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.

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