[Plib-devel] SSG: Using the bitmap loaders for own texture classes?

[Jan R. <slo...@gm...>]

Hello,

I'm planning to create my own ssgTexture classes, because I need
some special handling not covered by the standard ssgTextures:

- subdivision of large bitmaps (1536x1536 or 2048x2048) into
  small textures suitable for the given OpenGL implementation
- no mipmapping
- GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE, if supported by the implementation,
  GL_CLAMP otherwise

Creating the texture class wouldn't be a problem, but I'd
like to use SSG's bitmap loaders to get access to all
supported file types at once. The only problem is that the
loader routines automatically call ssgMakeMipmaps() to create
the textures which is, in my situation, not applicable.

Wouldn't it be a useful extension to SSG if the loaders could
be accessed separately if someone only needs the raw pixels?
What do you think?

Kind regards,
Jan R.

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