// this data, you must either call set_pixel_data() again (using the same pointer
// is fine), or invalidate_pixel_data(). Otherwise, the texture won't be re-uploaded
// on subsequent frames.
- void set_pixel_data(const unsigned char *pixel_data)
+ //
+ // The data can either be a regular pointer (if pbo==0), or a byte offset
+ // into a PBO. The latter will allow you to start uploading the texture data
+ // asynchronously to the GPU, if you have any CPU-intensive work between the
+ // call to set_pixel_data() and the actual rendering. In either case,
+ // the pointer (and PBO, if set) has to be valid at the time of the render call.
+ void set_pixel_data(const unsigned char *pixel_data, GLuint pbo = 0)
{
assert(this->type == GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE);
this->pixel_data = pixel_data;
+ this->pbo = pbo;
invalidate_pixel_data();
}
- void set_pixel_data(const float *pixel_data)
+ void set_pixel_data(const float *pixel_data, GLuint pbo = 0)
{
assert(this->type == GL_FLOAT);
this->pixel_data = pixel_data;
+ this->pbo = pbo;
invalidate_pixel_data();
}
GLuint pbo, texture_num;
bool needs_update, finalized;
int output_linear_gamma, needs_mipmaps;
- unsigned width, height, pitch, bytes_per_pixel;
+ unsigned width, height, pitch;
const void *pixel_data;
};