---
title: "WebGL2: Phaser AE API 3.0.0-2"
package: "@phaser-ae/kernel"
version: 3.0.0-2
released: 2026-10-19
updated: 2026-10-20
description: "what the WebGL2 backend shares with packs, and the program compiler every pack uses"
url: https://phaser.io/kernel/docs/3.0.0-2/webgl
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

# WebGL2

what the WebGL2 backend shares with packs, and the program compiler every pack uses. Kernel 3.0.0-2, from `engine/kernel/src/webgl.ts`.

## Functions

### `compileGlProgram`

```ts
function compileGlProgram(gl: WebGL2RenderingContext, vertex: string, fragment: string, label: string): WebGLProgram
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

Compile and link a pack's GLSL program; a compile or link error throws with `label` and the GL log, and leaves
nothing behind. A vertex shader with `main()` and `gl_Position` is wrapped so its geometry follows WebGPU's edge
rule: it gains a uniform and a wrapper `main`, so it must not declare `ae_main` or `ae_EdgeNudge` itself.

### `glPixelHeight`

```ts
function glPixelHeight(gl: WebGL2RenderingContext, height: number): void
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

WebGL2 backend use: the height in pixels of what it draws into, so every program `compileGlProgram` made keeps the edge rule. Call it when the target's size changes.

## Classes

### `GlDepthCopy`

```ts
class GlDepthCopy
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

A copy of the scene's depth a pack can sample while the real depth buffer is still attached for drawing (sampling that would be a feedback loop). One per pack; resized on demand.

- `constructor(private readonly gl: WebGL2RenderingContext)`
- `copy(bag: WebGl2Bag): WebGLTexture` — Copy the full scene depth, restoring both framebuffer bindings and scissor enable.
- `dispose():void` — Release the snapshot on game destruction, resize or context loss.

## Types

### `WebGl2Bag`

```ts
interface WebGl2Bag
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

What the WebGL2 backend shares with packs that draw for themselves: the context, the atlas and the scene's targets.
A drawer's `drawGl` receives it. WebGL2 helpers live here, in the kernel, so every pack's program follows one
rasterisation rule.

- `gl: WebGL2RenderingContext` — The context.
- `atlas: WebGLTexture | null` — The atlas texture, premultiplied alpha; null until uploaded.
- `textureOf?(tex: number): WebGLTexture | null` — The texture a frame lives in, by its `framePlace(i).tex`: 0 is `atlas`, anything else a big picture's texture of its own (null until uploaded). A pack that samples a loaded image itself binds this, and then draws pictures too.
- `width: number` — Backing-store width.
- `height: number` — Backing-store height.
- `framebuffer?: WebGLFramebuffer` — Backend-owned scene framebuffer, before final canvas presentation.
- `color?: WebGLTexture` — Scene colour, sampled only when not attached as the active draw destination.
- `depth?: WebGLTexture` — Scene depth. Copy before sampling while drawing to the scene framebuffer.
- `logicalWidth: number` — Logical screen width.
- `logicalHeight: number` — Logical screen height.

---

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