Class representing an approach to rendering this particular Material. More...

#include <OgreTechnique.h>

Inheritance diagram for Ogre::Technique:

Classes
struct	GPUDeviceNameRule
	Rule controlling whether technique is deemed supported based on GPU device name. More...

struct	GPUVendorRule
	Rule controlling whether technique is deemed supported based on GPU vendor. More...

Public Types
typedef ConstVectorIterator< GPUDeviceNameRuleList >	GPUDeviceNameRuleIterator

typedef std::vector< GPUDeviceNameRule >	GPUDeviceNameRuleList

typedef ConstVectorIterator< GPUVendorRuleList >	GPUVendorRuleIterator

typedef std::vector< GPUVendorRule >	GPUVendorRuleList

typedef VectorIterator< IlluminationPassList >	IlluminationPassIterator

enum	IncludeOrExclude { INCLUDE = 0 , EXCLUDE = 1 }
	Directive used to manually control technique support based on the inclusion or exclusion of some factor. More...

typedef std::vector< Pass * >	Passes

typedef VectorIterator< Passes >	PassIterator

Public Member Functions
	Technique (Material *parent)
	Constructor.

	Technique (Material *parent, const Technique &oth)
	Copy constructor.

	~Technique ()

String	_compile (bool autoManageTextureUnits)
	Internal compilation method; see Material::compile.

unsigned short	_getSchemeIndex (void) const
	Internal method for getting the scheme index.

void	_load (void)
	Internal load method, derived from call to Material::load.

void	_notifyNeedsRecompile (void)
	Tells the technique that it needs recompilation.

void	_prepare (void)
	Internal prepare method, derived from call to Material::prepare.

void	_unload (void)
	Internal unload method, derived from call to Material::unload.

void	_unprepare (void)
	Internal unprepare method, derived from call to Material::unprepare.

size_t	calculateSize (void) const

bool	checkHardwareSupport (bool autoManageTextureUnits, StringStream &compileErrors)
	Internal method for checking hardware support.

unsigned short	getLodIndex (void) const
	Gets the level-of-detail index assigned to this Technique.

const String &	getName (void) const
	Gets the name of the technique.

Material *	getParent (void) const
	Gets the parent Material.

const String &	getResourceGroup (void) const
	Gets the resource group of the ultimate parent Material.

const String &	getSchemeName (void) const
	Returns the scheme to which this technique is assigned.

UserObjectBindings &	getUserObjectBindings ()
	Class that provides convenient interface to establish a linkage between custom user application objects and Ogre core classes.

const UserObjectBindings &	getUserObjectBindings () const
	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

bool	hasColourWriteDisabled (void) const
	Exists colour writing disabled pass on this technique?

bool	isDepthCheckEnabled (void) const
	Is depth checking going to occur on this technique?

bool	isDepthWriteEnabled (void) const
	Is depth writing going to occur on this technique?

bool	isLoaded (void) const
	Is this loaded?

bool	isSupported (void) const
	Indicates if this technique is supported by the current graphics card.

bool	isTransparent (void) const
	Returns true if this Technique involves transparency.

bool	isTransparentSortingEnabled (void) const
	Returns true if this Technique has transparent sorting enabled.

bool	isTransparentSortingForced (void) const
	Returns true if this Technique has transparent sorting forced.

Technique &	operator= (const Technique &rhs)
	Overloaded operator to copy on Technique to another.

void	setLodIndex (unsigned short index)
	Assigns a level-of-detail (LOD) index to this Technique.

void	setName (const String &name)
	Set the name of the technique.

void	setSchemeName (const String &schemeName)
	Set the 'scheme name' for this technique.

Passes
Pass *	createPass (void)
	Creates a new Pass for this Technique.

Pass *	getPass (size_t index) const
	Retrieves the Pass with the given index.

