@babylonjs/core 7.7.2 → 7.8.1

package/Engines/abstractEngine.d.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { DataArray, FloatArray, ImageSource, IndicesArray, Nullable } from "../types";
+import type { DataArray, FloatArray, IndicesArray, Nullable } from "../types";
 import type { PerfCounter } from "../Misc/perfCounter";
 import type { PostProcess } from "../PostProcesses/postProcess";
 import type { Scene } from "../scene";
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ import type { LoadFileError } from "../Misc/fileTools";
 import type { ShaderProcessingContext } from "./Processors/shaderProcessingOptions";
 import type { IPipelineContext } from "./IPipelineContext";
 import type { ThinTexture } from "../Materials/Textures/thinTexture";
-import type { RenderTargetTexture } from "../Materials/Textures/renderTargetTexture";
 import type { IInternalTextureLoader } from "../Materials/Textures/internalTextureLoader";
-import type { ExternalTexture } from "../Materials/Textures/externalTexture";
-import type { DepthTextureCreationOptions, InternalTextureCreationOptions, RenderTargetCreationOptions, TextureSize } from "../Materials/Textures/textureCreationOptions";
-import type { IMultiRenderTargetOptions } from "../Materials/Textures/multiRenderTarget";
+import type { InternalTextureCreationOptions, TextureSize } from "../Materials/Textures/textureCreationOptions";
 import type { EffectFallbacks } from "../Materials/effectFallbacks";
 import type { IMaterialContext } from "./IMaterialContext";
 import type { IStencilState } from "../States/IStencilState";
@@ -278,6 +275,10 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @internal
      */
     abstract _executeWhenRenderingStateIsCompiled(pipelineContext: IPipelineContext, action: () => void): void;
+    /**
+     * @internal
+     */
+    abstract _setTexture(channel: number, texture: Nullable<ThinTexture>, isPartOfTextureArray?: boolean, depthStencilTexture?: boolean, name?: string): boolean;
     /**
      * Sets a texture to the according uniform.
      * @param channel The texture channel
@@ -506,6 +507,10 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
     _boundRenderFunction: any;
     /** @internal */
     _renderLoop(): void;
+    /** @internal */
+    _renderFrame(): void;
+    /** @internal */
+    _renderViews(): boolean;
     /**
      * Can be used to override the current requestAnimationFrame requester.
      * @internal
@@ -575,10 +580,6 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      */
     onEndFrameObservable: Observable<AbstractEngine>;
     protected _rebuildTextures(): void;
-    /**
-     * @internal
-     */
-    abstract _setCubeMapTextureParams(texture: InternalTexture, loadMipmap: boolean, maxLevel?: number): void;
     /**
      * @internal
      */
@@ -597,10 +598,6 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @internal
      */
     abstract _uploadDataToTextureDirectly(texture: InternalTexture, imageData: ArrayBufferView, faceIndex?: number, lod?: number, babylonInternalFormat?: number, useTextureWidthAndHeight?: boolean): void;
-    /** @internal */
-    abstract _readTexturePixels(texture: InternalTexture, width: number, height: number, faceIndex?: number, level?: number, buffer?: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, flushRenderer?: boolean, noDataConversion?: boolean, x?: number, y?: number): Promise<ArrayBufferView>;
-    /** @internal */
-    abstract _readTexturePixelsSync(texture: InternalTexture, width: number, height: number, faceIndex?: number, level?: number, buffer?: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, flushRenderer?: boolean, noDataConversion?: boolean, x?: number, y?: number): ArrayBufferView;
     /**
      * Reads pixels from the current frame buffer. Please note that this function can be slow
      * @param x defines the x coordinate of the rectangle where pixels must be read
@@ -649,28 +646,10 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @param wrapR defines the texture wrap mode of the r coordinates
      */
     abstract updateTextureWrappingMode(texture: InternalTexture, wrapU: Nullable<number>, wrapV?: Nullable<number>, wrapR?: Nullable<number>): void;
-    /**
-     * Update a video texture
-     * @param texture defines the texture to update
-     * @param video defines the video element to use
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     */
-    abstract updateVideoTexture(texture: Nullable<InternalTexture>, video: HTMLVideoElement | Nullable<ExternalTexture>, invertY: boolean): void;
     /**
      * Unbind the current render target and bind the default framebuffer
      */
     abstract restoreDefaultFramebuffer(): void;
-    /**
-     * Update a raw texture
-     * @param texture defines the texture to update
-     * @param data defines the data to store in the texture
-     * @param format defines the format of the data
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     * @param compression defines the compression used (null by default)
-     * @param type defines the type fo the data (Engine.TEXTURETYPE_UNSIGNED_INT by default)
-     * @param useSRGBBuffer defines if the texture must be loaded in a sRGB GPU buffer (if supported by the GPU).
