Different shader programs but same buffer drawing

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I've setup 3 different instances of the same shader code (e.g. I've compiled the code into 3 separate programs)

For each program, I've gone through the whole route of something like this:

//Setup
gl.useProgram(program);
const buffer = gl.createBuffer();
const location = gl.getAttribLocation(program, aName);

//Upload (each uses the buffer/location it created in Setup
gl.useProgram(program);
gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, buffer);
gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, data, usagePattern);
gl.vertexAttribPointer(location, nComponents, dataType, false, 0, 0);
gl.enableVertexAttribArray(location);

//Draw
gl.useProgram(program);
gl.vertexAttribPointer(location, 2, gl.FLOAT, false, 0, 0);
gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLE_STRIP, 0, 4);

However, no matter what I pass into data - e.g. different sized quads, all three are the same size.

Notably, changes to other uniforms/attributes like matrices and color do change per object

How do I change this so that the changes to data per instance will be drawn properly?

(I realize if they actually use the same shader I should maybe keep a reference to one program and use some sort of buffer pool- but I'm not there yet, just getting started with WebGL)

Which buffer is bound when you draw? Because the buffer is not part of the program state, it must be bound again for drawing. — Maximus Minimus
– Maximus Minimus, Commented Nov 3, 2017 at 6:14
Thanks - I clarified the answer above to add in the drawing part which I forgot :) Will try re-binding before drawing... — davidkomer
– davidkomer, Commented Nov 3, 2017 at 6:51
Yup, that did the trick! Want to write it as a separate answer and I'll accept? — davidkomer
– davidkomer, Commented Nov 3, 2017 at 6:57
Also- generally speaking, if I have lots of objects that use the same shader... is there a good resource out there you can recommend that talks about how do efficiently pool things? e.g. do I keep all the buffer locations in some manual counter? Stuff like that... — davidkomer
– davidkomer, Commented Nov 3, 2017 at 6:58

Maximus Minimus · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-03 09:15:26Z

Your problem is that the current buffer binding is not part of the program state.

In more general terms, buffers (or more correctly, vertex attrib state) and programs are separate objects, and in earlier versions of OpenGL you can even draw without either or without both. So it makes sense that the state of one will not affect the state of the other.

So if in your case you bind 3 buffers at startup, then draw without rebinding your buffers, only the most recently bound buffer will be used for drawing.

To solve, you simply need to rebind the appropriate buffer before drawing.

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