tosp);
    LastRTT_W=TextureWidth(tosp);
    }

    now we can draw 2D stuff on the screen , sprites, fonts... remember to call EndRTT just after.

    void EndRTT(){
    glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,LastRTT);
    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D,GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP,GL_TRUE);
    glCopyTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D,0, 0,0,0,0,LastRTT_W,LastRTT_H); // Fastest way to Copy backbuffer to texture
    glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
    glClearColor(0.0,0.0,0.0,0); // Black Background
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT|GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT); // Clear The Screen And The Depth Buffer
    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
    glPopMatrix();
    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
    glPopMatrix();
    glColor4ub(255,255,255,255);
    glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);
    }

    Now your texture contains every thing you Drew ..

    this is how i do it in C++, if some body can translate it to thinbasic or integrate it in TBGL .

    Hope it can be useful.
    Last edited by lassad; 16-11-2022 at 19:55.

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    Super Moderator Petr Schreiber's Avatar
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    Thank you very much for sharing your solution!

    There is a built in function called TBGL_RenderToTexture which should be of use, demonstrated here:
    SampleScripts\TBGL\EntityBased\TBGL_MotionBlur.tbasic

    Should you need to render to bigger-than-screen canvas, I prepared this solution on gitHub:
    https://github.com/petrSchreiber/offScreenRenderer


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    Last edited by Petr Schreiber; 19-11-2022 at 11:24.
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