Scalable SVG

[hyo-png]

I really need the scalable SVG texture node and iam new so i can't make it my self anyone like to help

[AThousandShips]

In what way is SVGTexture not solving this? Does it not scale automatically?

[hyo-png]

How am i suppose to use it i assigned the svg image to the sprite2d node but it's still blurry i am new at game development i can't really figure it out myself

[AThousandShips]

Please ask support questions in the other community channels

[theraot]

Implementing custom Texture2D I noticed I have two options:

• The texture could be prerendered and stored in the Image which makes it available for GPU (e.g. if I want it on a shader or particles, I need to do this), and also bring issues with updating the Image dynamically with the inspector (because of this other custom Texture2D addons have you press a button to update it). I believe this happens because Texture2D was not designed to have people implement custom ones.
• Or the texture could be rendered dynamically, this would allow the texture to adapt to the size it is going to be displayed (to do this we override the draw methods instead of writing the Image), but it means worse performance, and the custom Texture2D won't be usable in shaders or particle effects (since these are drawn from the GPU there isn't any CPU call - passing the size - that we can intercept). A solution I can imagine is to store the Image at a default size, but still overwrite the draw methods.

The usual compromise is to have the Texture2D in GPU (so it does not react to the size it is being displayed) but provide an scaling factor. Sadly that also means we might have to compensate it scaling it down in the node we use to display it (Sprite or TextureRect) to have the Texture2D display at the initially intended size.

To be fair, I have not looked into how SVGTexture, but it seems to be following the same compromise.

I believe this answer should clue you into how to use SVGTexture, while at the same time pointing to the underlying situations for anybody willing and capable to address it.

[AThousandShips]

SVGTexture does adjust to the size it is drawn at based on the code

[Calinou]

If you want the texture to remain crisp at any resolution, SVGTexture in 4.5.beta is probably what you want to use. Like dynamic fonts, it performs oversampling automatically according to the viewport's s 2D scale factor. Make sure to use the canvas_items stretch mode.

Note that oversampling is not performed if the node is scaled, so it'll remain blurry in those scenarios. MSDF or mesh-based rendering would be required to keep it crisp in those scenarios, which is being tracked in #2924.