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Posted: **Tue Jul 26, 2022 8:02 am**

Hello everyone.
I used two calls love.graphics.stencil() function in my program.

local function stencil_test()
    lg.circle('fill', cx, cy, radius)
end

function love.draw()
    local w, h = lg.getDimensions()
    lg.setCanvas({canvas, stencil = true})
    lg.clear(0.2, 0.2, 0.2)
    
    cx, cy, radius = w/2, h/2, 200
    lg.stencil(stencil_test, 'increment')
    
    cx, cy, radius = w/2, h/2, 50
    lg.stencil(stencil_test, 'decrement')
    --lg.stencil(stencil_test, 'decrementwrap')
    
    lg.setColor(1, 1, 1)
    lg.setStencilTest('greater', 0)
    lg.rectangle('fill', 0, 0, lg.getDimensions())
    lg.setStencilTest()
    
    lg.setCanvas()
    
    lg.draw(canvas)
end

I expected a circle with a hole to appear on the screen. But there is nothing.
If replace 'decrement" with "decrementwrap", only a smaller circle is visible.

Does calling love.graphics.stencil reset stencil buffer? It looks like this.

Posted: **Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:18 am**

Must admit I've not used stencils before, and I'm not really sure why yours doesn't work without messing about some more, but the below does render a circle with a "hole" in the centre using a stencil. Hope it puts you on the right track.

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local mx = love.graphics.getWidth() / 2
local my = love.graphics.getHeight() /2

local function drawStencil()
    love.graphics.circle("fill", mx, my, 50)
end

function love.draw()
    love.graphics.clear()
    
    love.graphics.stencil(drawStencil, "replace", 1)
    
    love.graphics.setStencilTest("less",1)
    love.graphics.circle("fill", mx, my, 100)
    love.graphics.setStencilTest()
end

Edit: It looks like there's an example on the wiki which is nearly identical to my suggestion, scroll to the second example on this page: https://love2d.org/wiki/love.graphics.setStencilTest

Posted: **Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:37 pm**

I have seen this example.
I don't really need a circle with a hole in it. I ran into a problem when I was making shadows in 3d. And for that you need to draw the shadow volume twice in the stencil with different StencilAction.

Posted: **Tue Jul 26, 2022 1:10 pm**

Ah I see what you mean. It seems you were just missing a boolean parameter to love.graphics.stencil. By default it clears the current stencil buffer. This new example does the same thing but using two draws to the stencil. The only difference is the boolean true on the second call.

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local mx = love.graphics.getWidth() / 2
local my = love.graphics.getHeight() /2
local r = 100

local function drawStencil()
    love.graphics.circle("fill", mx, my, r)
end

function love.draw()
    love.graphics.clear()
   
    r = 100
    love.graphics.stencil(drawStencil, "increment", 1)
    
    r = 50
    love.graphics.stencil(drawStencil, "decrement", 1, true)
    love.graphics.setStencilTest("equal",1)

    love.graphics.rectangle("fill", 0, 0, 800, 600)
    
    
    love.graphics.setStencilTest()
end

Edit: https://love2d.org/wiki/love.graphics.stencil

Posted: **Tue Jul 26, 2022 4:25 pm**

Thank you so much.
I can't believe I didn't notice that option.

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