Pass *	getPass (const String &name) const
	Retrieves the Pass matching name.

size_t	getNumPasses (void) const
	Retrieves the number of passes.

void	removePass (unsigned short index)
	Removes the Pass with the given index.

void	removeAllPasses (void)
	Removes all Passes from this Technique.

bool	movePass (const unsigned short sourceIndex, const unsigned short destinationIndex)
	Move a pass from source index to destination index.

const PassIterator	getPassIterator (void)
	Gets an iterator over the passes in this Technique.

const Passes &	getPasses (void) const
	Gets the passes in this Technique.

const IlluminationPassList &	getIlluminationPasses ()
	Gets the illumination-stage categorised passes.

void	_compileIlluminationPasses (void)
	Internal method for splitting the passes into illumination passes.

Shadow Materials
MaterialPtr	getShadowCasterMaterial () const
	return this material specific shadow casting specific material

void	setShadowCasterMaterial (MaterialPtr val)
	Sets the details of the material to use when rendering as a shadow caster.

void	setShadowCasterMaterial (const String &name)
	set this material specific shadow casting specific material

MaterialPtr	getShadowReceiverMaterial () const
	return this material specific shadow receiving specific material

void	setShadowReceiverMaterial (MaterialPtr val)
	set this material specific shadow receiving specific material

void	setShadowReceiverMaterial (const String &name)
	set this material specific shadow receiving specific material

Forwarded Pass Properties
The following methods are to make migration from previous versions simpler and to make code easier to write when dealing with simple materials They set the properties which have been moved to Pass for all Techniques and all Passes
void	setPointSize (Real ps)
	Sets the point size properties for every Pass in this Technique.

void	setAmbient (float red, float green, float blue)
	Sets the ambient colour reflectance properties for every Pass in every Technique.

void	setAmbient (const ColourValue &ambient)
	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

void	setDiffuse (float red, float green, float blue, float alpha)
	Sets the diffuse colour reflectance properties of every Pass in every Technique.

void	setDiffuse (const ColourValue &diffuse)
	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

void	setSpecular (float red, float green, float blue, float alpha)
	Sets the specular colour reflectance properties of every Pass in every Technique.

void	setSpecular (const ColourValue &specular)
	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

void	setShininess (Real val)
	Sets the shininess properties of every Pass in every Technique.

void	setSelfIllumination (float red, float green, float blue)
	Sets the amount of self-illumination of every Pass in every Technique.

void	setSelfIllumination (const ColourValue &selfIllum)
	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

void	setDepthCheckEnabled (bool enabled)
	Sets whether or not each Pass renders with depth-buffer checking on or not.

void	setDepthWriteEnabled (bool enabled)
	Sets whether or not each Pass renders with depth-buffer writing on or not.

void	setDepthFunction (CompareFunction func)
	Sets the function used to compare depth values when depth checking is on.

void	setColourWriteEnabled (bool enabled)
	Sets whether or not colour buffer writing is enabled for each Pass.

void	setColourWriteEnabled (bool red, bool green, bool blue, bool alpha)
	Sets which colour buffer channels are enabled for writing for each Pass.

void	setCullingMode (CullingMode mode)
	Sets the culling mode for each pass based on the 'vertex winding'.

void	setManualCullingMode (ManualCullingMode mode)
	Sets the manual culling mode, performed by CPU rather than hardware.

void	setLightingEnabled (bool enabled)
	Sets whether or not dynamic lighting is enabled for every Pass.

void	setShadingMode (ShadeOptions mode)
	Sets the type of light shading required.

void	setFog (bool overrideScene, FogMode mode=FOG_NONE, const ColourValue &colour=ColourValue::White, Real expDensity=0.001f, Real linearStart=0.0f, Real linearEnd=1.0f)
	Sets the fogging mode applied to each pass.

void	setDepthBias (float constantBias, float slopeScaleBias)
	Sets the depth bias to be used for each Pass.

void	setTextureFiltering (TextureFilterOptions filterType)
	Set texture filtering for every texture unit in every Pass.

void	setTextureAnisotropy (unsigned int maxAniso)
	Sets the anisotropy level to be used for all textures.

void	setSceneBlending (const SceneBlendType sbt)
	Sets the kind of blending every pass has with the existing contents of the scene.

void	setSeparateSceneBlending (const SceneBlendType sbt, const SceneBlendType sbta)
	Sets the kind of blending every pass has with the existing contents of the scene, using individual factors both color and alpha channels.

void	setSceneBlending (const SceneBlendFactor sourceFactor, const SceneBlendFactor destFactor)
	Allows very fine control of blending every Pass with the existing contents of the scene.

void	setSeparateSceneBlending (const SceneBlendFactor sourceFactor, const SceneBlendFactor destFactor, const SceneBlendFactor sourceFactorAlpha, const SceneBlendFactor destFactorAlpha)
	Allows very fine control of blending every Pass with the existing contents of the scene, using individual factors both color and alpha channels.

