playcanvas / playcanvas/engine
Add support for EXT_texture_norm16
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area: graphics
enhancement
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
It's a 16bit fixed point format: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_texture_norm16
At the moment it's supported by Chromium only, but available on most hardware according to a google presentation.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the EXT_texture_norm16 documentation and locating how the engine handles existing WebGL extensions and texture formats. Confirm the supported 16-bit fixed-point format behavior in Chromium and define done as engine support for this extension with appropriate coverage of the new format.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- computer-graphics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100