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Camera shaders don't update after resizing the window
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Description
There is an issue with cameras and filters where shader coordinates won't properly update after resizing the window. In the provided example, half of the screen is black while the other half is purple. After resizing the window a couple times, the half is no longer centered. Resizing the window vertically seems to have a more dramatic effect.
You can press the A key to run a hack that seems to resolve the issue. I'm not sure how or why it works, I found it in the #flixel channel on the Haxe discord.
Observed on hashlink (Windows).
package;
import flixel.FlxG;
import flixel.FlxState;
import flixel.graphics.tile.FlxGraphicsShader;
import openfl.filters.ShaderFilter;
class TestShader extends FlxGraphicsShader
{
@:glFragmentSource('
#pragma header
void main()
{
vec4 b = vec4(1.0);
if (openfl_TextureCoordv.x >= 0.5)
{
b = vec4(1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0);
}
else
{
b = vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
}
gl_FragColor = b;
}
')
public function new()
{
super();
}
}
class PlayState extends FlxState
{
override public function create()
{
super.create();
FlxG.camera.filters = [new ShaderFilter(new Shader())];
}
override public function update(elapsed:Float)
{
super.update(elapsed);
if (FlxG.keys.justPressed.A)
{
// hack to fix this issue, shared around on discord
@:privateAccess
{
FlxG.camera.flashSprite.__cacheBitmap = null;
FlxG.camera.flashSprite.__cacheBitmapData = null;
}
}
}
}
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the provided camera and ShaderFilter reproduction on HashLink/Windows, then trace how camera filters and shader coordinates are handled during window resizing. Verify the behavior by resizing repeatedly, including vertically; done means the shader halves remain correctly centered without pressing A or clearing private cache fields.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- computer-graphics, game-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100