GPU Vendor Rules
bool	checkGPURules (StringStream &errors)
	Internal method for checking GPU vendor / device rules.

void	addGPUVendorRule (GPUVendor vendor, IncludeOrExclude includeOrExclude)
	Add a rule which manually influences the support for this technique based on a GPU vendor.

void	addGPUVendorRule (const GPUVendorRule &rule)
	Add a rule which manually influences the support for this technique based on a GPU vendor.

void	removeGPUVendorRule (GPUVendor vendor)
	Removes a matching vendor rule.

GPUVendorRuleIterator	getGPUVendorRuleIterator () const

const GPUVendorRuleList &	getGPUVendorRules () const
	Get the currently registered vendor rules.

void	addGPUDeviceNameRule (const String &devicePattern, IncludeOrExclude includeOrExclude, bool caseSensitive=false)
	Add a rule which manually influences the support for this technique based on a pattern that matches a GPU device name (e.g.

void	addGPUDeviceNameRule (const GPUDeviceNameRule &rule)
	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

void	removeGPUDeviceNameRule (const String &devicePattern)
	Removes a matching device name rule.

GPUDeviceNameRuleIterator	getGPUDeviceNameRuleIterator () const

const GPUDeviceNameRuleList &	getGPUDeviceNameRules () const
	Get the currently registered device name rules.

Detailed Description

Class representing an approach to rendering this particular Material.

Ogre will attempt to use the best technique supported by the active hardware, unless you specifically request a lower detail technique (say for distant rendering).

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ Passes

typedef std::vector<Pass*> Ogre::Technique::Passes

◆ GPUVendorRuleList

typedef std::vector<GPUVendorRule> Ogre::Technique::GPUVendorRuleList

◆ GPUDeviceNameRuleList

typedef std::vector<GPUDeviceNameRule> Ogre::Technique::GPUDeviceNameRuleList

◆ PassIterator

typedef VectorIterator<Passes> Ogre::Technique::PassIterator

◆ IlluminationPassIterator

typedef VectorIterator<IlluminationPassList> Ogre::Technique::IlluminationPassIterator

◆ GPUVendorRuleIterator

typedef ConstVectorIterator<GPUVendorRuleList> Ogre::Technique::GPUVendorRuleIterator

◆ GPUDeviceNameRuleIterator

typedef ConstVectorIterator<GPUDeviceNameRuleList> Ogre::Technique::GPUDeviceNameRuleIterator

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ IncludeOrExclude

enum Ogre::Technique::IncludeOrExclude

Directive used to manually control technique support based on the inclusion or exclusion of some factor.

Enumerator
INCLUDE	Inclusive - only support if present.
EXCLUDE	Exclusive - do not support if present.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ Technique() [1/2]

Ogre::Technique::Technique ( Material * parent )

Constructor.

◆ Technique() [2/2]

Ogre::Technique::Technique	(	Material *	parent,
		const Technique &	oth
	)

Copy constructor.

◆ ~Technique()

Ogre::Technique::~Technique ( )

Member Function Documentation

◆ isSupported()

bool Ogre::Technique::isSupported ( void ) const

Indicates if this technique is supported by the current graphics card.

This will only be correct after the Technique has been compiled, which is usually done from Material::compile.

◆ _compile()

String Ogre::Technique::_compile ( bool autoManageTextureUnits )

Internal compilation method; see Material::compile.

Returns: Any information explaining problems with the compile.

◆ checkHardwareSupport()

bool Ogre::Technique::checkHardwareSupport	(	bool	autoManageTextureUnits,
		StringStream &	compileErrors
	)

Internal method for checking hardware support.

