Support OpenGL < 4.2 in PBS shader #377
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🦟 Bug fix
This PR addresses an issue with models using PBS with the ogre2 render engine on systems that do not support OpenGL 4.2 or higher (i.e. macOS).
Summary
The fix is a one line change to one of the ogre2 GLSL shader templates. The issue is that OpenGL < 4.2 does not support swizzling of scalars (e.g. float) and this feature is used in part of the Fresnel calculation.
(See: Data_Type (GLSL) : Swizzling)
Without this change the ignition rendering example
ogre2_demo
will fail (crash because of an unhandled exception when the shader fails to compile).With the change (and other changes specific to macOS not included in this PR) the
ogre2_demo
and other models that require PBS in ignition gazebo will work.Before Fix
After Fix
ogre2_demo
:ignition-gazebo
rendering the Panda model from the edifice demo world:Tests
There are two tests failing on macOS, however these also fail before this change and I do not think the issue with them is related to the PBS shader.
Checklist
codecheck
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