I did not seen any built in variable to access currently rendered pixel color and depth - I mean not the currently processed pixel but already processed pixel, available in the frame buffer (in case of a multipasse rendering).
What I'm talking about would be a kind of gl_FragColor or gl_FragDepth but giving current frame buffer color and depth for the current pixel processed. Do you know how to access it ?
Right now there's no possibility to access the frame buffer. If you use multipass techniques you have to use textures right now.
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Long time your posts are ago. So, is there now a possibility to access the framebuffer like you said in the topic??
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I believe this issue was considered a long time ago when they were designing GLSL. They talked about having built-in variables gl_FBColor, gl_FBDepth, and gl_FBStencil. From what I've read, they decided against these variables because they would be impractical to implement and have poor performance.
Have a look at issues 7 and 23 at the bottom of the GLSL spec. http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-samp...ll.1.10.59.pdf
Alright, then I have to find a different solution.
Thanx anyway
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