Author Topic: Software Emulation for PostFX? (Read 4891 times)

Pfhreak · « **on:** October 19, 2007, 10:27:39 pm »

Is there a way to emulate the pixel shading in sofware? I'd like to test some effects on my laptop, which has onboard graphics.

Laurent · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2007, 06:50:52 am »

I don't think OpenGL implementations provide a software emulation for fragment programs. Maybe some GPU constructors provide it through an extension, what graphics card are you using ?

dabo · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2007, 01:22:21 pm »

While we are talking about postfx, what are the requirements to use it? it says my system doesn't support it.

Laurent · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2007, 07:47:02 pm »

PostFX use OpenGL fragment programs, so you can check the following extensions :
GL_ARB_fragment_program
GL_ARB_shader_objects
GL_ARB_shading_language_100

You can use this software to check extensions for your GPU or others :
http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/

Pfhreak · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2007, 09:32:27 pm »

Intel 965/963 Graphics Media Accelerator

Unfortunately, I do not support those extensions.

My desktop machine does though. So I suppose I can just move my SFML program back and forth as needed.

Edit: I looked into NVEmulate, but couldn't get it to do anything.