counterpart to "float4 uv[8] :TEXCOORD0" in GLSL

I am implementing the Summed-Area Table algorithm. There is a statement


float4 uv[8]:TEXCOORD0;

in the shader code originally written in HLSL in Slide 9 in the following slides
Summed-Area Table AMD
When complied in GLSL, it failed and said “OpenGL does not allow Cg-style semantics”.

Is there any way in GLSL to achieve the same effect?

Since that seems to be part of their VSoutput, I would hazard a guess that it is a vertex shader and that uv thing is a texcoordinate input for your vertex shader.

In GLSL version 1.10
you use gl_MultiTexCoord0

This is from AMD’s RenderMonkey Earth example


#version 110

// Earth vertex shader computes lighting coefficients.
//
// Note: For optimal light animation set the RenderMonkey cycle time 
// for predefined variables to 20 seconds.  (Found in the Edit->Preferences).

// predefined variables used to animate light direction
uniform float cos_time_0_2PI, sin_time_0_2PI;

// artist variable to control season
uniform float season;

// varying variables passed to fragment shader
varying float Diffuse;
varying vec3  Specular;
varying vec2  TexCoord;

void main(void)
{
    // calculate vertex position in eye coordinates
    vec4 ecPosition = gl_ModelViewMatrix * gl_Vertex;
    
    // compute the transformed normal
    vec3 tnorm      = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * gl_Normal);

    // compute the light vector pointing toward the sun, in model coordinates
    // x,y compose the longitude and z the (seasonal) lattitude of the nadir point.
    vec3 lightVec = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3(cos_time_0_2PI, season,sin_time_0_2PI));

    // compute the reflection vector
    vec3 reflectVec = reflect(-lightVec, tnorm);
    
    // compute a unit vector in direction of viewing position
    vec3 viewVec    = normalize(vec3 (-ecPosition));

    // Calculate specular light intensity, scale down and
    // apply a slightly yellowish tint. 
    float specIntensity = pow(max(dot(reflectVec, viewVec), 0.0), 8.0);
    specIntensity       = 0.3 * specIntensity; 
    Specular            = specIntensity * vec3 (1.0, 0.941, 0.898);
    
    // Calculate a diffuse light intensity
    Diffuse             = dot(lightVec, tnorm);

    // Pass texture coordinates fragment shader
    TexCoord    = vec2 (gl_MultiTexCoord0);
    TexCoord.x  = TexCoord.x;
    
    // output final vertex information
    gl_Position     = gl_ModelViewProjectionMatrix * gl_Vertex;
}

Sorry, but it is a vertex shader output (an input for the fragment shader). See the original code here:


void satHV(
			float4 position: POSITION,
			float2 inUV: TEXCOORD0,
			
			out float4 oPosition: POSITION,
			out float4 uv[8]    : TEXCOORD0,
			
			uniform float fPassIndex,
			uniform float4x4 modelViewProjMatrix)
{
	oPosition = mul(modelViewProjMatrix, position);
	float passOffSet = pow(16.0, fPassIndex)/256;
	
	uv[0].xy = inUV;
	uv[0].wz = uv[0].xy - float2(passOffSet, 0);
	
	for(int i = 1; i < 8; i++)
	{
		uv[i].xy = uv[0].xy - float2(2.0 * i * passOffSet, 0);
		uv[i].wz = uv[0].xy - float2((2.0 * i + 1.0) * passOffSet, 0);
	}
	
		
}

I rewrote it with GLSL, like the following:


#version 330

in vec3 pos;
in vec2 inUV;

smooth out vec4 uv[8]: TEXCOORD0;

uniform int fPassIndex;

void main(void){
	gl_Position = vec4(pos, 1.0);
	
	float passOffSet = pow(16.0, fPassIndex)/256;
	
	uv[0].xy = inUV;
	uv[0].wz = uv[0].xy - vec2(passOffSet, 0);
	
	for(int i = 1; i < 8; i++)
	{
		uv[i].xy = uv[0].xy - vec2(2.0 * i * passOffSet, 0);
		uv[i].wz = uv[0].xy - vec2((2.0 * i + 1.0) * passOffSet, 0);
	}
}


but GLSL cannot recognize that statement.

That’s because the statement has no meaning for OpenGL.

With the exception of separate shaders, the connection between shader outputs and inputs is done by name. If your vertex shader has a out vec4 uv[8], then your fragment shader needs a corresponding in vec4 uv[8] to match.

Separate shader objects allows the intersection to be made via an index, but that only works when doing dynamic linking between separate programs.