I’m wondering what the stencil buffer is and what it can do.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stencil_buffer
Basically, the stencil buffers allows you to draw only in parts “marked” in the stencil buffer, rejecting pixels where this “mark” doesn’t have certain value.
Is used to clip rendering in non-rectangular shapes, and to do shadow volumes.