NAME¶

SDL_CreateGPUTransferBuffer - Creates a transfer buffer to be used when uploading to or downloading from graphics resources.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_gpu.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_GPUTransferBuffer* SDL_CreateGPUTransferBuffer(
    SDL_GPUDevice *device,
    const SDL_GPUTransferBufferCreateInfo *createinfo);

DESCRIPTION¶

Download buffers can be particularly expensive to create, so it is good practice to reuse them if data will be downloaded regularly.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

device

a GPU Context.

createinfo

a struct describing the state of the transfer buffer to create.

RETURN VALUE¶

( SDL_GPUTransferBuffer
*) Returns a transfer buffer on success, or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError () for more information.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_UploadToGPUBuffer(3), •(3), SDL_DownloadFromGPUBuffer(3), •(3), SDL_UploadToGPUTexture(3), •(3), SDL_DownloadFromGPUTexture(3), •(3), SDL_ReleaseGPUTransferBuffer(3)