-     */
-    abstract updateRawTexture(texture: Nullable<InternalTexture>, data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, format: number, invertY: boolean, compression?: Nullable<string>, type?: number, useSRGBBuffer?: boolean): void;
     /**
      * Draw a list of indexed primitives
      * @param fillMode defines the primitive to use
@@ -688,22 +667,6 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
     abstract unBindFramebuffer(texture: RenderTargetWrapper, disableGenerateMipMaps?: boolean, onBeforeUnbind?: () => void): void;
     /**Gets driver info if available */
     abstract extractDriverInfo(): string;
-    /**
-     * Creates a layout object to draw/clear on specific textures in a MRT
-     * @param textureStatus textureStatus[i] indicates if the i-th is active
-     * @returns A layout to be fed to the engine, calling `bindAttachments`.
-     */
-    abstract buildTextureLayout(textureStatus: boolean[]): number[];
-    /**
-     * Restores the webgl state to only draw on the main color attachment
-     * when the frame buffer associated is the canvas frame buffer
-     */
-    abstract restoreSingleAttachment(): void;
-    /**
-     * Select a subsets of attachments to draw to.
-     * @param attachments gl attachments
-     */
-    abstract bindAttachments(attachments: number[]): void;
     /**
      * Bind a list of vertex buffers to the webGL context
      * @param vertexBuffers defines the list of vertex buffers to bind
@@ -772,13 +735,6 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @param stencil defines if the stencil buffer must be cleared
      */
     abstract clear(color: Nullable<IColor4Like>, backBuffer: boolean, depth: boolean, stencil?: boolean): void;
-    /**
-     * Sets the current alpha mode
-     * @param mode defines the mode to use (one of the Engine.ALPHA_XXX)
-     * @param noDepthWriteChange defines if depth writing state should remains unchanged (false by default)
-     * @see https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/materials/advanced/transparent_rendering
-     */
-    abstract setAlphaMode(mode: number, noDepthWriteChange?: boolean): void;
     /**
      * Gets a boolean indicating that only power of 2 textures are supported
      * Please note that you can still use non power of 2 textures but in this case the engine will forcefully convert them
@@ -792,56 +748,6 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @returns a new buffer
      */
     abstract createIndexBuffer(indices: IndicesArray, _updatable?: boolean, label?: string): DataBuffer;
-    /**
-     * Creates a new render target texture
-     * @param size defines the size of the texture
-     * @param options defines the options used to create the texture
-     * @returns a new render target wrapper ready to render texture
-     */
-    abstract createRenderTargetTexture(size: TextureSize, options: boolean | RenderTargetCreationOptions): RenderTargetWrapper;
-    /**
-     * Creates a new render target cube wrapper
-     * @param size defines the size of the texture
-     * @param options defines the options used to create the texture
-     * @returns a new render target cube wrapper
-     */
-    abstract createRenderTargetCubeTexture(size: number, options?: RenderTargetCreationOptions): RenderTargetWrapper;
-    /**
-     * Create a multi render target texture
-     * @see https://doc.babylonjs.com/setup/support/webGL2#multiple-render-target
-     * @param size defines the size of the texture
-     * @param options defines the creation options
-     * @param initializeBuffers if set to true, the engine will make an initializing call of drawBuffers
-     * @returns a new render target wrapper ready to render textures
-     */
-    abstract createMultipleRenderTarget(size: TextureSize, options: IMultiRenderTargetOptions, initializeBuffers?: boolean): RenderTargetWrapper;
-    /** @internal */
-    abstract _createDepthStencilTexture(size: TextureSize, options: DepthTextureCreationOptions, rtWrapper: RenderTargetWrapper): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Creates a depth stencil cube texture.
-     * This is only available in WebGL 2.
-     * @param size The size of face edge in the cube texture.
