glimg::loaders::dds Namespace Reference

Contains the DDS loader functions and exceptions. More...

Classes
class	DdsLoaderException
	Base class for all exceptions thrown by the DDS loaders. More...
class	DdsFileNotFoundException
	Thrown if the DDS file could not be opened. More...
class	DdsFileMalformedException
	Thrown if the DDS data is not a valid DDS format. More...
class	DdsFileUnsupportedException
	Thrown if the DDS format uses features that the loader cannot yet handle. More...

Functions
ImageSet *	LoadFromFile (const std::string &filename)
	Loads a DDS file from the disk, given an ASCII filename. More...
ImageSet *	LoadFromMemory (const unsigned char *buffer, size_t bufSize)
	As LoadFromFile, but from an already loaded buffer. The buffer pointer may be deleted after this call.

Detailed Description

Contains the DDS loader functions and exceptions.

Function Documentation

ImageSet* glimg::loaders::dds::LoadFromFile

(

const std::string &

filename

)

Loads a DDS file from the disk, given an ASCII filename.

DDS is a good texture format, because it naturally fits the needs of textures. It supports features like mipmaps and arrays that other image formats do not.

Exceptions

DdsLoaderException

The image could not be loaded. There are derived classes from this type that could be thrown.

Returns

An ImageSet that represents the loaded image data.

Todo:

Flip the textures, or allow the user to decide not to.

Get 3D textures working.

Implement the D3D10 format.

Get array textures working. With mipmaps.

Get cubemap array textures working.