Is MultiDrawElementsBaseVertex bound by index type?

Question

With glMultiDrawElementsBaseVertex it becomes possible to render multiple sets of indices in one draw call. When using for instance GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT as the type of the indices is there still a restriction that only MAX_UNSIGNED_SHORT vertices can be rendered at a time? Or does the combination with multiple base vertices allow to exceed this number and allow for multiple sets of sub-draw calls provided that these do not exceed the MAX_UNSIGNED_SHORT restriction in relation to their base vertex?

So for instance given the following input to the command:

$\mathit{count} = [65535, 65535]$

$\mathit{indices} = [\mathit{indexOffset0}, \mathit{indexOffset1}]$

$\mathit{baseVertex} = [0, 65536]$

will the baseVertex offset (> MAX_UNSIGNED_SHORT) be correctly added to the index found at indexOffset1? I don't believe the specs raise anything about the types of indices used and the number of vertices referenced.

Answer 1

When using for instance GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT as the type of the indices is there still a restriction that only MAX_UNSIGNED_SHORT vertices can be rendered at a time

No such restriction has ever existed (and I checked old versions of the specification). The limitations on count have never been related to the size of the index type. The type of the indices only describes the type of the indices; how many indices are being used is specified by count and is unrelated to the type.