-     * @param options The options defining the cube texture.
-     * @returns The cube texture
-     */
-    abstract _createDepthStencilCubeTexture(size: number, options: DepthTextureCreationOptions): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Update the sample count for a given multiple render target texture
-     * @see https://doc.babylonjs.com/setup/support/webGL2#multisample-render-targets
-     * @param rtWrapper defines the render target wrapper to update
-     * @param samples defines the sample count to set
-     * @param initializeBuffers if set to true, the engine will make an initializing call of drawBuffers
-     * @returns the effective sample count (could be 0 if multisample render targets are not supported)
-     */
-    abstract updateMultipleRenderTargetTextureSampleCount(rtWrapper: Nullable<RenderTargetWrapper>, samples: number, initializeBuffers?: boolean): number;
-    /**
-     * Updates the sample count of a render target texture
-     * @see https://doc.babylonjs.com/setup/support/webGL2#multisample-render-targets
-     * @param rtWrapper defines the render target wrapper to update
-     * @param samples defines the sample count to set
-     * @returns the effective sample count (could be 0 if multisample render targets are not supported)
-     */
-    abstract updateRenderTargetTextureSampleCount(rtWrapper: Nullable<RenderTargetWrapper>, samples: number): number;
     /**
      * Draw a list of unindexed primitives
      * @param fillMode defines the primitive to use
@@ -877,20 +783,6 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @param generateMipMaps defines whether to generate mipmaps for the texture
      */
     abstract updateTextureSamplingMode(samplingMode: number, texture: InternalTexture, generateMipMaps?: boolean): void;
-    /**
-     * Sets a texture to the context from a postprocess
-     * @param channel defines the channel to use
-     * @param postProcess defines the source postprocess
-     * @param name name of the channel
-     */
-    abstract setTextureFromPostProcess(channel: number, postProcess: Nullable<PostProcess>, name: string): void;
-    /**
-     * Binds the output of the passed in post process to the texture channel specified
-     * @param channel The channel the texture should be bound to
-     * @param postProcess The post process which's output should be bound
-     * @param name name of the channel
-     */
-    abstract setTextureFromPostProcessOutput(channel: number, postProcess: Nullable<PostProcess>, name: string): void;
     /**
      * Sets an array of texture to the webGL context
      * @param channel defines the channel where the texture array must be set
@@ -957,14 +849,6 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @param index defines the index where to bind the block
      */
     abstract bindUniformBlock(pipelineContext: IPipelineContext, blockName: string, index: number): void;
-    /**
-     * Sets a depth stencil texture from a render target to the according uniform.
-     * @param channel The texture channel
-     * @param uniform The uniform to set
-     * @param texture The render target texture containing the depth stencil texture to apply
-     * @param name The texture name
-     */
-    abstract setDepthStencilTexture(channel: number, uniform: Nullable<WebGLUniformLocation>, texture: Nullable<RenderTargetTexture>, name?: string): void;
     /** @internal */
     _uniformBuffers: UniformBuffer[];
     /** @internal */
@@ -1147,21 +1031,6 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @param count defines the size of the data to update
      */
     abstract updateUniformBuffer(uniformBuffer: DataBuffer, elements: FloatArray, offset?: number, count?: number): void;
-    /**
-     * Update a dynamic index buffer
-     * @param indexBuffer defines the target index buffer
-     * @param indices defines the data to update
-     * @param offset defines the offset in the target index buffer where update should start
-     */
-    abstract updateDynamicIndexBuffer(indexBuffer: DataBuffer, indices: IndicesArray, offset?: number): void;
-    /**
-     * Updates a dynamic vertex buffer.
