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NativeSlice and ComputeBuffers

Discussion in 'Entity Component System' started by LennartJohansen, Mar 21, 2018.

  1. LennartJohansen

    LennartJohansen

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    Hi.

    Is there a way to convert a NativeSlice to a NativeArray for use with APIs like the SetData on the ComputeBuffers. Copying the data to a new NativeArray seems like a bit of overhead.

    Lennart
     
    LennartJohansen, Mar 21, 2018
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  2. GabrieleUnity

    GabrieleUnity

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    At the moment it is not possible because most of the API taking NativeArrays don't understand strides and offsets. But we are working on providing overloads for some of the API to take a NativeSlice when it makes sense.
     
    GabrieleUnity, Mar 23, 2018
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