load a dummy shader to init GLContext limits

This solves a chicken and egg problem when loading shaders that need to
know about GLContext limits.

Also moved initGLContext() from tangerine.cpp to shader.cpp

src/dummy_shader.h

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+#pragma once
+
+
+const char* DUMMY_VERTEX_SHADER = R"VS(
+#version 330 core
+layout (location = 0) in vec3 position;
+
+uniform mat4 world_transform;
+uniform mat4 MVP;
+
+
+void main()
+{
+	gl_Position =  MVP * world_transform * vec4(position, 1);
+}
+)VS";
+
+const char* DUMMY_FRAGMENT_SHADER = R"FS(
+#version 330 core
+
+out vec4 color;
+
+
+void main()
+{
+	color = vec4(1, 0, 0, 1);
+}
+)FS";
+

src/shader.cpp

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "asset.h"
 #include "dumbLog.h"
+#include "dummy_shader.h"
 #define GL_DEBUG_IMPLEMENTATION
 #include "GLDebug.h"
 #include "shader.h"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 
 const std::string dumpTextFile(const char* filepath);
 bool parseShader(MemoryArena* arena, GLContext* gl_ctx, ShaderProgram* s);
+void loadDummyShader();
 void initCTXSizes(GLContext* gl_ctx);
 bool compileAndLinkShader(ShaderProgram* shader,
 	const char* vert_src,
@@ -36,6 +38,28 @@ void* getMeshData(const Mesh& m, const GLBufferToAttribMapping& mapping);
 
 // NOTE: interface
 
+GLContext*
+initGLContext(MemoryArena* arena,
+	u32 max_shaders,
+	u32 max_textures,
+	u32 max_ubos)
+{
+	GLContext* gl_ctx = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, GLContext, 1);
+	gl_ctx->max_shaders = max_shaders;
+	gl_ctx->shaders = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, ShaderProgram, max_shaders);
+	gl_ctx->max_ubos = max_ubos;
+	gl_ctx->uniform_buffers = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, GLBuffer, max_ubos);
+	gl_ctx->max_textures = max_textures;
+	gl_ctx->textures = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, GLTexture, max_textures);
+
+	// NOTE: load a dummy shader to avoid chicken and egg problem where we need
+	// 	GLContext info before we can parse a shader, which needs GLContext info
+	loadDummyShader();
+	initCTXSizes(gl_ctx);
+
+	return gl_ctx;
+}
+
 bool
 addShaderProgram(MemoryArena* arena,
 	GLContext* gl_ctx,
@@ -66,9 +90,6 @@ addShaderProgram(MemoryArena* arena,
 		GLuint vs_id, fs_id;
 
 		if (compileAndLinkShader(s, vert.c_str(), frag.c_str(), vs_id, fs_id)) {
-			// NOTE: we call this here because we can only make the GL_MAX*
-			// 	queries after at least one shader has been linked
-			initCTXSizes(gl_ctx);
 			s->node_xform_id = glGetUniformLocation(s->prog_id, "node_xform");
 			// TODO: add sampler uniform detection in dynamic shader parsing
 			s->sampler_id = glGetUniformLocation(s->prog_id, "sampler");
@@ -418,6 +439,20 @@ dumpTextFile(const char* filepath)
 	return s;
 }
 
+void
+loadDummyShader()
+{
+	GLuint vs_id = 0, fs_id = 0;
+	ShaderProgram temp_shader = {0};
+	bool ret = compileAndLinkShader(&temp_shader,
+									DUMMY_VERTEX_SHADER,
+									DUMMY_FRAGMENT_SHADER,
+									vs_id,
+									fs_id);
+	assert(ret);
+	glDeleteProgram(temp_shader.prog_id);
+}
+
 u32
 getGLTypeSize(GLenum e)
 {

src/shader.h

@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ const glm::vec3 DEFAULT_CAM_POS = { 0, 0, 50.f };
 const glm::vec3 DEFAULT_LOOK_POS = { 0, 0, 0 };
 
