Procedural/Dynamic Texture System for Unreal Engine 4

DynamicTexture.cpp

//#include "GalavantUnreal.h" // Your game's header file here

#include "DynamicTexture.h"

// See https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Procedural_Materials

struct UpdateTextureRegionsParams
{
	UTexture2D* Texture;
	int32 MipIndex;
	uint32 NumRegions;
	FUpdateTextureRegion2D* Regions;
	uint32 SrcPitch;
	uint32 SrcBpp;
	uint8* SrcData;
	bool FreeData;
};

// Send the render command to update the texture
void UpdateTextureRegions(UpdateTextureRegionsParams& params)
{
	if (params.Texture && params.Texture->Resource)
	{
		struct FUpdateTextureRegionsData
		{
			FTexture2DResource* Texture2DResource;
			int32 MipIndex;
			uint32 NumRegions;
			FUpdateTextureRegion2D* Regions;
			uint32 SrcPitch;
			uint32 SrcBpp;
			uint8* SrcData;
		};

		FUpdateTextureRegionsData* RegionData = new FUpdateTextureRegionsData;

		RegionData->Texture2DResource = (FTexture2DResource*)params.Texture->Resource;
		RegionData->MipIndex = params.MipIndex;
		RegionData->NumRegions = params.NumRegions;
		RegionData->Regions = params.Regions;
		RegionData->SrcPitch = params.SrcPitch;
		RegionData->SrcBpp = params.SrcBpp;
		RegionData->SrcData = params.SrcData;

		ENQUEUE_UNIQUE_RENDER_COMMAND_TWOPARAMETER(
		    UpdateTextureRegionsData, FUpdateTextureRegionsData*, RegionData, RegionData, bool,
		    FreeData, params.FreeData,
		    {
			    for (uint32 RegionIndex = 0; RegionIndex < RegionData->NumRegions; ++RegionIndex)
			    {
				    int32 CurrentFirstMip = RegionData->Texture2DResource->GetCurrentFirstMip();
				    if (RegionData->MipIndex >= CurrentFirstMip)
				    {
					    RHIUpdateTexture2D(
					        RegionData->Texture2DResource->GetTexture2DRHI(),
					        RegionData->MipIndex - CurrentFirstMip,
					        RegionData->Regions[RegionIndex], RegionData->SrcPitch,
					        RegionData->SrcData +
					            RegionData->Regions[RegionIndex].SrcY * RegionData->SrcPitch +
					            RegionData->Regions[RegionIndex].SrcX * RegionData->SrcBpp);
				    }
			    }
			    if (FreeData)
			    {
				    FMemory::Free(RegionData->Regions);
				    FMemory::Free(RegionData->SrcData);
			    }
			    delete RegionData;
			});
	}
}

void SetDynamicTexturePixelsToColor(DynamicTexturePixel* pixels, int32 numPixels,
                                    DynamicTexturePixel color)
{
	if (pixels)
	{
		for (int i = 0; i < numPixels; i++)
			pixels[i] = color;
	}
}

DynamicTexture::~DynamicTexture()
{
	if (Pixels)
		delete[] Pixels;
	if (UpdateTextureRegion)
		delete UpdateTextureRegion;
}

void DynamicTexture::Initialize(UStaticMeshComponent* staticMesh, int32 materialIndex, int32 width,
                                int32 height)
{
	if (!staticMesh)
		return;

	Width = width;
	Height = height;

	if (!Width || !Height)
	{
		// Dynamic Texture needs width and height in order to function!
		return;
	}

	// Texture2D setup
	{
		Texture2D = UTexture2D::CreateTransient(Width, Height);
		// Ensure there's no compression (we're editing pixel-by-pixel)
		Texture2D->CompressionSettings = TextureCompressionSettings::TC_VectorDisplacementmap;
		// Turn off Gamma correction
		Texture2D->SRGB = 0;
		// Make sure it never gets garbage collected
		Texture2D->AddToRoot();
		// Update the texture with these new settings
		Texture2D->UpdateResource();
	}

	// TextureRegion setup
	UpdateTextureRegion = new FUpdateTextureRegion2D(0, 0, 0, 0, Width, Height);

	// Pixels setup
	{
		NumPixels = Width * Height;
		if (Pixels)
			delete[] Pixels;
		Pixels = new DynamicTexturePixel[NumPixels];

		SetDynamicTexturePixelsToColor(Pixels, NumPixels, {0, 0, 0, 255});
	}

	// Material setup
	{
		UMaterialInstanceDynamic* material =
		    staticMesh->CreateAndSetMaterialInstanceDynamic(materialIndex);

		if (!material)
			return;

		DynamicMaterials.Empty();
		DynamicMaterials.Add(material);

		for (UMaterialInstanceDynamic* dynamicMaterial : DynamicMaterials)
		{
			if (dynamicMaterial)
				dynamicMaterial->SetTextureParameterValue("DynamicTextureParam", Texture2D);
		}
	}

	Ready = true;
}

void DynamicTexture::Update()
{
	if (Ready)
	{
		UpdateTextureRegionsParams params = {
		    /*Texture = */ Texture2D,
		    /*MipIndex = */ 0,
		    /*NumRegions = */ 1,
		    /*Regions = */ UpdateTextureRegion,
		    /*SrcPitch = */ static_cast<uint32>(Width * sizeof(DynamicTexturePixel)),
		    /*SrcBpp = */ sizeof(DynamicTexturePixel),
		    /*SrcData = */ reinterpret_cast<uint8*>(Pixels),
		    /*FreeData = */ false,
		};
		UpdateTextureRegions(params);
	}
}

DynamicTexturePixel* DynamicTexture::GetPixel(int32 row, int32 column)
{
	if (!Pixels || row >= Height || column >= Width)
		return nullptr;

	return &Pixels[(row * Width) + column];
}

DynamicTexture.h

#pragma once

// See https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Procedural_Materials

struct DynamicTexturePixel
{
	// Do not rearrage or add members to this struct
	uint8 b;
	uint8 g;
	uint8 r;
	uint8 a;
};

void SetDynamicTexturePixelsToColor(DynamicTexturePixel* pixels, int32 numPixels,
                                    DynamicTexturePixel color);

struct DynamicTexture
{
private:
	TArray<class UMaterialInstanceDynamic*> DynamicMaterials;
	UTexture2D* Texture2D;
	FUpdateTextureRegion2D* UpdateTextureRegion;

	bool Ready;

public:
	int32 Width;
	int32 Height;

	int32 NumPixels;

	// You can modify this as desired (it should be null when InitializeDynamicTexture() is called).
	// Call Update() once you've finished modifying the Pixels to let Unreal know we want to use the
	// new ones
	DynamicTexturePixel* Pixels;

	~DynamicTexture();

	void Initialize(UStaticMeshComponent* staticMesh, int32 materialIndex, int32 width,
	                int32 height);

	void Update();

	DynamicTexturePixel* GetPixel(int32 row, int32 column);
};

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