[background=rgb(250, 250, 250)]I am trying to figure out a way to cut out a certain region of a background texture such that a certain custom pattern is not rendered on the screen for that background. For example: [/background][/font]


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[background=rgb(250, 250, 250)]This square can be any pattern. I am using Frame Buffer Object and Stencil Buffer to achieve this kind of effect. Here is the code:[/background][/font]
[source lang="java"]fbo.begin();
//Disables ColorMask and DepthMask so that all the rendering is done on the Stencil Buffer
Gdx.gl20.glColorMask(false, false, false, false);
Gdx.gl20.glDepthMask(false);
Gdx.gl20.glEnable(GL20.GL_STENCIL_TEST);
Gdx.gl20.glStencilFunc(GL20.GL_ALWAYS, 1, 0xFFFFFFFF);
Gdx.gl20.glStencilOp(GL20.GL_REPLACE, GL20.GL_REPLACE, GL20.GL_REPLACE);

stage.getSpriteBatch().begin();
rHeart.draw(stage.getSpriteBatch(), 1); //Draws the required pattern on the stencil buffer

//Enables the ColorMask and DepthMask to resume normal rendering
Gdx.gl20.glColorMask(true, true, true, true);
Gdx.gl20.glDepthMask(true);

Gdx.gl20.glStencilFunc(GL20.GL_EQUAL, 1, 0xFFFFFFFF);
Gdx.gl20.glStencilOp(GL20.GL_KEEP, GL20.GL_KEEP, GL20.GL_KEEP);

background.draw(stage.getSpriteBatch(), 1); //Draws the background such that the background is not rendered on the required pattern, leaving that area black.

stage.getSpriteBatch().end();
Gdx.gl20.glDisable(GL20.GL_STENCIL_TEST);
fbo.end();[/source]
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[background=rgb(250, 250, 250)]However this is not working at all. How am I supposed to do this using Stencil Buffers? I am also facing some difficulty understanding glStencilFunc and glStencilOp. It would be very helpful if anyone can shed some light on these two.[/background][/font]

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[background=rgb(250, 250, 250)]I have also tried producing this effect using glColorMask but to no avail. The following code should produce a heart with a hollow square (But is not). Here is the code for that procedure:[/background][/font]
[source lang="java"]Gdx.gl20.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 0);
stage.draw();
FrameBuffer.clearAllFrameBuffers(Gdx.app);
fbo1.begin();
Gdx.gl20.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 0);
batch.begin();
rubber.draw(batch, 0);
Gdx.gl20.glColorMask(false, false, false, true);
coverHeart.draw(batch, 1);
Gdx.gl20.glColorMask(true, true, true, false);
batch.end();
fbo1.end();

toDrawHeart = new Image(new TextureRegion(fbo1.getColorBufferTexture()));
batch.begin();
toDrawHeart.draw(batch, 1);
batch.end();[/source]
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[background=rgb(250, 250, 250)]Note: I am using the libgdx library.[/background][/font]