Renaming msdfSampler to linearSampler; adding loadShaderModule utility method; busting the rain render out of its render bundle (which won't be useful long-term).

TODO.txt

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ WebGPU
   Render targets
     Resize accordingly
   Blur: compute or render?
+    What is workgroupBarrier in compute shaders?
   The other passes should be a breeze
-    Just add them to the render bundle
 
   Make sure you got CORS right in the texture fetch
   Update links in issues

js/webgpu/main.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import std140 from "./std140.js";
-import { getCanvasSize, loadTexture, makeUniformBuffer } from "./utils.js";
+import { getCanvasSize, loadTexture, loadShaderModule, makeUniformBuffer } from "./utils.js";
+
 const { mat4, vec3 } = glMatrix;
 
 const rippleTypes = {
@@ -30,8 +31,7 @@ export default async (canvas, config) => {
 
 	canvasContext.configure(canvasConfig);
 
-	const msdfTexturePromise = loadTexture(device, config.glyphTexURL);
+	const assets = [loadTexture(device, config.glyphTexURL), loadShaderModule(device, "shaders/wgsl/rainPass.wgsl")];
-	const rainShaderPromise = fetch("shaders/wgsl/rainPass.wgsl").then((response) => response.text());
 
 	// The volumetric mode multiplies the number of columns
 	// to reach the desired density, and then overlaps them
@@ -121,14 +121,12 @@ export default async (canvas, config) => {
 	};
 	updateCameraBuffer();
 
-	const msdfSampler = device.createSampler({
+	const linearSampler = device.createSampler({
 		magFilter: "linear",
 		minFilter: "linear",
 	});
 
-	const [msdfTexture, rainShader] = await Promise.all([msdfTexturePromise, rainShaderPromise]);
+	const [msdfTexture, rainShaderModule] = await Promise.all(assets);
-
-	const rainShaderModule = device.createShaderModule({ code: rainShader });
 
 	const rainComputePipeline = device.createComputePipeline({
 		compute: {
@@ -175,7 +173,7 @@ export default async (canvas, config) => {
 
 	const renderBindGroup = device.createBindGroup({
 		layout: rainRenderPipeline.getBindGroupLayout(0),
-		entries: [configBuffer, timeBuffer, sceneBuffer, msdfSampler, msdfTexture.createView(), cellsBuffer]
+		entries: [configBuffer, timeBuffer, sceneBuffer, linearSampler, msdfTexture.createView(), cellsBuffer]
 			.map((resource) => (resource instanceof GPUBuffer ? { buffer: resource } : resource))
 			.map((resource, binding) => ({
 				binding,
@@ -183,15 +181,6 @@ export default async (canvas, config) => {
 			})),
 	});
 
-	const bundleEncoder = device.createRenderBundleEncoder({
-		colorFormats: [presentationFormat],
-	});
-
-	bundleEncoder.setPipeline(rainRenderPipeline);
-	bundleEncoder.setBindGroup(0, renderBindGroup);
-	bundleEncoder.draw(numVerticesPerQuad * numQuads, 1, 0, 0);
-	const renderBundles = [bundleEncoder.finish()];
-
 	const renderPassConfig = {
 		colorAttachments: [
 			{
@@ -228,8 +217,11 @@ export default async (canvas, config) => {
 
 		renderPassConfig.colorAttachments[0].view = canvasContext.getCurrentTexture().createView();
 		const renderPass = encoder.beginRenderPass(renderPassConfig);
-		renderPass.executeBundles(renderBundles);
+		renderPass.setPipeline(rainRenderPipeline);
+		renderPass.setBindGroup(0, renderBindGroup);
+		renderPass.draw(numVerticesPerQuad * numQuads, 1, 0, 0);
 		renderPass.endPass();
+
 		const commandBuffer = encoder.finish();
 		device.queue.submit([commandBuffer]);
 

js/webgpu/utils.js

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ const loadTexture = async (device, url) => {
 	return texture;
 };
 
+const loadShaderModule = async (device, url) => {
+	const response = await fetch(url);
+	const code = await response.text();
+	return device.createShaderModule({ code });
+};
+
 const makeUniformBuffer = (device, structLayout, values = null) => {
 	const buffer = device.createBuffer({
 		size: structLayout.size,
@@ -40,4 +46,4 @@ const makeUniformBuffer = (device, structLayout, values = null) => {
 	return buffer;
 };
 
-export { getCanvasSize, loadTexture, makeUniformBuffer };
+export { getCanvasSize, loadTexture, loadShaderModule, makeUniformBuffer };

shaders/wgsl/rainPass.wgsl

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 // Render bindings
 [[group(0), binding(2)]] var<uniform> scene : Scene;
-[[group(0), binding(3)]] var msdfSampler : sampler;
+[[group(0), binding(3)]] var linearSampler : sampler;
 [[group(0), binding(4)]] var msdfTexture : texture_2d<f32>;
 [[group(0), binding(5)]] var<storage, read> cells_RO : CellData;
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ fn getSymbolUV(glyphCycle : f32) -> vec2<f32> {
 	var msdfUV = (glyphUV + symbolUV) / f32(config.glyphTextureColumns);
 
 	// MSDF : calculate brightness of fragment based on distance to shape
-	var dist = textureSample(msdfTexture, msdfSampler, msdfUV).rgb;
+	var dist = textureSample(msdfTexture, linearSampler, msdfUV).rgb;
 	var sigDist = median3(dist) - 0.5;
 	var alpha = clamp(sigDist / fwidth(sigDist) + 0.5, 0.0, 1.0);