 
+GLContext* initGLContext(MemoryArena* arena,
+	u32 max_shaders,
+	u32 max_textures,
+	u32 max_ubos);
+
 // NOTE: every shader program is assumed to have one uniform block named
 // 	"matrices" that contains the projection and view matrices, and one uniform
 // 	named "node_xform" for the node matrix

src/tangerine.cpp

@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ initRenderState(u32 max_models,
 		rs->render_groups = ARENA_ALLOC(rs->rg_arena, RenderGroup,
 				DEFAULT_RENDER_GROUP_COUNT);
 
-		// FIXME: revisit for 'Scene' abstraction
-		rs->max_lights = 32;
-		rs->lights = ARENA_ALLOC(rs->rg_arena, PointLight, rs->max_lights);
+		if (!initGraphics(&rs->handles)) {
+			LOGF(Error, "error initializing renderer\n");
+			return nullptr;
+		}
 
 		rs->gl_ctx = initGLContext(rs->assets.arena,
 				max_shaders,
@@ -51,8 +52,6 @@ initRenderState(u32 max_models,
 				max_ubos);
 
 		rs->xforms = ARENA_ALLOC(rs->assets.arena, Transforms, 1);
-		rs->handles = UTIL_ALLOC(1, SDLHandles);
-		initGraphics(rs->handles);
 
 		// FIXME: need to test this with another shader that has another UBO
 		GLBuffer& ubo = rs->gl_ctx->uniform_buffers[rs->gl_ctx->num_ubos++];
@@ -69,11 +68,10 @@ void
 freeRenderState(RenderState*& rs)
 {
 	if (rs) {
-		SDL_GL_DeleteContext(rs->handles->sdl_gl_ctx);
-		SDL_DestroyWindow(rs->handles->window);
+		SDL_GL_DeleteContext(rs->handles.sdl_gl_ctx);
+		SDL_DestroyWindow(rs->handles.window);
 		arenaFree(rs->assets.arena);
 		arenaFree(rs->rg_arena);
-		utilSafeFree(rs->handles);
 		utilSafeFree(rs);
 		rs = nullptr;
 	}
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@ doRenderLoop(RenderState* rs,
 		if (cb_func_post != nullptr)
 			cb_func_post(rs);
 
-		SDL_GL_SwapWindow(rs->handles->window);
+		SDL_GL_SwapWindow(rs->handles.window);
 		frameTime = SDL_GetTicks() - frameStart;
 
 		if (delay > frameTime)
@@ -291,20 +289,3 @@ initGraphics(SDLHandles* handles)
 	return handles->window != nullptr;
 }
 
-GLContext*
-initGLContext(MemoryArena* arena,
-	u32 max_shaders,
-	u32 max_textures,
-	u32 max_ubos)
-{
-	GLContext* gl_ctx = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, GLContext, 1);
-	gl_ctx->max_shaders = max_shaders;
-	gl_ctx->shaders = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, ShaderProgram, max_shaders);
-	gl_ctx->max_ubos = max_ubos;
-	gl_ctx->uniform_buffers = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, GLBuffer, max_ubos);
-	gl_ctx->max_textures = max_textures;
-	gl_ctx->textures = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, GLTexture, max_textures);
-
-	return gl_ctx;
-}
-

src/tangerine.h

@@ -106,12 +106,24 @@ struct GLClearColor
 	GLfloat A;
 };
 
+// NOTE: structure to match the layout of the 'lights' uniform in a shader
+struct LightsBuffer
+{
+	u32 active_p_lights;
+	u32 max_p_lights;
+	u32 active_d_lights;
+	u32 max_d_lights;
+	// FIXME: do we need any padding here for layout(std 140)?
+	PointLight* p_lights;
+	PointLight* d_lights; // TODO: directional lights
+};
+
 struct RenderState
 {
 	bool running;
 	GLClearColor clear_col;
 	Transforms* xforms; // NOTE: would be part of camera in libTangerine
-	SDLHandles* handles;
+	SDLHandles handles;
 	GLContext* gl_ctx;
 	Assets assets;