◆ calculateSize()

size_t Ogre::Technique::calculateSize ( void ) const

◆ createPass()

Pass * Ogre::Technique::createPass ( void )

Creates a new Pass for this Technique.

A Pass is a single rendering pass, i.e. a single draw of the given material. Note that if you create a pass without a fragment program, during compilation of the material the pass may be split into multiple passes if the graphics card cannot handle the number of texture units requested. For passes with fragment programs, however, the number of passes you create will never be altered, so you have to make sure that you create an alternative fallback Technique for if a card does not have enough facilities for what you're asking for.

◆ getPass() [1/2]

Pass * Ogre::Technique::getPass ( size_t index ) const

inline

Retrieves the Pass with the given index.

◆ getPass() [2/2]

Pass * Ogre::Technique::getPass ( const String & name ) const

Retrieves the Pass matching name.

Returns 0 if name match is not found.

◆ getNumPasses()

size_t Ogre::Technique::getNumPasses ( void ) const

inline

Retrieves the number of passes.

◆ removePass()

void Ogre::Technique::removePass ( unsigned short index )

Removes the Pass with the given index.

◆ removeAllPasses()

void Ogre::Technique::removeAllPasses ( void )

Removes all Passes from this Technique.

◆ movePass()

bool Ogre::Technique::movePass	(	const unsigned short	sourceIndex,
		const unsigned short	destinationIndex
	)

Move a pass from source index to destination index.

If successful then returns true.

◆ getPassIterator()

const PassIterator Ogre::Technique::getPassIterator ( void )

Gets an iterator over the passes in this Technique.

Deprecated:: use getPasses()

◆ getPasses()

const Passes & Ogre::Technique::getPasses ( void ) const

inline

Gets the passes in this Technique.

◆ getIlluminationPasses()

const IlluminationPassList & Ogre::Technique::getIlluminationPasses ( )

Gets the illumination-stage categorised passes.

Note: triggers compilation if needed

◆ _compileIlluminationPasses()

void Ogre::Technique::_compileIlluminationPasses ( void )

Internal method for splitting the passes into illumination passes.

◆ getParent()

Material * Ogre::Technique::getParent ( void ) const

inline

Gets the parent Material.

◆ operator=()

Technique & Ogre::Technique::operator= ( const Technique & rhs )

Overloaded operator to copy on Technique to another.

◆ getResourceGroup()

const String & Ogre::Technique::getResourceGroup ( void ) const

Gets the resource group of the ultimate parent Material.

◆ isTransparent()

bool Ogre::Technique::isTransparent ( void ) const

Returns true if this Technique involves transparency.

This basically boils down to whether the first pass has a scene blending factor. Even if the other passes do not, the base colour, including parts of the original scene, may be used for blending, therefore we have to treat the whole Technique as transparent.

◆ isTransparentSortingEnabled()

bool Ogre::Technique::isTransparentSortingEnabled ( void ) const

Returns true if this Technique has transparent sorting enabled.

This basically boils down to whether the first pass has transparent sorting enabled or not

◆ isTransparentSortingForced()

bool Ogre::Technique::isTransparentSortingForced ( void ) const

Returns true if this Technique has transparent sorting forced.

This basically boils down to whether the first pass has transparent sorting forced or not

◆ _prepare()

void Ogre::Technique::_prepare ( void )

Internal prepare method, derived from call to Material::prepare.

◆ _unprepare()

void Ogre::Technique::_unprepare ( void )

Internal unprepare method, derived from call to Material::unprepare.

◆ _load()

void Ogre::Technique::_load ( void )

Internal load method, derived from call to Material::load.

◆ _unload()

void Ogre::Technique::_unload ( void )

Internal unload method, derived from call to Material::unload.

◆ isLoaded()

bool Ogre::Technique::isLoaded ( void ) const

Is this loaded?

◆ _notifyNeedsRecompile()

void Ogre::Technique::_notifyNeedsRecompile ( void )

Tells the technique that it needs recompilation.

◆ getShadowCasterMaterial()

MaterialPtr Ogre::Technique::getShadowCasterMaterial ( ) const

return this material specific shadow casting specific material

◆ setShadowCasterMaterial() [1/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setShadowCasterMaterial ( MaterialPtr val )

Sets the details of the material to use when rendering as a shadow caster.

