BufferDataFormat

Available since LÖVE 12.0

This enum is not supported in earlier versions.

Data formats of individual array elements in GraphicsBuffers and Meshes.

Constants

Data Format string	Description	Vertex buffers	Index buffers	Texel buffers	Shader Storage buffers	Indirect Arguments buffers
float	Single 32 bit floating point number.	Yes		Yes	Yes
floatvec2	2-component vector of 32 bit floats.	Yes		Yes	Yes
floatvec3	3-component vector of 32 bit floats.	Yes		Yes	Yes
floatvec4	4-component vector of 32 bit floats.	Yes		Yes	Yes
floatmat2x2	Matrix of 32 bit floats with 2 rows and 2 columns.				Yes
floatmat2x3	Matrix of 32 bit floats with 2 rows and 3 columns.				Yes
floatmat2x4	Matrix of 32 bit floats with 2 rows and 4 columns.				Yes
floatmat3x2	Matrix of 32 bit floats with 3 rows and 2 columns.				Yes
floatmat3x3	Matrix of 32 bit floats with 3 rows and 3 columns.				Yes
floatmat3x4	Matrix of 32 bit floats with 3 rows and 4 columns.				Yes
floatmat4x2	Matrix of 32 bit floats with 4 rows and 2 columns.				Yes
floatmat4x3	Matrix of 32 bit floats with 4 rows and 3 columns.				Yes
floatmat4x4	Matrix of 32 bit floats with 4 rows and 4 columns.				Yes
int32	Single 32 bit signed integer.	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
int32vec2	2-component vector of 32 bit signed integers.	Yes		Yes	Yes
int32vec3	3-component vector of 32 bit signed integers.	Yes		Yes	Yes
int32vec4	4-component vector of 32 bit signed integers.	Yes		Yes	Yes
uint32	Single 32 bit unsigned integer.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
uint32vec2	2-component vector of 32 bit unsigned integers.	Yes		Yes	Yes
uint32vec3	3-component vector of 32 bit unsigned integers.	Yes		Yes	Yes
uint32vec4	4-component vector of 32 bit unsigned integers.	Yes		Yes	Yes
snorm8vec4	4-component vector of 8 bit signed fixed-point normalized numbers.	Yes
unorm8vec4	4-component vector of 8 bit unsigned fixed-point normalized numbers. Useful for colors.	Yes		Yes
int8vec4	4-component vector of 8 bit signed integers.	Yes		Yes
uint8vec4	4-component vector of 8 bit unsigned integers.	Yes		Yes
snorm16vec2	2-component vector of 16 bit signed fixed-point normalized numbers.	Yes
snorm16vec4	4-component vector of 16 bit signed fixed-point normalized numbers.	Yes
unorm16vec2	2-component vector of 16 bit unsigned fixed-point normalized numbers.	Yes		Yes
unorm16vec4	4-component vector of 16 bit unsigned fixed-point normalized numbers.	Yes		Yes
int16vec2	2-component vector of 16 bit signed integers.	Yes		Yes
int16vec4	4-component vector of signed 16 bit integers.	Yes		Yes
uint16	Single 16 bit unsigned integer.	Yes	Yes	Yes
uint16vec2	4-component vector of 16 bit unsigned integers.	Yes		Yes
uint16vec4	4-component vector of 16 bit unsigned integers.	Yes		Yes

Notes

The int and uint data formats (including vectors of them) can only be used in vertex buffers if the 'glsl3' GraphicsFeature is supported and a glsl3 Shader is used.

See Also

• love.graphics
• GraphicsBuffer
• love.graphics.newBuffer
• love.graphics.newMesh
• GraphicsBuffer:getFormat

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