Event Reference#

All omni.kit.renderer events are based on an omni::kit::IAppWindow instance. The event names are composed as follows:

omni.kit.renderer:renderer:<IAppWindow pointer>:<event name>

The <IAppWindow pointer> is composed as by the %p printf format specifier. Event names are case sensitive.

Events with an empty <IAppWindow pointer> are aliased to the default window.

For ease of generating the event names for use with carb::eventdispatcher::IEventDispatcher, there exists an enum omni::kit::renderer::RendererEventType in C++ and omni.kit.renderer.bind.RendererEventType in Python. These enums can be used with helper functions omni::kit::renderer::getRendererEventName() and omni.kit.renderer.bind.get_renderer_event_name() to generate the event name. Conversely, the event name can be passed to helper functions omni::kit::renderer::getRendererEventType() and omni.kit.renderer.bind.get_renderer_event_type() to convert back to the event type enum and optionally retrieve the omni::kit::IAppWindow instance as well.

Renderer Events#

As listed below, the String Event Name corresponds to the <event name> above.

Pre Begin Frame#

Sent on the main thread when rendering is about to start.

C++ Enum: RendererEventType::ePreBeginFrame
Python Enum: RendererEventType.PRE_BEGIN_FRAME
String event name: pre_begin_frame

Arguments:

dt (float) - Time since last frame in seconds.
commandListHandle (int64) - The handle for the frame’s command list.
saveDrawData (bool) - If true, the frame won’t be displayed due to prepare failure (i.e. swap-chain being resized or not ready, window minimized, etc.). false for a normal frame.
draw_frozen (bool) - (optional) If true, the window’s drawing is frozen.

Pre Begin Render Pass#

Sent on the main thread or present thread after Pre Begin Frame but immediately before the Begin Render Pass command is executed.

C++ Enum: RendererEventType::ePreBeginRenderPass
Python Enum: RendererEventType.PRE_BEGIN_RENDER_PASS
String event name: pre_begin_render_pass

Arguments:

commandListHandle (int64) - The handle for the frame’s command list.
saveDrawData (bool) - Always false.

Render Frame#

Sent on the main thread immediately after clear and before the render pass ends.

C++ Enum: RendererEventType::eRenderFrame
Python Enum: RendererEventType.RENDER_FRAME
String event name: render_frame

Arguments:

dt (float) - Time since last frame in seconds.
commandListHandle (int64) - The handle for the frame’s command list.
saveDrawData (bool) - If true, the frame won’t be displayed due to prepare failure (i.e. swap-chain being resized or not ready, window minimized, etc.). false for a normal frame.
draw_frozen (bool) - (optional) If true, the window’s drawing is frozen.

Post End Render Pass#

Sent on the main thread or present thread after the render pass ends.

C++ Enum: RendererEventType::ePostEndRenderPass
Python Enum: RendererEventType.POST_END_RENDER_PASS
String event name: post_end_render_pass

Arguments:

commandListHandle (int64) - The handle for the frame’s command list.
saveDrawData (bool) - Always false.

Post End Render Frame#

Sent on the main thread following Post Present Frame Buffer.

C++ Enum: RendererEventType::ePostEndRenderFrame
Python Enum: RendererEventType.POST_END_RENDER_FRAME
String event name: post_end_render_frame

Arguments:

dt (float) - Time since last frame in seconds.
saveDrawData (bool) - If true, the frame won’t be displayed due to prepare failure (i.e. swap-chain being resized or not ready, window minimized, etc.). false for a normal frame.
draw_frozen (bool) - (optional) If true, the window’s drawing is frozen.

Post Present Frame Buffer#

Sent on the main thread or present thread at the end of rendering.

C++ Enum: RendererEventType::ePostPresentFrameBuffer
Python Enum: RendererEventType.POST_PRESENT_FRAME_BUFFER
String event name: post_present_frame_buffer

Arguments:

dt (float) - Time since last frame in seconds.

Present Render Frame#

Sent on the present thread to update the viewport. Sent before Post End Render Pass.

C++ Enum: RendererEventType::ePresentRenderFrame
Python Enum: RendererEventType.PRESENT_RENDER_FRAME
String event name: present_render_frame

Arguments:

dt (float) - Time since last frame in seconds.
commandListHandle (int64) - The handle for the frame’s command list.
viewportDataCount (size_t) - The number of entries in the viewportDataPtr array.
viewportDataPtr (uintptr_t) - A value that can be casted to omni::kit::renderer::IRendererHydraViewportData*, an array of length viewportDataCount. WARNING: This pointer value may only be safely accessed in the event handler and must not be stored anywhere.

Legacy Events#

Previously, each event type was sent through a separate Event Stream. While still currently supported, this is now deprecated.

Converting C++#

Old:

using namespace omni::kit::renderer;

IRenderer* renderer = carb::getCachedInterface<IRenderer>();
if (renderer)
{
    carb::events::IEventStream* preBeginFrameEventStream = renderer->getPreBeginFrameEventStream(appWindow);
    m_subscription = carb::events::createSubscriptionToPop(
        preBeginFrameEventStream,
        [this](carb::events::IEvents* event) { this->onPreBeginFrame(event); },
        carb::events::kDefaultOrder,
        "My subscription name"
    );
}

New:

using namespace omni::kit::renderer;

auto dispatcher = carb::getCachedInterface<carb::eventdispatcher::IEventDispatcher>();
m_subscription = dispatcher->observeEvent(
    carb::RStringKey("My observer name"),
    carb::eventdispatcher::kDefaultOrder,
    getRendererEventName(RendererEventType::ePreBeginFrame, appWindow),
    [this](const carb::eventdispatcher::Event& event) { this->onPreBeginFrame(event); }
);

Reading arguments from the event is easier with Events 2.0 as generally Event::getValueOr<>() can be used instead of reading dictionary values.

Converting Python#

Old:

import omni.kit.renderer
import carb.events

renderer = omni.kit.renderer.bind.acquire_renderer_interface()
stream = renderer.get_pre_begin_frame_event_stream(app_window)

self.subscription = stream.create_subscription_to_pop(
    on_event,
    carb.events.DEFAULT_ORDER, # optional
    "My subscription name"
)

New:

from omni.kit.renderer import bind as okr
import carb.eventdispatcher

self.subscription = carb.eventdispatcher.get_eventdispatcher().observe_event(
    observer_name="My observer name",
    event_name=okr.get_renderer_event_name(okr.RendererEventType.PRE_BEGIN_FRAME, app_window),
    order=carb.eventdispatcher.DEFAULT_ORDER, # optional
    on_event=on_event
)