As I can get the best MultiSample AntiAliasing PixelFormat for a GameWindow?

Posted Tuesday, 15 March, 2011 - 18:36 by migueltk in

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I just finished translating this demo and I just have to set this feature, the better MultiSample AntiAliasing PixelFormat.

Can anyone help?

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Check the example browser -> OpenTK -> GameWindow MSAA sample. In short, this will do the trick:

var game = new GameWindow(1024, 768, new GraphicsMode(32, 24, 0, 4)); // Request a GraphicsMode with 4x AA.

As I can know the maximum value that supports my graphics card?. In the example is initialized at 4x and my card supports 8x. I need to know the maximum value before instantiating the gamewindow.
As I can get this?

There is no API to retrieve the maximum AA mode yet. You can create GraphicsModes with increasing AA values until they repeat or fail:

var aa_modes = new List<int>();
try
{
    int aa = 0;
    do
    {
        var mode = new GraphicsMode(32, 0, 0, aa);
        if (!aa_modes.Contains(aa))
            aa_modes.Add(aa);
        aa += 2;
    } while (aa <= 32);
}

The maximum AA mode will be the one returned by aa_modes.Last().

I had to make a small modification but the code works, thank you very much.

            var aa_modes = new List<int>();
            int aa = 0;
            do
            {
                var mode = new GraphicsMode(32, 0, 0, aa);
                if (!aa_modes.Contains(mode.Samples))
                    aa_modes.Add(aa);
                aa += 2;
            } while (aa <= 32);

The demo can be downloaded from my website.

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