Texture-based shadows require that the caster is rendered to a texture in a solid colour (the shadow colour in the case of modulative texture shadows). Whilst Ogre can arrange this for the fixed function pipeline, passes which use vertex programs might need the vertex programs still to run in order to preserve any deformation etc that it does. However, lighting calculations must be a lot simpler, with only the ambient colour being used (which the engine will ensure is bound to the shadow colour).

: Therefore, it is up to implementors of vertex programs to provide an alternative material which can be used to render the object to a shadow texture. Do all the same vertex transforms, but set the colour of the vertex to the ambient colour, as bound using the standard auto parameter binding mechanism.

◆ setShadowCasterMaterial() [2/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setShadowCasterMaterial ( const String & name )

set this material specific shadow casting specific material

◆ getShadowReceiverMaterial()

MaterialPtr Ogre::Technique::getShadowReceiverMaterial ( ) const

return this material specific shadow receiving specific material

◆ setShadowReceiverMaterial() [1/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setShadowReceiverMaterial ( MaterialPtr val )

set this material specific shadow receiving specific material

◆ setShadowReceiverMaterial() [2/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setShadowReceiverMaterial ( const String & name )

set this material specific shadow receiving specific material

◆ setPointSize()

void Ogre::Technique::setPointSize ( Real ps )

Sets the point size properties for every Pass in this Technique.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setPointSize

◆ setAmbient() [1/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setAmbient	(	float	red,
		float	green,
		float	blue
	)

Sets the ambient colour reflectance properties for every Pass in every Technique.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setAmbient

◆ setAmbient() [2/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setAmbient ( const ColourValue & ambient )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

◆ setDiffuse() [1/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setDiffuse	(	float	red,
		float	green,
		float	blue,
		float	alpha
	)

Sets the diffuse colour reflectance properties of every Pass in every Technique.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setDiffuse

◆ setDiffuse() [2/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setDiffuse ( const ColourValue & diffuse )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

◆ setSpecular() [1/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setSpecular	(	float	red,
		float	green,
		float	blue,
		float	alpha
	)

Sets the specular colour reflectance properties of every Pass in every Technique.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setSpecular

◆ setSpecular() [2/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setSpecular ( const ColourValue & specular )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

◆ setShininess()

void Ogre::Technique::setShininess ( Real val )

Sets the shininess properties of every Pass in every Technique.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setShininess

◆ setSelfIllumination() [1/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setSelfIllumination	(	float	red,
		float	green,
		float	blue
	)

Sets the amount of self-illumination of every Pass in every Technique.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setSelfIllumination

◆ setSelfIllumination() [2/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setSelfIllumination ( const ColourValue & selfIllum )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

◆ setDepthCheckEnabled()

void Ogre::Technique::setDepthCheckEnabled ( bool enabled )

Sets whether or not each Pass renders with depth-buffer checking on or not.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setDepthCheckEnabled

◆ setDepthWriteEnabled()

void Ogre::Technique::setDepthWriteEnabled ( bool enabled )

Sets whether or not each Pass renders with depth-buffer writing on or not.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setDepthWriteEnabled

◆ setDepthFunction()

void Ogre::Technique::setDepthFunction ( CompareFunction func )

Sets the function used to compare depth values when depth checking is on.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setDepthFunction

◆ setColourWriteEnabled() [1/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setColourWriteEnabled ( bool enabled )

Sets whether or not colour buffer writing is enabled for each Pass.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setColourWriteEnabled

◆ setColourWriteEnabled() [2/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setColourWriteEnabled	(	bool	red,
		bool	green,
		bool	blue,
		bool	alpha
	)

Sets which colour buffer channels are enabled for writing for each Pass.

