How to link an additional texture into the shader. LibGDX - java

I'm getting really stucked with this problem.
I need to link a texture to the shader to use it like a displacement map.
Here is my code:
//create method
displacement = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("displacementMap.png"));
shaderProgram = new ShaderProgram(Gdx.files.internal("vertexShader.vert"),Gdx.files.internal("fragmentShader.frag"));
shaderProgram.pedantic = false;
batch.setShader(shaderProgram);
shaderProgram.setUniformi("u_texture2",1);
Gdx.gl.glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE1);
displacement.bind();
Gdx.gl.glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
//render method
Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 1);
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
batch.begin();
image.draw(batch);
batch.end();
My fragment shader is:
#ifdef GL_ES
#define LOWP lowp
precision mediump float;
#else
#define LOWP
#endif
varying LOWP vec4 v_color;
varying vec2 v_texCoords;
uniform sampler2D u_texture;
uniform sampler2D u_texture2;
void main(){
vec4 buf = texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords);
gl_FragColor = buf;
}
So I realized that the both textures is set to my "image" by changing the u_texture to u_texture2.
Hope anybody can help, thanks.

To set the shader uniforms, you must first bind the shader:
shaderProgram.begin();
shaderProgram.setUniformi("u_texture2",1);
shaderProgram.end();
Note the above only has to be done once and the value will stick with the shader.
You're binding the texture correctly, but it's a good idea to do that right before batch.begin() in case you are binding some other texture to that texture unit somewhere else in your application. And you must be sure to call Gdx.gl.glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0); after binding because SpriteBatch always assumes the active texture has been left at 0.

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I have a simple shader to make scanlines in my 2d game which works fine and is as follows:
#ifdef GL_ES
precision mediump float;
#endif
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varying vec2 v_texCoords;
uniform sampler2D u_texture;
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if (mod(p.y, 6.0)==0.0)
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But if I change the alpha value in the vec4 for the fragment colour, it has no effect, the scanlines are equally black at 0.1 as they are at 1.0. I saw some other questions regarding this which advised to enable blending, but I tried that to no avail.
This is my render method with blending enabled.
#Override
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}
This isn't a blending problem. The issue is your shader only draws either a translucent black pixel, or the color of whatever texture region is being drawn. These black pixels are just getting blended with what's already on the screen (in this case the black clear color).
I assume what you actually want here is for the scan lines not to be pure black. So you should be drawing the color of the texture region everywhere, and just darken it slightly where the scan lines are. You don't want to be modifying the alpha that the shader outputs, or when you have overlapping sprites, the scanline will appear darker in that area.
So change your shader like this:
#ifdef GL_ES
precision mediump float;
#endif
varying vec4 v_color;
varying vec2 v_texCoords;
uniform sampler2D u_texture;
const float DARK_LINE_BRIGHTNESS = 0.9;
void main() {
vec4 color = v_color * texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords);
vec2 p = vec2(floor(gl_FragCoord.x), floor(gl_FragCoord.y));
if (mod(p.y, 6.0)==0.0)
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else
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}
However, if/else should be avoided in fragment shaders because it performs significantly worse in most cases. (Exception is if the if statement evaluates to the same value for many pixels in a row, such as with if (u_someUniformBoolean).) You could rewrite it like this:
void main() {
vec4 color = v_color * texture2D(u_texture, v_texCoords);
vec2 p = vec2(floor(gl_FragCoord.x), floor(gl_FragCoord.y));
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Split a Texture into puzzle pieces In libgdx

I am trying to convert android Canvas based game to Libgdx due to performance issues. Currently I am facing issues when I have to generate jigsaw puzzle piece sprites (dynamically).
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Question 2 : How can I create an area just to represent the puzzle piece.
(bounding box or width/height based solution is not suitable), so that user can drag the piece when he/she only touches on that texture area.
Question 3 : Best way to detect when adjacent puzzle pieces are moved closer to each other by the user.
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Vertex Shader: Vertex shaders are responsible for performing operations on vertices.
`
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varying vec2 v_texCoord0;
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{
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v_texCoord0 = a_texCoord0;
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2.Fragment Shader: A fragment shader functions in a very similar way to a vertex shader. But instead of processing it on a vertex it processes it once for each fragment.
`#ifdef GL_ES
precision mediump float;
#endif
uniform sampler2D u_texture;
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I currently have a default sprite batch:
batch = new SpriteBatch();
I have read about using shaders to modify how the batch draws each sprite. In my game, I am try to create a 'nighttime' effect - I want every pixel on screen to be black, except for pixels that are already white. For the white pixels, I want a shade of blue. Obviously I am new to libgdx and openGL - can anyone who is familiar with blending or shaders help me out with this? What should I do to my spritebatch to achieve the effect that I am describing?
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varying vec4 v_color;
varying vec2 v_texCoords;
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uniform mat4 u_projTrans;
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To be honest it has (almost) nothing common with SpriteBatch - all you have to do with it is just apply created shader
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You can start right here:
https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/wiki/Shaders

Using deferred rendering, getting blank output

So I'm working with Java/LibGDX and I'm trying to set up the very basics of deferred rendering, namely rendering the actual game art to one color buffer of an FBO and the corresponding normals to another color buffer of the FBO.
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I'm sort of sure this works, since if I just render some sprites completely normally with it enabled to the screen (not an FBO), they do render.
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The following code is in the render loop.
The basic idea is I'm doing binding the two color buffers of the FBO with glDrawBuffers. I then bind two texture units, game art and normal'd game art. My shader above is supposed to take this and output game art to one color buffer and the corresponding normal art to the other.
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So like I said, the end output is blank. I'm sure the FBO I create is valid since I check with glCheckFramebufferStatus.
It's just when I take the color texture(s) from that FBO and draw them to the screen, they're blank. I don't know where I'm going wrong.
Appreciate any input.
Last Ive checked the gl30 wasnt really ready for prime time in LibGDX.
That said, Ive achieved exactly what you want, but in gl20. Even if you have other reasons to use gl30, perhaps you will find my implementation useful source, video.
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intBuffer.put(GL30.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0);
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I'm making a program with OpenGL ES 2.0. I need to render a texture on top of another, like a clock hand. The textures are both 1024 x 1024 and are transparent. The transparency is always rendering black, and this is preventing me from overlaying the clock hand texture over the clock.
simple_fragment_shader.glsl
precision mediump float;
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attribute vec4 a_Position;
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varying vec4 v_Color;
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I hope this help you:)

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