Load DynamicTexture (DX11.Texture2D) from HTTPGet (Network)?

[non-linear]

I am trying to fetch some pictures from the unsplash API. I know this is possible on DX9 with HTTPGet (Network) + DynamicTexture (EX9.Texture Raw) but I couldn’t make it work on DX11.

Thanks!

[joreg]

as long as there is no such node for dx11 to take the raw bytes of an image and turn them into a texture, you should be able to workaround like this:

• use DynamicTexture (EX9.Texture Raw) to convert the image-bytes into a dx9 texture
• then use AsRaw (EX9.Texture) with its “File Format” input set to ‘Raw’ to get raw bytes in non-imageformat-specific order
• then use AsTexture (DX11.Texture 2d Raw) to get those bytes interpreted as dx11 texture. see its helppatch.

[non-linear]

Thanks Joreg, I tried to implement your answer but it seems not to be working for me… maybe because of the image size or the texture format?

dynamicTextures.v4p (13.1 KB)

[joreg]

indeed there seem to be some problems, both with the AsRaw (EX9.Texture) node and the AsTexture (DX11.Texture 2d Raw) node…

alternatively: have you tried using one of the HTMLTexture nodes to simply fetch the image? note: using latest alphas you now get dx11 html texture out of the box: https://vvvv.org/blog/htmltexture-now-for-dx11-and-more