-     * @param vertexBuffer the vertex buffer to update
-     * @param data the data used to update the vertex buffer
-     * @param byteOffset the byte offset of the data
-     * @param byteLength the byte length of the data
-     */
-    abstract updateDynamicVertexBuffer(vertexBuffer: DataBuffer, data: DataArray, byteOffset?: number, byteLength?: number): void;
     /**
      * Creates a dynamic vertex buffer
      * @param data the data for the dynamic vertex buffer
@@ -1209,14 +1078,6 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @returns a InternalTexture for assignment back into BABYLON.Texture
      */
     abstract createTexture(url: Nullable<string>, noMipmap: boolean, invertY: boolean, scene: Nullable<ISceneLike>, samplingMode?: number, onLoad?: Nullable<(texture: InternalTexture) => void>, onError?: Nullable<(message: string, exception: any) => void>, buffer?: Nullable<string | ArrayBuffer | ArrayBufferView | HTMLImageElement | Blob | ImageBitmap>, fallback?: Nullable<InternalTexture>, format?: Nullable<number>, forcedExtension?: Nullable<string>, mimeType?: string, loaderOptions?: any, creationFlags?: number, useSRGBBuffer?: boolean): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * @internal
-     */
-    abstract _setupDepthStencilTexture(internalTexture: InternalTexture, size: number | {
-        width: number;
-        height: number;
-        layers?: number;
-    }, generateStencil: boolean, bilinearFiltering: boolean, comparisonFunction: number, samples?: number): void;
     /**
      * Creates a raw texture
      * @param data defines the data to store in the texture
@@ -1232,164 +1093,7 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @param useSRGBBuffer defines if the texture must be loaded in a sRGB GPU buffer (if supported by the GPU).
      * @returns the raw texture inside an InternalTexture
      */
-    abstract createRawTexture(data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, width: number, height: number, format: number, generateMipMaps: boolean, invertY: boolean, samplingMode: number, compression?: Nullable<string>, type?: number, creationFlags?: number, useSRGBBuffer?: boolean): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Create a cube texture from prefiltered data (ie. the mipmaps contain ready to use data for PBR reflection)
-     * @param rootUrl defines the url where the file to load is located
-     * @param scene defines the current scene
-     * @param lodScale defines scale to apply to the mip map selection
-     * @param lodOffset defines offset to apply to the mip map selection
-     * @param onLoad defines an optional callback raised when the texture is loaded
-     * @param onError defines an optional callback raised if there is an issue to load the texture
-     * @param format defines the format of the data
-     * @param forcedExtension defines the extension to use to pick the right loader
-     * @param createPolynomials defines wheter or not to create polynomails harmonics for the texture
-     * @returns the cube texture as an InternalTexture
-     */
-    abstract createPrefilteredCubeTexture(rootUrl: string, scene: Nullable<Scene>, lodScale: number, lodOffset: number, onLoad?: Nullable<(internalTexture: Nullable<InternalTexture>) => void>, onError?: Nullable<(message?: string, exception?: any) => void>, format?: number, forcedExtension?: any, createPolynomials?: boolean): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Creates a dynamic texture
-     * @param width defines the width of the texture
-     * @param height defines the height of the texture
-     * @param generateMipMaps defines if the engine should generate the mip levels
-     * @param samplingMode defines the required sampling mode (Texture.NEAREST_SAMPLINGMODE by default)
-     * @returns the dynamic texture inside an InternalTexture
-     */
-    abstract createDynamicTexture(width: number, height: number, generateMipMaps: boolean, samplingMode: number): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Update the content of a dynamic texture
-     * @param texture defines the texture to update
-     * @param source defines the source containing the data
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     * @param premulAlpha defines if alpha is stored as premultiplied
-     * @param format defines the format of the data
-     * @param forceBindTexture if the texture should be forced to be bound eg. after a graphics context loss (Default: false)
-     * @param allowGPUOptimization true to allow some specific GPU optimizations (subject to engine feature "allowGPUOptimizationsForGUI" being true)
-     */
-    abstract updateDynamicTexture(texture: Nullable<InternalTexture>, source: ImageSource | ICanvas, invertY?: boolean, premulAlpha?: boolean, format?: number, forceBindTexture?: boolean, allowGPUOptimization?: boolean): void;
-    /**
-     * Creates a cube texture
-     * @param rootUrl defines the url where the files to load is located
-     * @param scene defines the current scene
-     * @param files defines the list of files to load (1 per face)
-     * @param noMipmap defines a boolean indicating that no mipmaps shall be generated (false by default)
-     * @param onLoad defines an optional callback raised when the texture is loaded
-     * @param onError defines an optional callback raised if there is an issue to load the texture
-     * @param format defines the format of the data
-     * @param forcedExtension defines the extension to use to pick the right loader
-     * @param createPolynomials if a polynomial sphere should be created for the cube texture
-     * @param lodScale defines the scale applied to environment texture. This manages the range of LOD level used for IBL according to the roughness
-     * @param lodOffset defines the offset applied to environment texture. This manages first LOD level used for IBL according to the roughness
-     * @param fallback defines texture to use while falling back when (compressed) texture file not found.
