addTextureFromSColor -Making an ITexture out of a SColor

[MasterGod]

Credit to arras for explaining to me how to do that.

Prototype:

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ITexture* addTextureFromSColor(IVideoDriver* driver, SColor& color, c8* name, dimension2di& size = dimension2di(512,512));

Implementation:

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ITexture* CResourceManager::addTextureFromSColor(IVideoDriver* driver, SColor& color, c8* name, dimension2di& size)
{
	ITexture* texture = driver->addTexture(size, name, ECF_A8R8G8B8);

	// Get pointer to texture data which in this case is basicly array of u32 values, 
	// a cast is needed since the method returns void pointer, however we already 
	// know the color format and thus what to cast to.
	u32* p = (u32*)texture->lock();

	// Now use that pointer to acces array
	for(s32 i=0; i < texture->getSize().Width * texture->getSize().Height; i++)
	{
		p[i] = color.color; // color member is the color in A8R8G8B8 Format 
	}

	// Now unlock texture
	texture->unlock();

	return texture;
}

Usage Example:

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ITexture* blackTexture = addTextureFromSColor(m_pVideoDriver ,SColor(255,0,0,0), "BlackTexture");
		m_pSceneManager->addSkyBoxSceneNode(
			blackTexture,
			blackTexture,
			blackTexture,
			blackTexture,
			blackTexture,
			blackTexture);

I'm using revision 1224 but should work with official problem-less.

[Strong99]

Whats the advantage of this than not just making the background for example black or using black textures?

[Halifax]

I have to agree this adds no clear functionality over just using a texture with the colors. Why, you may ask? Well for the simple fact that textures are independent of the program. Hypothetically, I don't want to recompile my program to make the background white instead of black if it takes a long time to compile, when I could just have the textures independent of the program and change them as I want with no time constraint.

[MasterGod]

I used this because I need an ITexture with a specific color and I don't want to add a separate jpg image to do this.
Just thought of sharing it..