bevy/examples/shader/animate_shader.rs
Charles 8073362039 add globals to mesh view bind group (#5409)
# Objective

- It's often really useful to have access to the time when writing shaders.

## Solution

- Add a UnifformBuffer in the mesh view bind group
- This buffer contains the time, delta time and a wrapping frame count

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8348954/180130314-97948c2a-2d11-423d-a9c4-fb5c9d1892c7.mp4

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## Changelog

- Added a `GlobalsUniform` at position 9 of the mesh view bind group

## Notes

The implementation is currently split between bevy_render and bevy_pbr because I was basing my implementation on the `ViewPlugin`. I'm not sure if that's the right way to structure it.

I named this `globals` instead of just time because we could potentially add more things to it.

## References in other engines

- Godot: <https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/shaders/shader_reference/canvas_item_shader.html#global-built-ins>
    - Global time since startup, in seconds, by default resets to 0 after 3600 seconds
    - Doesn't seem to have anything else
- Unreal: <https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/RenderingAndGraphics/Materials/ExpressionReference/Constant/>
    - Generic time value that updates every frame. Can be paused or scaled.
    - Frame count node, doesn't seem to be an equivalent for shaders: <https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/BlueprintAPI/Utilities/GetFrameCount/>
- Unity: <https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/SL-UnityShaderVariables.html>
    - time since startup in seconds. No mention of time wrapping. Stored as a `vec4(t/20, t, t*2, t*3)` where `t` is the value in seconds
    - Also has delta time, sin time and cos time
- ShaderToy: <https://www.shadertoy.com/howto>
    - iTime is the time since startup in seconds.
    - iFrameRate
    - iTimeDelta
    - iFrame frame counter

Co-authored-by: Charles <IceSentry@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-09-28 04:20:27 +00:00

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//! A shader that uses dynamic data like the time since startup.
//! The time data is in the globals binding which is part of the `mesh_view_bindings` shader import.
use bevy::{prelude::*, reflect::TypeUuid, render::render_resource::*};
fn main() {
App::new()
.add_plugins(DefaultPlugins)
.add_plugin(MaterialPlugin::<CustomMaterial>::default())
.add_startup_system(setup)
.run();
}
fn setup(
mut commands: Commands,
mut meshes: ResMut<Assets<Mesh>>,
mut materials: ResMut<Assets<CustomMaterial>>,
) {
// cube
commands.spawn(MaterialMeshBundle {
mesh: meshes.add(Mesh::from(shape::Cube { size: 1.0 })),
transform: Transform::from_xyz(0.0, 0.5, 0.0),
material: materials.add(CustomMaterial {}),
..default()
});
// camera
commands.spawn(Camera3dBundle {
transform: Transform::from_xyz(-2.0, 2.5, 5.0).looking_at(Vec3::ZERO, Vec3::Y),
..default()
});
}
#[derive(AsBindGroup, TypeUuid, Debug, Clone)]
#[uuid = "a3d71c04-d054-4946-80f8-ba6cfbc90cad"]
struct CustomMaterial {}
impl Material for CustomMaterial {
fn fragment_shader() -> ShaderRef {
"shaders/animate_shader.wgsl".into()
}
}