--- title: "FilterNormalTools" docs: "Phaser v4.1.0" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-filternormaltools 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. # FilterNormalTools This RenderNode renders the NormalTools filter effect, which processes normal map textures for use in lighting calculations. It transforms normal vectors using a view matrix so they are correctly oriented relative to the camera, enabling accurate directional lighting on normal-mapped Game Objects. Two optional features can be enabled via the controller: facing power, which raises the dot-product result to a given exponent to sharpen or soften the lighting falloff; and ratio output, which blends the normal contribution against a direction vector and radius to produce a ratio value used by downstream lighting passes. This node is used internally by [Phaser.Filters.NormalTools](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-normaltools.md) and should not need to be instantiated directly. See [Phaser.Filters.NormalTools](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-normaltools.md). **Constructor** `new FilterNormalTools(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/FilterNormalTools.js#L12](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterNormalTools.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) - [setupTextures](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#setuptextures) **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 ### setupUniforms #### \ setupUniforms(controller, drawingContext) **Description:** Sets the WebGL uniform values for the NormalTools shader based on the current controller settings. Always uploads the view matrix as `uViewMatrix`. If the controller's `facingPower` differs from the default value of `1`, the `uFacingPower` uniform is also uploaded. If `outputRatio` is enabled on the controller, the `uRatioVector` (a 3-component direction vector) and `uRatioRadius` uniforms are uploaded as well. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | controller | [Phaser.Filters.NormalTools](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-normaltools.md) | No | The filter controller providing the uniform 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/FilterNormalTools.js#L86](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterNormalTools.js#L86) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### updateShaderConfig #### \ updateShaderConfig(controller, drawingContext) **Description:** Updates the shader program configuration based on the current controller settings. Resets the fragment header addition to the base `VIEW_MATRIX` define, then conditionally appends the `FACING_POWER` and `OUTPUT_RATIO` defines — and adjusts the addition name accordingly — so that the correct shader variant is compiled and cached for the active combination of features. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | controller | [Phaser.Filters.NormalTools](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-normaltools.md) | No | The filter controller providing the current configuration. | | 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#updateShaderConfig > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterNormalTools.js#L54](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterNormalTools.js#L54) 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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