-     * @param loaderOptions options to be passed to the loader
-     * @param useSRGBBuffer defines if the texture must be loaded in a sRGB GPU buffer (if supported by the GPU).
-     * @returns the cube texture as an InternalTexture
-     */
-    abstract createCubeTexture(rootUrl: string, scene: Nullable<Scene>, files: Nullable<string[]>, noMipmap: boolean | undefined, onLoad: Nullable<(data?: any) => void>, onError: Nullable<(message?: string, exception?: any) => void>, format: number | undefined, forcedExtension: any, createPolynomials: boolean, lodScale: number, lodOffset: number, fallback: Nullable<InternalTexture>, loaderOptions: any, useSRGBBuffer: boolean): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Creates a cube texture
-     * @param rootUrl defines the url where the files to load is located
-     * @param scene defines the current scene
-     * @param files defines the list of files to load (1 per face)
-     * @param noMipmap defines a boolean indicating that no mipmaps shall be generated (false by default)
-     * @param onLoad defines an optional callback raised when the texture is loaded
-     * @param onError defines an optional callback raised if there is an issue to load the texture
-     * @param format defines the format of the data
-     * @param forcedExtension defines the extension to use to pick the right loader
-     * @returns the cube texture as an InternalTexture
-     */
-    abstract createCubeTexture(rootUrl: string, scene: Nullable<Scene>, files: Nullable<string[]>, noMipmap: boolean, onLoad: Nullable<(data?: any) => void>, onError: Nullable<(message?: string, exception?: any) => void>, format: number | undefined, forcedExtension: any): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Creates a cube texture
-     * @param rootUrl defines the url where the files to load is located
-     * @param scene defines the current scene
-     * @param files defines the list of files to load (1 per face)
-     * @param noMipmap defines a boolean indicating that no mipmaps shall be generated (false by default)
-     * @param onLoad defines an optional callback raised when the texture is loaded
-     * @param onError defines an optional callback raised if there is an issue to load the texture
-     * @param format defines the format of the data
-     * @param forcedExtension defines the extension to use to pick the right loader
-     * @param createPolynomials if a polynomial sphere should be created for the cube texture
-     * @param lodScale defines the scale applied to environment texture. This manages the range of LOD level used for IBL according to the roughness
-     * @param lodOffset defines the offset applied to environment texture. This manages first LOD level used for IBL according to the roughness
-     * @returns the cube texture as an InternalTexture
-     */
-    abstract createCubeTexture(rootUrl: string, scene: Nullable<Scene>, files: Nullable<string[]>, noMipmap: boolean, onLoad: Nullable<(data?: any) => void>, onError: Nullable<(message?: string, exception?: any) => void>, format: number | undefined, forcedExtension: any, createPolynomials: boolean, lodScale: number, lodOffset: number): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Creates a new raw cube texture
-     * @param data defines the array of data to use to create each face
-     * @param size defines the size of the textures
-     * @param format defines the format of the data
-     * @param type defines the type of the data (like Engine.TEXTURETYPE_UNSIGNED_INT)
-     * @param generateMipMaps  defines if the engine should generate the mip levels
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     * @param samplingMode defines the required sampling mode (like Texture.NEAREST_SAMPLINGMODE)
-     * @param compression defines the compression used (null by default)
-     * @returns the cube texture as an InternalTexture
-     */
-    abstract createRawCubeTexture(data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView[]>, size: number, format: number, type: number, generateMipMaps: boolean, invertY: boolean, samplingMode: number, compression?: Nullable<string>): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Update a raw cube texture
-     * @param texture defines the texture to update
-     * @param data defines the data to store
-     * @param format defines the data format
-     * @param type defines the type fo the data (Engine.TEXTURETYPE_UNSIGNED_INT by default)
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     */
-    abstract updateRawCubeTexture(texture: InternalTexture, data: ArrayBufferView[], format: number, type: number, invertY: boolean): void;
-    /**
-     * Update a raw cube texture
-     * @param texture defines the texture to update
-     * @param data defines the data to store
-     * @param format defines the data format
-     * @param type defines the type fo the data (Engine.TEXTURETYPE_UNSIGNED_INT by default)
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     * @param compression defines the compression used (null by default)
-     */
-    abstract updateRawCubeTexture(texture: InternalTexture, data: ArrayBufferView[], format: number, type: number, invertY: boolean, compression: Nullable<string>): void;
-    /**
