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C OpenGL DDS Loading Tutorial
/*
Can load easier and more indepth with https://github.com/Hydroque/DDSLoader
Because a lot of crappy, weird DDS file loader files were found online. The resources are actually VERY VERY limited.
Written in C, can very easily port to C++ through casting mallocs (ensure your imports are correct), goto can be replaced.
https://www.gamedev.net/forums/topic/637377-loading-dds-textures-in-opengl-black-texture-showing/
http://www.opengl-tutorial.org/beginners-tutorials/tutorial-5-a-textured-cube/
^ Two examples of terrible code
https://gist.github.com/Hydroque/d1a8a46853dea160dc86aa48618be6f9
^ My first look and clean up 'get it working'
https://ideone.com/WoGThC
^ Improvement details
File Structure:
Section Length
///////////////////
FILECODE 4
HEADER 124
HEADER_DX10* 20 (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb943983(v=vs.85).aspx)
PIXELS fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END); (ftell(f) - 128) - (fourCC == "DX10" ? 17 or 20 : 0)
* the link tells you that this section isn't written unless its a DX10 file
Supports DXT1, DXT3, DXT5.
The problem with supporting DX10 is you need to know what it is used for and how opengl would use it.
File Byte Order:
typedef unsigned int DWORD; // 32bits little endian
type index attribute // description
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
DWORD 0 file_code; //. always `DDS `, or 0x20534444
DWORD 4 size; //. size of the header, always 124 (includes PIXELFORMAT)
DWORD 8 flags; //. bitflags that tells you if data is present in the file
// CAPS 0x1
// HEIGHT 0x2
// WIDTH 0x4
// PITCH 0x8
// PIXELFORMAT 0x1000
// MIPMAPCOUNT 0x20000
// LINEARSIZE 0x80000
// DEPTH 0x800000
DWORD 12 height; //. height of the base image (biggest mipmap)
DWORD 16 width; //. width of the base image (biggest mipmap)
DWORD 20 pitchOrLinearSize; //. bytes per scan line in an uncompressed texture, or bytes in the top level texture for a compressed texture
// D3DX11.lib and other similar libraries unreliably or inconsistently provide the pitch, convert with
// DX* && BC*: max( 1, ((width+3)/4) ) * block-size
// *8*8_*8*8 && UYVY && YUY2: ((width+1) >> 1) * 4
// (width * bits-per-pixel + 7)/8 (divide by 8 for byte alignment, whatever that means)
DWORD 24 depth; //. Depth of a volume texture (in pixels), garbage if no volume data
DWORD 28 mipMapCount; //. number of mipmaps, garbage if no pixel data
DWORD 32 reserved1[11]; //. unused
DWORD 76 Size; //. size of the following 32 bytes (PIXELFORMAT)
DWORD 80 Flags; //. bitflags that tells you if data is present in the file for following 28 bytes
// ALPHAPIXELS 0x1
// ALPHA 0x2
// FOURCC 0x4
// RGB 0x40
// YUV 0x200
// LUMINANCE 0x20000
DWORD 84 FourCC; //. File format: DXT1, DXT2, DXT3, DXT4, DXT5, DX10.
DWORD 88 RGBBitCount; //. Bits per pixel
DWORD 92 RBitMask; //. Bit mask for R channel
DWORD 96 GBitMask; //. Bit mask for G channel
DWORD 100 BBitMask; //. Bit mask for B channel
DWORD 104 ABitMask; //. Bit mask for A channel
DWORD 108 caps; //. 0x1000 for a texture w/o mipmaps
// 0x401008 for a texture w/ mipmaps
// 0x1008 for a cube map
DWORD 112 caps2; //. bitflags that tells you if data is present in the file
// CUBEMAP 0x200 Required for a cube map.
// CUBEMAP_POSITIVEX 0x400 Required when these surfaces are stored in a cube map.
