secondlife / secondlife/viewer

GPU Instancing -- Fix material preview

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gpu-instancing stale triage
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C++
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Description

Description

Material preview is broken. Reimplement it using the existing Alpha Blend PBR shader or a variant thereof.

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the material preview implementation and the existing Alpha Blend PBR shader or a suitable variant. Determine how GPU instancing currently affects preview rendering, then verify that material previews render correctly with instancing enabled.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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