-     * Update a raw cube texture
-     * @param texture defines the texture to update
-     * @param data defines the data to store
-     * @param format defines the data format
-     * @param type defines the type fo the data (Engine.TEXTURETYPE_UNSIGNED_INT by default)
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     * @param compression defines the compression used (null by default)
-     * @param level defines which level of the texture to update
-     */
-    abstract updateRawCubeTexture(texture: InternalTexture, data: ArrayBufferView[], format: number, type: number, invertY: boolean, compression: Nullable<string>, level: number): void;
-    /**
-     * Creates a new raw cube texture from a specified url
-     * @param url defines the url where the data is located
-     * @param scene defines the current scene
-     * @param size defines the size of the textures
-     * @param format defines the format of the data
-     * @param type defines the type fo the data (like Engine.TEXTURETYPE_UNSIGNED_INT)
-     * @param noMipmap defines if the engine should avoid generating the mip levels
-     * @param callback defines a callback used to extract texture data from loaded data
-     * @param mipmapGenerator defines to provide an optional tool to generate mip levels
-     * @param onLoad defines a callback called when texture is loaded
-     * @param onError defines a callback called if there is an error
-     * @returns the cube texture as an InternalTexture
-     */
-    abstract createRawCubeTextureFromUrl(url: string, scene: Nullable<Scene>, size: number, format: number, type: number, noMipmap: boolean, callback: (ArrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer) => Nullable<ArrayBufferView[]>, mipmapGenerator: Nullable<(faces: ArrayBufferView[]) => ArrayBufferView[][]>, onLoad: Nullable<() => void>, onError: Nullable<(message?: string, exception?: any) => void>): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Creates a new raw cube texture from a specified url
-     * @param url defines the url where the data is located
-     * @param scene defines the current scene
-     * @param size defines the size of the textures
-     * @param format defines the format of the data
-     * @param type defines the type fo the data (like Engine.TEXTURETYPE_UNSIGNED_INT)
-     * @param noMipmap defines if the engine should avoid generating the mip levels
-     * @param callback defines a callback used to extract texture data from loaded data
-     * @param mipmapGenerator defines to provide an optional tool to generate mip levels
-     * @param onLoad defines a callback called when texture is loaded
-     * @param onError defines a callback called if there is an error
-     * @param samplingMode defines the required sampling mode (like Texture.NEAREST_SAMPLINGMODE)
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     * @returns the cube texture as an InternalTexture
-     */
-    abstract createRawCubeTextureFromUrl(url: string, scene: Nullable<Scene>, size: number, format: number, type: number, noMipmap: boolean, callback: (ArrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer) => Nullable<ArrayBufferView[]>, mipmapGenerator: Nullable<(faces: ArrayBufferView[]) => ArrayBufferView[][]>, onLoad: Nullable<() => void>, onError: Nullable<(message?: string, exception?: any) => void>, samplingMode: number, invertY: boolean): InternalTexture;
+    createRawTexture(data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, width: number, height: number, format: number, generateMipMaps: boolean, invertY: boolean, samplingMode: number, compression?: Nullable<string>, type?: number, creationFlags?: number, useSRGBBuffer?: boolean): InternalTexture;
     /**
      * Creates a new raw 3D texture
      * @param data defines the data used to create the texture
@@ -1405,25 +1109,7 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @param creationFlags specific flags to use when creating the texture (Constants.TEXTURE_CREATIONFLAG_STORAGE for storage textures, for eg)
      * @returns a new raw 3D texture (stored in an InternalTexture)
      */
-    abstract createRawTexture3D(data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, width: number, height: number, depth: number, format: number, generateMipMaps: boolean, invertY: boolean, samplingMode: number, compression?: Nullable<string>, textureType?: number, creationFlags?: number): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Update a raw 3D texture
-     * @param texture defines the texture to update
-     * @param data defines the data to store
-     * @param format defines the data format
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     */
-    abstract updateRawTexture3D(texture: InternalTexture, data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, format: number, invertY: boolean): void;
-    /**
-     * Update a raw 3D texture
-     * @param texture defines the texture to update
-     * @param data defines the data to store
-     * @param format defines the data format
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     * @param compression defines the used compression (can be null)
-     * @param textureType defines the texture Type (Engine.TEXTURETYPE_UNSIGNED_INT, Engine.TEXTURETYPE_FLOAT...)