// CUBEMAP_NEGATIVEX 0x800 ^
// CUBEMAP_POSITIVEY 0x1000 ^
// CUBEMAP_NEGATIVEY 0x2000 ^
// CUBEMAP_POSITIVEZ 0x4000 ^
// CUBEMAP_NEGATIVEZ 0x8000 ^
// VOLUME 0x200000 Required for a volume texture.
DWORD 114 caps3; //. unused
DWORD 116 caps4; //. unused
DWORD 120 reserved2; //. unused
*/
GLuint texture_loadDDS(const char* path) {
// lay out variables to be used
unsigned char* header;
unsigned int width;
unsigned int height;
unsigned int mipMapCount;
unsigned int blockSize;
unsigned int format;
unsigned int w;
unsigned int h;
unsigned char* buffer = 0;
GLuint tid = 0;
// open the DDS file for binary reading and get file size
FILE* f;
if((f = fopen(path, "rb")) == 0)
return 0;
fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
long file_size = ftell(f);
fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
// allocate new unsigned char space with 4 (file code) + 124 (header size) bytes
// read in 128 bytes from the file
header = malloc(128);
fread(header, 1, 128, f);
// compare the `DDS ` signature
if(memcmp(header, "DDS ", 4) != 0)
goto exit;
// extract height, width, and amount of mipmaps - yes it is stored height then width
height = (header[12]) | (header[13] << 8) | (header[14] << 16) | (header[15] << 24);
width = (header[16]) | (header[17] << 8) | (header[18] << 16) | (header[19] << 24);
mipMapCount = (header[28]) | (header[29] << 8) | (header[30] << 16) | (header[31] << 24);
// figure out what format to use for what fourCC file type it is
// block size is about physical chunk storage of compressed data in file (important)
if(header[84] == 'D') {
switch(header[87]) {
case '1': // DXT1
format = GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT1_EXT;
blockSize = 8;
break;
case '3': // DXT3
format = GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT3_EXT;
blockSize = 16;
break;
case '5': // DXT5
format = GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT5_EXT;
blockSize = 16;
break;
case '0': // DX10
// unsupported, else will error
// as it adds sizeof(struct DDS_HEADER_DXT10) between pixels
// so, buffer = malloc((file_size - 128) - sizeof(struct DDS_HEADER_DXT10));
default: goto exit;
}
} else // BC4U/BC4S/ATI2/BC55/R8G8_B8G8/G8R8_G8B8/UYVY-packed/YUY2-packed unsupported
goto exit;
// allocate new unsigned char space with file_size - (file_code + header_size) magnitude
// read rest of file
buffer = malloc(file_size - 128);
if(buffer == 0)
goto exit;
fread(buffer, 1, file_size, f);
// prepare new incomplete texture
glGenTextures(1, &tid);
if(tid == 0)
goto exit;
// bind the texture
// make it complete by specifying all needed parameters and ensuring all mipmaps are filled
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, tid);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, 0);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, mipMapCount-1); // opengl likes array length of mipmaps
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR); // don't forget to enable mipmaping
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_REPEAT);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_REPEAT);
// prepare some variables
unsigned int offset = 0;
unsigned int size = 0;
w = width;
h = height;
// loop through sending block at a time with the magic formula
// upload to opengl properly, note the offset transverses the pointer
// assumes each mipmap is 1/2 the size of the previous mipmap
for (unsigned int i=0; i<mipMapCount; i++) {
if(w == 0 || h == 0) { // discard any odd mipmaps 0x1 0x2 resolutions
mipMapCount--;
continue;
}
size = ((w+3)/4) * ((h+3)/4) * blockSize;
glCompressedTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, i, format, w, h, 0, size, buffer + offset);
offset += size;
w /= 2;
h /= 2;
}
// discard any odd mipmaps, ensure a complete texture
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, mipMapCount-1);
// unbind
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
// easy macro to get out quick and uniform (minus like 15 lines of bulk)
exit:
free(buffer);
free(header);
fclose(f);
return tid;
}
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