SDL_GPURENDERSTATECREATEINFO(3type)

🌸 SDL_GPURenderStateCreateInfo 🌸

okay so you're in the SDL3 DATATYPES section of the manual and you just found the struct that holds every single deet about a GPU render state. no cap, this is the whole vibe ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GPURenderStateCreateInfo — the lil struct that lists out all the parameters of a GPU render state 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_render.h>

typedef struct SDL_GPURenderStateCreateInfo
{
    SDL_GPUShader *fragment_shader; /**< The fragment shader to use when this render state is active */

    Sint32 num_sampler_bindings;    /**< The number of additional fragment samplers to bind when this render state is active */
    const SDL_GPUTextureSamplerBinding *sampler_bindings;   /**< Additional fragment samplers to bind when this render state is active */

    Sint32 num_storage_textures;    /**< The number of storage textures to bind when this render state is active */
    SDL_GPUTexture *const *storage_textures;    /**< Storage textures to bind when this render state is active */

    Sint32 num_storage_buffers;     /**< The number of storage buffers to bind when this render state is active */
    SDL_GPUBuffer *const *storage_buffers;      /**< Storage buffers to bind when this render state is active */

    SDL_PropertiesID props;         /**< A properties ID for extensions. Should be 0 if no extensions are needed. */
} SDL_GPURenderStateCreateInfo;

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically bestie, every field in here is a thing that gets bound the moment this render state goes active. let me walk you through it 🫶

• fragment_shader — a SDL_GPUShader *, and it's the fragment shader that's doing the work while this render state is the one on stage 👑
• num_sampler_bindings — a Sint32, the count of extra fragment samplers you're binding while this render state is active. it's giving "how many more besties am I bringing" 💅
• sampler_bindings — a const SDL_GPUTextureSamplerBinding *, i.e. the actual extra fragment samplers getting bound when this render state is active ✨
• num_storage_textures — a Sint32, the number of storage textures to bind while this render state is active 🌸
• storage_textures — an SDL_GPUTexture *const *, the storage textures themselves that get bound when this render state is active 🦋
• num_storage_buffers — a Sint32, how many storage buffers get bound while this render state is active 💜
• storage_buffers — an SDL_GPUBuffer *const *, the actual storage buffers that get bound when this render state is active 🌈
• props — a SDL_PropertiesID for extensions. and listen: this one should be 0 if you don't need any extensions. periodt 🔥

not me double-checking that props is 0 when you're not using extensions 🙈 it literally says "Should be 0 if no extensions are needed", so don't be out here passing vibes instead of a zero 💀

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✨ AVAILABILITY ✨

this struct has been around since SDL 3.4.0, iconic behavior honestly 👑

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• SDL_CreateGPURenderState(3)

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate 💖 written under Simple Directmedia Layer, SDL 3.4.18 — go make something gorgeous with it, mwah 🎀💅