-     */
-    abstract updateRawTexture3D(texture: InternalTexture, data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, format: number, invertY: boolean, compression: Nullable<string>, textureType: number): void;
+    createRawTexture3D(data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, width: number, height: number, depth: number, format: number, generateMipMaps: boolean, invertY: boolean, samplingMode: number, compression?: Nullable<string>, textureType?: number, creationFlags?: number): InternalTexture;
     /**
      * Creates a new raw 2D array texture
      * @param data defines the data used to create the texture
@@ -1439,25 +1125,7 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @param creationFlags specific flags to use when creating the texture (Constants.TEXTURE_CREATIONFLAG_STORAGE for storage textures, for eg)
      * @returns a new raw 2D array texture (stored in an InternalTexture)
      */
-    abstract createRawTexture2DArray(data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, width: number, height: number, depth: number, format: number, generateMipMaps: boolean, invertY: boolean, samplingMode: number, compression?: Nullable<string>, textureType?: number, creationFlags?: number): InternalTexture;
-    /**
-     * Update a raw 2D array texture
-     * @param texture defines the texture to update
-     * @param data defines the data to store
-     * @param format defines the data format
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     */
-    abstract updateRawTexture2DArray(texture: InternalTexture, data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, format: number, invertY: boolean): void;
-    /**
-     * Update a raw 2D array texture
-     * @param texture defines the texture to update
-     * @param data defines the data to store
-     * @param format defines the data format
-     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
-     * @param compression defines the used compression (can be null)
-     * @param textureType defines the texture Type (Engine.TEXTURETYPE_UNSIGNED_INT, Engine.TEXTURETYPE_FLOAT...)
-     */
-    abstract updateRawTexture2DArray(texture: InternalTexture, data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, format: number, invertY: boolean, compression: Nullable<string>, textureType: number): void;
+    createRawTexture2DArray(data: Nullable<ArrayBufferView>, width: number, height: number, depth: number, format: number, generateMipMaps: boolean, invertY: boolean, samplingMode: number, compression?: Nullable<string>, textureType?: number, creationFlags?: number): InternalTexture;
     /**
      * Gets or sets a boolean indicating if back faces must be culled. If false, front faces are culled instead (true by default)
      * If non null, this takes precedence over the value from the material
@@ -1535,12 +1203,6 @@ export declare abstract class AbstractEngine {
      * @returns time step in (ms)
      */
     getTimeStep(): number;
-    /**
-     * Force the mipmap generation for the given render target texture
-     * @param texture defines the render target texture to use
-     * @param unbind defines whether or not to unbind the texture after generation. Defaults to true.
-     */
-    abstract generateMipMapsForCubemap(texture: InternalTexture, unbind: boolean): void;
     /**
      * Engine abstraction for loading and creating an image bitmap from a given source string.
      * @param imageSource source to load the image from.

package/Engines/abstractEngine.js

@@ -372,9 +372,10 @@ export class AbstractEngine {
             if (shouldRender) {
                 // Start new frame
                 this.beginFrame();
-                for (let index = 0; index < this._activeRenderLoops.length; index++) {
-                    const renderFunction = this._activeRenderLoops[index];
-                    renderFunction();
+                // Child canvases
+                if (!this._renderViews()) {
+                    // Main frame
+                    this._renderFrame();
                 }
                 // Present
                 this.endFrame();
@@ -387,6 +388,17 @@ export class AbstractEngine {
             this._frameHandler = this._queueNewFrame(this._boundRenderFunction, this.getHostWindow());
         }
     }
+    /** @internal */
+    _renderFrame() {
+        for (let index = 0; index < this._activeRenderLoops.length; index++) {
+            const renderFunction = this._activeRenderLoops[index];
+            renderFunction();
+        }
+    }
+    /** @internal */
+    _renderViews() {
+        return false;
+    }
     /**
      * Can be used to override the current requestAnimationFrame requester.
