A compute shader is a program that runs on the GPU, often with data provided to/from the CPU by means of a Sandbox.GpuBuffer`1 or a Sandbox.Texture.

A GPU data buffer intended for use with a Sandbox.ComputeShader. You can read and write arbitrary data to and from the CPU and GPU. This allows for efficient parallel data processing on the GPU. Different GPU buffer types can be used depending on the provided Sandbox.GpuBuffer.UsageFlags. Using the default Sandbox.GpuBuffer.UsageFlags.Structured type buffers map to StructuredBuffer and RWStructuredBuffer in HLSL.

Used to render to the screen using your Graphics Card, or whatever you kids are using in your crazy future computers. Whatever it is I'm sure it isn't fungible and everyone has free money and no-one has to ever work.

A material. Uses several Sandbox.Textures and a Sandbox.Material.Shader with specific settings for more interesting visual effects.

RenderAttributes are a set of values that are passed to the renderer. They can be a variety of primitive types, textures, samplers or buffers. You can access attributes in the shader by binding them to a variable: float4 CornerRadius < Attribute( "BorderRadius" ); >; Texture2D g_tColor < Attribute( "Texture" ); SrgbRead( false ); >;

Essentially wraps a couple of textures that we're going to render to. The color texture and the depth texture.

A shader is a specialized and complex computer program that use world geometry, materials and textures to render graphics.

A texture is an image used in rendering. Can be a static texture loaded from disk, or a dynamic texture rendered to by code. Can also be 2D, 3D (multiple slices), or a cube texture (6 slices).

Represents filtering modes for texture sampling in the rendering pipeline.

Setup for defining gradient fog in a view

2D Drawing functions for a Sandbox.Rendering.CommandList. HudPainter provides a set of methods for drawing shapes, textures, and text onto a command list, typically for HUD or UI rendering.

Allows special setup for reflections, such as offsetting the reflection plane

Allows special setup for refraction, such as offsetting the clip plane

When manually rendering a Renderer this will let you override specific elements of that render. This means you can use most of the Renderer's properties, but override some without disturbing the Renderer itself.

A render target handle used with CommandLists

Used to describe a GPU resources state for barrier transitions.

Represents a sampler state used to control how textures are sampled in shaders. Example usage: SamplerState mySampler < Attribute("sampler"); >; C# binding: var sampler = new SamplerState { Filter = FilterMode.Trilinear, AddressModeU = TextureAddressMode.Wrap, AddressModeV = TextureAddressMode.Wrap, AddressModeW = TextureAddressMode.Clamp, MaxAnisotropy = 4 }; Graphics.Attributes.Set("sampler", sampler);

Specifies how texture coordinates outside the [0.0, 1.0] range are handled.

Gives global access to the texture streaming system.

When manually rendering a camera this will let you override specific elements of that render. This means you can use most of the camera's properties, but override some without disturbing the camera itself.

Command buffer flags allow us to skip command buffers if the camera doesn't want a particular thing. Like post processing.