See also: Pass::setColourWriteEnabled

◆ setCullingMode()

void Ogre::Technique::setCullingMode ( CullingMode mode )

Sets the culling mode for each pass based on the 'vertex winding'.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setCullingMode

◆ setManualCullingMode()

void Ogre::Technique::setManualCullingMode ( ManualCullingMode mode )

Sets the manual culling mode, performed by CPU rather than hardware.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setManualCullingMode

◆ setLightingEnabled()

void Ogre::Technique::setLightingEnabled ( bool enabled )

Sets whether or not dynamic lighting is enabled for every Pass.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setLightingEnabled

◆ setShadingMode()

void Ogre::Technique::setShadingMode ( ShadeOptions mode )

Sets the type of light shading required.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setShadingMode

◆ setFog()

void Ogre::Technique::setFog	(	bool	overrideScene,
		FogMode	mode = `FOG_NONE`,
		const ColourValue &	colour = `ColourValue::White`,
		Real	expDensity = `0.001f`,
		Real	linearStart = `0.0f`,
		Real	linearEnd = `1.0f`
	)

Sets the fogging mode applied to each pass.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setFog

◆ setDepthBias()

void Ogre::Technique::setDepthBias	(	float	constantBias,
		float	slopeScaleBias
	)

Sets the depth bias to be used for each Pass.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setDepthBias

◆ setTextureFiltering()

void Ogre::Technique::setTextureFiltering ( TextureFilterOptions filterType )

Set texture filtering for every texture unit in every Pass.

Note: This property actually exists on the TextureUnitState class For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current TeextureUnitState, If you need more precision, retrieve the
Pass and TextureUnitState instances and set the property there.

See also: TextureUnitState::setTextureFiltering

◆ setTextureAnisotropy()

void Ogre::Technique::setTextureAnisotropy ( unsigned int maxAniso )

Sets the anisotropy level to be used for all textures.

Note: This property has been moved to the TextureUnitState class, which is accessible via the Technique and Pass. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current TeextureUnitState, If you need more precision, retrieve the Technique, Pass and TextureUnitState instances and set the property there.

See also: TextureUnitState::setTextureAnisotropy

◆ setSceneBlending() [1/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setSceneBlending ( const SceneBlendType sbt )

Sets the kind of blending every pass has with the existing contents of the scene.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setSceneBlending

◆ setSeparateSceneBlending() [1/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setSeparateSceneBlending	(	const SceneBlendType	sbt,
		const SceneBlendType	sbta
	)

Sets the kind of blending every pass has with the existing contents of the scene, using individual factors both color and alpha channels.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setSeparateSceneBlending

◆ setSceneBlending() [2/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setSceneBlending	(	const SceneBlendFactor	sourceFactor,
		const SceneBlendFactor	destFactor
	)

Allows very fine control of blending every Pass with the existing contents of the scene.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setSceneBlending

◆ setSeparateSceneBlending() [2/2]

void Ogre::Technique::setSeparateSceneBlending	(	const SceneBlendFactor	sourceFactor,
		const SceneBlendFactor	destFactor,
		const SceneBlendFactor	sourceFactorAlpha,
		const SceneBlendFactor	destFactorAlpha
	)

Allows very fine control of blending every Pass with the existing contents of the scene, using individual factors both color and alpha channels.

Note: This property actually exists on the Pass class. For simplicity, this method allows you to set these properties for every current Pass within this Technique. If you need more precision, retrieve the Pass instance and set the property there.

See also: Pass::setSeparateSceneBlending

◆ setLodIndex()

void Ogre::Technique::setLodIndex ( unsigned short index )

Assigns a level-of-detail (LOD) index to this Technique.

As noted previously, as well as providing fallback support for various graphics cards, multiple Technique objects can also be used to implement material LOD, where the detail of the material diminishes with distance to save rendering power.

: By default, all Techniques have a LOD index of 0, which means they are the highest level of detail. Increasing LOD indexes are lower levels of detail. You can assign more than one Technique to the same LOD index, meaning that the best Technique that is supported at that LOD index is used.

: You should not leave gaps in the LOD sequence; Ogre will allow you to do this and will continue to function as if the LODs were sequential, but it will confuse matters.

◆ getLodIndex()

unsigned short Ogre::Technique::getLodIndex ( void ) const

inline

Gets the level-of-detail index assigned to this Technique.

◆ setSchemeName()

void Ogre::Technique::setSchemeName ( const String & schemeName )

Set the 'scheme name' for this technique.

