--- title: "FilterWipe" docs: "Phaser v4.1.0" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-filterwipe 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. # FilterWipe This RenderNode renders the Wipe filter effect, which creates a directional transition that sweeps across the screen to reveal or hide a second texture. The wipe can travel along either axis and in either direction, with a configurable edge softness (wipe width). It is used by the [Phaser.Filters.Wipe](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-wipe.md) filter controller to produce scene transitions or in-game reveal effects. See [Phaser.Filters.Wipe](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-wipe.md). **Constructor** `new FilterWipe(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/FilterWipe.js#L12](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterWipe.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, _drawingContext) **Description:** Binds the wipe reveal texture to texture slot 1, making it available to the fragment shader as the secondary sampler that will be blended in as the wipe progresses. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | controller | [Phaser.Filters.Wipe](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-wipe.md) | No | The filter controller providing the wipe texture. | | textures | Array.\ | No | The texture array for this render node. Index 1 is set to the reveal texture. | | _drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The current drawing context (unused). | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader#setupTextures > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterWipe.js#L37](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterWipe.js#L37) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### setupUniforms #### \ setupUniforms(controller, _drawingContext) **Description:** Uploads the wipe shader uniforms derived from the filter controller. Sets the secondary texture sampler unit, and passes a vec4 containing the current progress (0–1), the wipe edge softness width, the wipe direction (1 or -1), and the axis (0 for horizontal, 1 for vertical). Also uploads the reveal flag, which determines whether the wipe uncovers the secondary texture (reveal) or covers it (hide). **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | controller | [Phaser.Filters.Wipe](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-wipe.md) | No | The filter controller providing wipe parameters. | | _drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The current drawing context (unused). | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader#setupUniforms > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterWipe.js#L54](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterWipe.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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