      * @internal
@@ -733,13 +745,13 @@ export class AbstractEngine {
      */
     // Not mixed with Version for tooling purpose.
     static get NpmPackage() {
-        return "babylonjs@7.7.2";
+        return "babylonjs@7.8.1";
     }
     /**
      * Returns the current version of the framework
      */
     static get Version() {
-        return "7.7.2";
+        return "7.8.1";
     }
     /**
      * Gets the HTML canvas attached with the current webGL context
@@ -1126,6 +1138,79 @@ export class AbstractEngine {
         }
         return true;
     }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-returns-check
+    /**
+     * Creates a raw texture
+     * @param data defines the data to store in the texture
+     * @param width defines the width of the texture
+     * @param height defines the height of the texture
+     * @param format defines the format of the data
+     * @param generateMipMaps defines if the engine should generate the mip levels
+     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
+     * @param samplingMode defines the required sampling mode (Texture.NEAREST_SAMPLINGMODE by default)
+     * @param compression defines the compression used (null by default)
+     * @param type defines the type fo the data (Engine.TEXTURETYPE_UNSIGNED_INT by default)
+     * @param creationFlags specific flags to use when creating the texture (1 for storage textures, for eg)
+     * @param useSRGBBuffer defines if the texture must be loaded in a sRGB GPU buffer (if supported by the GPU).
+     * @returns the raw texture inside an InternalTexture
+     */
+    createRawTexture(data, width, height, format, generateMipMaps, invertY, samplingMode, compression, type, creationFlags, useSRGBBuffer) {
+        throw _WarnImport("engine.rawTexture");
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-returns-check
+    /**
+     * Creates a new raw cube texture
+     * @param data defines the array of data to use to create each face
+     * @param size defines the size of the textures
+     * @param format defines the format of the data
+     * @param type defines the type of the data (like Engine.TEXTURETYPE_UNSIGNED_INT)
+     * @param generateMipMaps  defines if the engine should generate the mip levels
+     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
+     * @param samplingMode defines the required sampling mode (like Texture.NEAREST_SAMPLINGMODE)
+     * @param compression defines the compression used (null by default)
+     * @returns the cube texture as an InternalTexture
+     */
+    createRawCubeTexture(data, size, format, type, generateMipMaps, invertY, samplingMode, compression) {
+        throw _WarnImport("engine.rawTexture");
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-returns-check
+    /**
+     * Creates a new raw 3D texture
+     * @param data defines the data used to create the texture
+     * @param width defines the width of the texture
+     * @param height defines the height of the texture
+     * @param depth defines the depth of the texture
+     * @param format defines the format of the texture
+     * @param generateMipMaps defines if the engine must generate mip levels
+     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
+     * @param samplingMode defines the required sampling mode (like Texture.NEAREST_SAMPLINGMODE)
+     * @param compression defines the compressed used (can be null)
+     * @param textureType defines the compressed used (can be null)
+     * @param creationFlags specific flags to use when creating the texture (1 for storage textures, for eg)
+     * @returns a new raw 3D texture (stored in an InternalTexture)
+     */
+    createRawTexture3D(data, width, height, depth, format, generateMipMaps, invertY, samplingMode, compression, textureType, creationFlags) {
+        throw _WarnImport("engine.rawTexture");
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-returns-check
+    /**
+     * Creates a new raw 2D array texture
+     * @param data defines the data used to create the texture
+     * @param width defines the width of the texture
+     * @param height defines the height of the texture
+     * @param depth defines the number of layers of the texture
+     * @param format defines the format of the texture
+     * @param generateMipMaps defines if the engine must generate mip levels
+     * @param invertY defines if data must be stored with Y axis inverted
+     * @param samplingMode defines the required sampling mode (like Texture.NEAREST_SAMPLINGMODE)
+     * @param compression defines the compressed used (can be null)
+     * @param textureType defines the compressed used (can be null)
+     * @param creationFlags specific flags to use when creating the texture (1 for storage textures, for eg)
+     * @returns a new raw 2D array texture (stored in an InternalTexture)
+     */
+    createRawTexture2DArray(data, width, height, depth, format, generateMipMaps, invertY, samplingMode, compression, textureType, creationFlags) {
+        throw _WarnImport("engine.rawTexture");
+    }
     /**
      * Shared initialization across engines types.
      * @param canvas The canvas associated with this instance of the engine.