Material schemes are used to control top-level switching from one set of techniques to another. For example, you might use this to define 'high', 'medium' and 'low' complexity levels on materials to allow a user to pick a performance / quality ratio. Another possibility is that you have a fully HDR-enabled pipeline for top machines, rendering all objects using unclamped shaders, and a simpler pipeline for others; this can be implemented using schemes.

: Every technique belongs to a scheme - if you don't specify one, the Technique belongs to the scheme called 'Default', which is also the scheme used to render by default. The active scheme is set one of two ways - either by calling Viewport::setMaterialScheme, or by manually calling MaterialManager::setActiveScheme.

◆ getSchemeName()

const String & Ogre::Technique::getSchemeName ( void ) const

Returns the scheme to which this technique is assigned.

See also: Technique::setSchemeName

◆ _getSchemeIndex()

unsigned short Ogre::Technique::_getSchemeIndex ( void ) const

Internal method for getting the scheme index.

◆ isDepthWriteEnabled()

bool Ogre::Technique::isDepthWriteEnabled ( void ) const

Is depth writing going to occur on this technique?

◆ isDepthCheckEnabled()

bool Ogre::Technique::isDepthCheckEnabled ( void ) const

Is depth checking going to occur on this technique?

◆ hasColourWriteDisabled()

bool Ogre::Technique::hasColourWriteDisabled ( void ) const

Exists colour writing disabled pass on this technique?

◆ setName()

void Ogre::Technique::setName ( const String & name )

Set the name of the technique.

The use of technique name is optional. Its useful in material scripts where a material could inherit from another material and only want to modify a particular technique.

◆ getName()

const String & Ogre::Technique::getName ( void ) const

inline

Gets the name of the technique.

◆ checkGPURules()

bool Ogre::Technique::checkGPURules ( StringStream & errors )

Internal method for checking GPU vendor / device rules.

◆ addGPUVendorRule() [1/2]

void Ogre::Technique::addGPUVendorRule	(	GPUVendor	vendor,
		IncludeOrExclude	includeOrExclude
	)

Add a rule which manually influences the support for this technique based on a GPU vendor.

You can use this facility to manually control whether a technique is considered supported, based on a GPU vendor. You can add inclusive or exclusive rules, and you can add as many of each as you like. If at least one inclusive rule is added, a technique is considered unsupported if it does not match any of those inclusive rules. If exclusive rules are added, the technique is considered unsupported if it matches any of those inclusive rules.

Note: Any rule for the same vendor will be removed before adding this one.

Parameters

vendor	The GPU vendor
includeOrExclude	Whether this is an inclusive or exclusive rule

◆ addGPUVendorRule() [2/2]

void Ogre::Technique::addGPUVendorRule ( const GPUVendorRule & rule )

Add a rule which manually influences the support for this technique based on a GPU vendor.

You can use this facility to manually control whether a technique is considered supported, based on a GPU vendor. You can add inclusive or exclusive rules, and you can add as many of each as you like. If at least one inclusive rule is added, a technique is considered unsupported if it does not match any of those inclusive rules. If exclusive rules are added, the technique is considered unsupported if it matches any of those inclusive rules.

Note: Any rule for the same vendor will be removed before adding this one.

◆ removeGPUVendorRule()

void Ogre::Technique::removeGPUVendorRule ( GPUVendor vendor )

Removes a matching vendor rule.

See also: addGPUVendorRule

◆ getGPUVendorRuleIterator()

GPUVendorRuleIterator Ogre::Technique::getGPUVendorRuleIterator ( ) const

Deprecated:: use getGPUVendorRules()

◆ getGPUVendorRules()

const GPUVendorRuleList & Ogre::Technique::getGPUVendorRules ( ) const

inline

Get the currently registered vendor rules.

◆ addGPUDeviceNameRule() [1/2]

void Ogre::Technique::addGPUDeviceNameRule	(	const String &	devicePattern,
		IncludeOrExclude	includeOrExclude,
		bool	caseSensitive = `false`
	)

Add a rule which manually influences the support for this technique based on a pattern that matches a GPU device name (e.g.

'8800').

