Getting specific LoD or bias with texture2DGrad()

hello

i have to sample a texture inside a loop, which of course gives artifacts, as detailed here: http://www.opengl.org/pipeline/article/vol001_5/

the workaround is calculation of the gradients before the loop and using texture2DGrad() in the loop instead of texture2D().

the thing is, i am using either the bias argument to texure2D() or texture2DLod() with a specific lod to pick.

now, texture2DGrad() doesn’t accept an lod or bias argument, because the gradients already have this information.

so the question is how do i have to scale the gradients to get a specific LoD or bias?

vec2 dPdx = dFdx(myTC);
vec2 dPdy = dFdy(myTC);


texture2DGrad(myStripeMap, myTC, dPdx, dPdy); // how to force a) a specific lod and b) a specific bias here?

thanks in advance!

bye, julian

P.S. it seems using texture2D() in a loop produces no more artifacts on NVIDIA on Win32 with drivers > 190.x. can anyone confirm or deny?

I’d suggest scaling the gradients by 2^(-bias).

In order to get a specific LoD, use texture2DLod(). In that case you don’t need the gradients.

thanks i a lot i’ll try this now…

dividing the gradients by this value works fine.

thanks!

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