--- title: "FilterDisplacement" docs: "Phaser v4.1.0" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-filterdisplacement site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- > This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page. # FilterDisplacement A RenderNode that applies a displacement filter effect to the WebGL rendering pipeline. Displacement filtering offsets the pixels of the source image using a displacement map texture. The red channel of the map controls horizontal offset and the green channel controls vertical offset. The magnitude of the displacement is scaled by the controller's `x` and `y` amount values, allowing you to create ripple, wave, heat-haze, and similar distortion effects at runtime. This node is used internally by [Phaser.Filters.Displacement](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-displacement.md) and is not typically instantiated directly. Use the Displacement filter on a Game Object or Camera to apply this effect. **Constructor** `new FilterDisplacement(manager)` **Parameters** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | manager | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNodeManager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernodemanager.md) | No | The manager that owns this RenderNode. | --- **Scope**: static **Extends** > [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md) > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterDisplacement.js#L12](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterDisplacement.js#L12) Since: 4.0.0 ## Inherited Methods **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md):** - [run](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#run) - [updateShaderConfig](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#updateshaderconfig) **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md):** - [onRunBegin](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#onrunbegin) - [onRunEnd](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#onrunend) - [setDebug](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#setdebug) --- ## Public Methods ### setupTextures #### \ setupTextures(controller, textures) **Description:** Binds the displacement map texture used by this filter. Assigns the controller's WebGL displacement texture to texture slot 1, which maps to the `uDisplacementSampler` uniform in the fragment shader. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | controller | [Phaser.Filters.Displacement](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-displacement.md) | No | The Displacement filter controller providing the displacement map texture. | | textures | Array.\ | No | The textures array for this render pass. The displacement texture is written to index 1. | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader#setupTextures > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterDisplacement.js#L42](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterDisplacement.js#L42) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### setupUniforms #### \ setupUniforms(controller, drawingContext) **Description:** Sets the shader uniforms required by the displacement filter. Passes the displacement sampler index and the displacement amount vector to the fragment shader. The amount vector is a two-component value whose x and y components scale the horizontal and vertical displacement respectively, as defined on the [Phaser.Filters.Displacement](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-displacement.md) controller. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | controller | [Phaser.Filters.Displacement](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-displacement.md) | No | The Displacement filter controller providing the displacement amount values. | | drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The current drawing context. | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader#setupUniforms > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterDisplacement.js#L59](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterDisplacement.js#L59) Since: 4.0.0 --- ## Inherited Members **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md):** - [indexBuffer](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#indexbuffer) - [programManager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#programmanager) - [vertexBufferLayout](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#vertexbufferlayout) **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md):** - [manager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#manager) - [name](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#name) --- --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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