SDL_BindGPUGraphicsPipeline(3)

💖 SDL_BindGPUGraphicsPipeline 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, where we're talking about SDL_BindGPUGraphicsPipeline and honestly? it's giving backstage-pass energy 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_BindGPUGraphicsPipeline — binds a graphics pipeline on a render pass so it can be used in rendering. literally the "okay everyone, THIS is the outfit we're wearing" moment for your GPU 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_gpu.h>

void SDL_BindGPUGraphicsPipeline(
    SDL_GPURenderPass *render_pass,
    SDL_GPUGraphicsPipeline *graphics_pipeline);

no return value, she just does the thing and leaves. iconic behavior honestly 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: a graphics pipeline must be bound before you make any draw calls. like, you cannot skip this step. no pipeline bound = no draw calls, periodt. it's the prerequisite, the vibe check, the "you can't sit with us until you've picked a pipeline" of the whole rendering situation 🔥

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🫶 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🫶

• render_pass — a render pass handle. this is the lil hangout spot where the rendering is happening 🌈
• graphics_pipeline — the graphics pipeline to bind. the star of the show, the main character, the one we're putting on stage ✨

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older, bestie, it's not there yet 😭

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and that's the whole page, no cap 💜

signed off with love from the Simple Directmedia Layer girlies — this is SDL 3.4.18 documentation, mwah 🎀💋