You can use this facility to manually control whether a technique is considered supported, based on a GPU device name pattern. You can add inclusive or exclusive rules, and you can add as many of each as you like. If at least one inclusive rule is added, a technique is considered unsupported if it does not match any of those inclusive rules. If exclusive rules are added, the technique is considered unsupported if it matches any of those inclusive rules. The pattern you supply can include wildcard characters ('*') if you only want to match part of the device name.

Note: Any rule for the same device pattern will be removed before adding this one.

Parameters

devicePattern	The GPU vendor
includeOrExclude	Whether this is an inclusive or exclusive rule
caseSensitive	Whether the match is case sensitive or not

◆ addGPUDeviceNameRule() [2/2]

void Ogre::Technique::addGPUDeviceNameRule ( const GPUDeviceNameRule & rule )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

◆ removeGPUDeviceNameRule()

void Ogre::Technique::removeGPUDeviceNameRule ( const String & devicePattern )

Removes a matching device name rule.

See also: addGPUDeviceNameRule

◆ getGPUDeviceNameRuleIterator()

GPUDeviceNameRuleIterator Ogre::Technique::getGPUDeviceNameRuleIterator ( ) const

Deprecated:: use getGPUDeviceNameRules()

◆ getGPUDeviceNameRules()

const GPUDeviceNameRuleList & Ogre::Technique::getGPUDeviceNameRules ( ) const

inline

Get the currently registered device name rules.

◆ getUserObjectBindings() [1/2]

UserObjectBindings & Ogre::Technique::getUserObjectBindings ( )

inline

Class that provides convenient interface to establish a linkage between custom user application objects and Ogre core classes.

◆ getUserObjectBindings() [2/2]

const UserObjectBindings & Ogre::Technique::getUserObjectBindings ( ) const

inline

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

OgreTechnique.h

Classes

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ Passes

◆ GPUVendorRuleList

◆ GPUDeviceNameRuleList

◆ PassIterator

◆ IlluminationPassIterator

◆ GPUVendorRuleIterator

◆ GPUDeviceNameRuleIterator

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ IncludeOrExclude

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ Technique() [1/2]

◆ Technique() [2/2]

◆ ~Technique()

Member Function Documentation

◆ isSupported()

◆ _compile()

◆ checkHardwareSupport()

◆ calculateSize()

◆ createPass()

◆ getPass() [1/2]

◆ getPass() [2/2]

◆ getNumPasses()

◆ removePass()

◆ removeAllPasses()

◆ movePass()

◆ getPassIterator()

◆ getPasses()

◆ getIlluminationPasses()

◆ _compileIlluminationPasses()

◆ getParent()

◆ operator=()

◆ getResourceGroup()

◆ isTransparent()

◆ isTransparentSortingEnabled()

◆ isTransparentSortingForced()

◆ _prepare()

◆ _unprepare()

◆ _load()

◆ _unload()

◆ isLoaded()

◆ _notifyNeedsRecompile()

◆ getShadowCasterMaterial()

◆ setShadowCasterMaterial() [1/2]

◆ setShadowCasterMaterial() [2/2]

◆ getShadowReceiverMaterial()

◆ setShadowReceiverMaterial() [1/2]

◆ setShadowReceiverMaterial() [2/2]

◆ setPointSize()

◆ setAmbient() [1/2]

◆ setAmbient() [2/2]

◆ setDiffuse() [1/2]

◆ setDiffuse() [2/2]

◆ setSpecular() [1/2]

◆ setSpecular() [2/2]

◆ setShininess()

◆ setSelfIllumination() [1/2]

◆ setSelfIllumination() [2/2]

◆ setDepthCheckEnabled()

◆ setDepthWriteEnabled()

◆ setDepthFunction()

◆ setColourWriteEnabled() [1/2]

◆ setColourWriteEnabled() [2/2]

◆ setCullingMode()

◆ setManualCullingMode()

◆ setLightingEnabled()

◆ setShadingMode()

◆ setFog()

◆ setDepthBias()

◆ setTextureFiltering()

◆ setTextureAnisotropy()

◆ setSceneBlending() [1/2]

◆ setSeparateSceneBlending() [1/2]

◆ setSceneBlending() [2/2]

◆ setSeparateSceneBlending() [2/2]

◆ setLodIndex()