[1.12.2] A bunch of questions about Forge’s Render Pipeline

[Cadiboo]

This is a bit of a continuation of this thread, but isn’t not the exact same subject so I’ve started a new thread.

My have a bunch of problems to do with rendering, lighting & code practice:

1) I’ve been told that I should be using Forges Render Pipeline instead of the BufferBuilder directly

2) I can’t figure out how (efficiently/properly) to do lighting in my rendering

3) I don’t know to do smooth (ambient occlusion) rendering

So I’m asking the following questions (numbered relating to the problem the address)

1,2,3) How does Forges Render Pipeline work?

3) How can I create my own baked quads (on the fly)? (So that I can pass them to the Pipeline and have all the smooth rendering taken care of)

1) How can I create & render custom shapes using the Pipeline?

 

Anybody feel free to answer any part of any question or just post any information you think is (even slightly) relevant. I can’t find any information anywhere about this.

Edited October 5, 2018 by Cadiboo

[Cadiboo]

So it seems pretty much the entire Pipeline was added in 1 commit about 3 years ago and it has been barely touched (except for optimisation & updates) since.

The only people who have worked on it are RainWarrior (who made it), AlgorithmX2, williewillus and bs2609 (who appears to be maintaining it) (and LexManos & Mezz & cpw with formatting & licensing).

Edit: Looking back through PRs it appears that quite a lot of people understand how the Pipeline works (and how to efficiently use it)

 

If I manage to understand how it works or find any documentation I’ll put it in this thread.

Edited October 6, 2018 by Cadiboo