PassType
EditThe three different types of Pass objects. Each Pass has a single type, which determines the type of work it does and which functions can be called on it.
| Value | Description |
| render | A render pass renders graphics to a set of up to four color textures and an optional depth texture. The textures all need to have the same dimensions and sample counts. The textures can have multiple layers, and all rendering work will be broadcast to each layer. Each layer can use a different camera pose, which is used for stereo rendering. |
| compute |
A compute pass runs compute shaders. Compute passes usually only call Pass:setShader, Pass:send, and Pass:compute. All of the compute work in a single compute pass is run in parallel, so multiple compute passes should be used if one compute pass needs to happen after a different one.
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| transfer |
A transfer pass copies data to and from GPU memory in Buffer and Texture objects. Transfer passes use Pass:copy, Pass:clear, Pass:blit, Pass:mipmap, and Pass:read. Similar to compute passes, all the work in a transfer pass happens in parallel, so multiple passes should be used if the transfers need to be ordered.
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