--- title: "Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.Utils" docs: "Phaser v4.1.0" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/namespace/renderer-webgl-utils 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. # Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.Utils Scope: static > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L11](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L11) Since: 3.0.0 ## Static functions ### checkShaderMax #### \ checkShaderMax(gl, maxTextures) **Description:** Check to see how many texture units the GPU supports in a fragment shader and if the value specified in the game config is allowed. This value is hard-clamped to 16 for performance reasons on Android devices. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | gl | WebGLRenderingContext | No | The WebGLContext used to create the shaders. | | maxTextures | number | No | The Game Config maxTextures value. | **Returns:** number - The number of texture units that is supported by this browser and GPU. > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L101](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L101) Since: 3.50.0 --- ### getFloatsFromUintRGB #### \ getFloatsFromUintRGB(rgb) **Description:** Unpacks a Uint24 RGB into an array of floats with values in the range 0.0 to 1.0 **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | rgb | number | No | RGB packed as a Uint24 | **Returns:** array - Array of floats representing each component as a float > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L82](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L82) Since: 3.0.0 --- ### getTintAppendFloatAlpha #### \ getTintAppendFloatAlpha(rgb, a) **Description:** Packs a Uint24, representing RGB components, with a Float32, representing the alpha component, with a range between 0.0 and 1.0 and returns a Uint32 **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | rgb | number | No | Uint24 representing RGB components | | a | number | No | Float32 representing Alpha component | **Returns:** number - Packed RGBA as Uint32 > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L40](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L40) Since: 3.0.0 --- ### getTintAppendFloatAlphaAndSwap #### \ getTintAppendFloatAlphaAndSwap(rgb, a) **Description:** Packs a Uint24, representing RGB components, with a Float32, representing the alpha component, with a range between 0.0 and 1.0 and returns a swizzled Uint32 with the red and blue channels exchanged (RGB becomes BGR) **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | rgb | number | No | Uint24 representing RGB components | | a | number | No | Float32 representing Alpha component | **Returns:** number - Packed RGBA as Uint32 > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L59](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L59) Since: 3.0.0 --- ### getTintFromFloats #### \ getTintFromFloats(r, g, b, a) **Description:** Packs four floats in a range from 0.0 to 1.0 into a single Uint32 **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | r | number | No | Red component in a range from 0.0 to 1.0 | | g | number | No | Green component in a range from 0.0 to 1.0 | | b | number | No | Blue component in a range from 0.0 to 1.0 | | a | number | No | Alpha component in a range from 0.0 to 1.0 | **Returns:** number - The packed RGBA values as a Uint32. > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L17](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L17) Since: 3.0.0 --- ### updateLightingUniforms #### \ updateLightingUniforms(enable, drawingContext, programManager, textureUnit, vec, [selfShadow], [selfShadowPenumbra], [selfShadowThreshold]) **Description:** Sets or clears all lighting-related uniforms on the given shader program manager. When `enable` is `true`, this function queries the Scene's Light Manager for all active lights visible to the camera and uploads their positions, colors, intensities, and radii as uniform arrays to the shader. It also uploads the ambient light color, camera transform, and the normal map texture unit. Optionally enables self-shadowing by uploading the penumbra and diffuse threshold uniforms. When `enable` is `false`, all previously set lighting uniforms are removed from the program manager. If the Scene has no active Light Manager, the function returns early without making any changes. **Tags:** - webglOnly **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | enable | boolean | No | Whether to enable lighting. | | drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The DrawingContext instance. | | programManager | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.ProgramManager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-programmanager.md) | No | The ShaderProgramManager instance. | | textureUnit | number | No | The texture unit to use for the normal map. | | vec | [Phaser.Math.Vector2](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/math-vector2.md) | No | A Vector2 instance. | | selfShadow | boolean | Yes | Whether to enable self-shadowing. | | selfShadowPenumbra | number | Yes | The penumbra value for self-shadowing. | | selfShadowThreshold | number | Yes | The threshold value for self-shadowing. | > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L133](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/Utils.js#L133) Since: 4.0.0 --- --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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