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iOS 8: Metal

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by voncarp, Oct 13, 2014.

  1. voncarp

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    After a few searches and reading the Unity blog, Metal is not yet supported. Is that correct?
     
    voncarp, Oct 13, 2014
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  2. Arowx

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    Arowx, Oct 13, 2014
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  3. elmar1028

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    I wonder how do you use it? Is it going to be applied automatically upon compile/testing for iOS devices? Or do you have to manually call various functions?
     
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  4. voncarp

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    From my understanding the blog states that it should be automatic.
     
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  5. Aras

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    Metal should be supported in Unity 5.0. It will be automatic, like written in the blog post.
     
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  6. elmar1028

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    Ah, thanks! Must've missed it in the blog post.
     
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  7. Mistale

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    Sounds great! But... will kernel / compute functions be supported? And if so, how?
     
    Mistale, Oct 14, 2014
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  8. Aras

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    Like written in the blog post. Compute shaders will not be there in 5.0 just yet, but we are working on making them available. Current plan is to make same ComputeShader assets (DX11/XB1/PS4 only now) work on Metal, GL ES 3.1, GL 4.3+ etc. However that's quite some work and won't be finished in time for 5.0.
     
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  9. Mistale

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    That sounds great! I was curious about how you would implement them, but as it seems they will be created the same as other computeshaders when you eventually implement them, I have nothing to worry about!

    I can just sit back and wait for 'someone' (you of course) to do the hard work ;):)
     
    Mistale, Oct 14, 2014
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