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CommandBuffer

class in UnityEngine.Rendering

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Description

List of graphics commands to execute.

Command buffers hold list of rendering commands ("set render target, draw mesh, ..."). They can be set to execute at various points during camera rendering (see Camera.AddCommandBuffer), light rendering (see Light.AddCommandBuffer) or be executed immediately (see Graphics.ExecuteCommandBuffer).

Typically they would be used to extend Unity's rendering pipeline in some custom ways. For example, you could render some additional objects into deferred rendering g-buffer after all regular objects are done, or do custom processing of light shadow maps. See command buffers overview page for more details.

Command buffers can be created and then executed many times if needed.

See Also: Camera.AddCommandBuffer, Light.AddCommandBuffer, CameraEvent, LightEvent, Graphics.ExecuteCommandBuffer, command buffers overview.

Variables

nameName of this command buffer.
sizeInBytesSize of this command buffer in bytes (Read Only).

Constructors

CommandBufferCreate a new empty command buffer.

Public Functions

BeginSampleAdds a command to begin profile sampling.
BlitAdd a "blit into a render texture" command.
ClearClear all commands in the buffer.
ClearRenderTargetAdds a "clear render target" command.
CopyCounterValueAdds a command to copy ComputeBuffer counter value.
CopyTextureAdds a command to copy a texture into another texture.
DisableShaderKeywordAdds a command to disable global shader keyword.
DispatchComputeAdd a command to execute a ComputeShader.
DrawMeshAdd a "draw mesh" command.
DrawMeshInstancedAdd a "draw mesh with instancing" command.The command will not immediately fail and throw an exception if Material.enableInstancing is false, but it will log an error and skips rendering each time the command is being executed if such a condition is detected.InvalidOperationException will be thrown if the current platform doesn't support this API (i.e. if GPU instancing is not available). See SystemInfo.supportsInstancing.
DrawMeshInstancedIndirectAdd a "draw mesh with indirect instancing" command.
DrawProceduralAdd a "draw procedural geometry" command.
DrawProceduralIndirectAdd a "draw procedural geometry" command.
DrawRendererAdd a "draw renderer" command.
EnableShaderKeywordAdds a command to enable global shader keyword.
EndSampleAdds a command to begin profile sampling.
GetTemporaryRTAdd a "get a temporary render texture" command.
IssuePluginEventSend a user-defined event to a native code plugin.
ReleaseTemporaryRTAdd a "release a temporary render texture" command.
SetComputeBufferParamAdds a command to set an input or output buffer parameter on a ComputeShader.
SetComputeFloatParamAdds a command to set a float parameter on a ComputeShader.
SetComputeFloatParamsAdds a command to set multiple consecutive float parameters on a ComputeShader.
SetComputeIntParamAdds a command to set an integer parameter on a ComputeShader.
SetComputeIntParamsAdds a command to set multiple consecutive integer parameters on a ComputeShader.
SetComputeTextureParamAdds a command to set a texture parameter on a ComputeShader.
SetComputeVectorParamAdds a command to set a vector parameter on a ComputeShader.
SetGlobalBufferAdd a "set global shader buffer property" command.
SetGlobalColorAdd a "set global shader color property" command.
SetGlobalDepthBiasAdd a command to set global depth bias.
SetGlobalFloatAdd a "set global shader float property" command.
SetGlobalFloatArrayAdd a "set global shader float array property" command.
SetGlobalMatrixAdd a "set global shader matrix property" command.
SetGlobalMatrixArrayAdd a "set global shader matrix array property" command.
SetGlobalTextureAdd a "set global shader texture property" command, referencing a RenderTexture.
SetGlobalVectorAdd a "set global shader vector property" command.
SetGlobalVectorArrayAdd a "set global shader vector array property" command.
SetProjectionMatrixAdd a command to set the projection matrix.
SetRenderTargetAdd a "set active render target" command.
SetShadowSamplingModeAdd a "set shadow sampling mode" command.
SetViewMatrixAdd a command to set the view matrix.
SetViewportAdd a command to set the rendering viewport.
SetViewProjectionMatricesAdd a command to set the view and projection matrices.