How to insert a Texture as an Asset?

[hangvane]

Hi, I'm trying to build a custom rendering pipeline to an offscreen texture for later modification. I followed the guidence of GPT4 but I can't insert a Texture as an Asset:

fn setup_texture(
    mut commands: Commands,
    render_device: Res<RenderDevice>,
    mut textures: ResMut<Assets<Texture>>,
) {
    let offscreen_texture = render_device.create_texture(....);
    let texture_handle: Handle<Texture> = textures.add(offscreen_texture);
}

The error is:

86  |     mut textures: ResMut<Assets<Texture>>,
    |                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the trait `Asset` is not implemented for `bevy::render::render_resource::Texture`

Is it possible to insert a Texture as an Asset?

If not, what is the best practice to save multiple instances of Texture?

[nicopap]

Beware that GPT4 is trained on out-of-date versions of bevy, it is unreliable when it comes to the bevy API.

It is not possible to insert a Texture as an asset.

You say you want:

a custom rendering pipeline to an offscreen texture for later modification

Have you considered using Render to texture? It allows using a camera view as a texture, if what is in the camera field of view changes, then the texture changes.

Alternatively, consider using the screenshot API if you want to re-use a static image. take_screenshot seems to be the method you would need to use. An Image is an asset you can add to Assets<Image>.