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Disable _GL Rendering - SMcNeill - 09-20-2024

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Screen _NewImage(640, 480, 32)

GL_Render 0 'don't render to GL, as the next command will lock up and freeze the program if you do
_ScreenMove _Middle
GL_Render -1 'turn that GL rendering back on
Do
    _Limit 30 'A simple loop to see our GL display before ESC is hit
Loop Until _KeyDown(27)

Sub GL_Render (GL_go)
    Select Case GL_go
        Case 0 'disable GL rendering
            _DisplayOrder _Software
        Case -1 'enable GL rendering
            _DisplayOrder _Software , _Hardware , _GLRender
    End Select
    _Delay .2
End Sub



Sub _GL
    Static rtri, rquad
    _glViewport 0, 0, _Width, _Height
    _glMatrixMode _GL_PROJECTION '                          Set projection matrix
    _glLoadIdentity '                                      Matrix reset
    _gluPerspective 45.0F, _Width / _Height, 0.1F, 100.0F ' Perspective calculation
    _glMatrixMode _GL_MODELVIEW '                          set modelview matrix
    _glLoadIdentity
    _glShadeModel _GL_SMOOTH '                              allow smooth shading
    _glClearColor 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.5F
    _glClearDepth 1.0F '                                    set depth buffer
    _glEnable _GL_DEPTH_TEST '                              allow depth testing
    _glDepthFunc _GL_LEQUAL '                              set depth testing method
    _glHint _GL_PERSPECTIVE_CORRECTION_HINT, GL_NICEST '    set nicest projection matrix
    _glClear _GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT: _glClear _GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT 'clear screen and depth buffer
    _glLoadIdentity '                                            matrix reset
    ' draw primitives here

    _glTranslatef -1.5F, 0.0F, -6.0F '      Shift to the left and to the depth - be careful, every other shift on the screen moves from the place where we moved before!


    _glRotatef rtri, 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F ' Rotate the triangle around the y-axis

    _glBegin _GL_TRIANGLES '            The beginning of drawing the PYRAMID

    _glColor3f 1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F '      Red color (it is as _glColor3f Red, Green, Blue and values can be calculated as 1 / 255)
    _glVertex3f 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F '      Upper point
    _glColor3f 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F '      Green color
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, -1.0F, 1.0F '    left bottom point
    _glColor3f 0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F '      blue color
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, -1.0F, 1.0F '    right bottom point

    _glColor3f 1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F '  red color
    _glVertex3f 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F ' upper point (right wall)
    _glColor3f 0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F '  blue color
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, -1.0F, 1.0F 'left point (right wall)
    _glColor3f 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F '  green
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, -1.0F, -1.0F ' right point (right wall)                '

    _glColor3f 1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F '    red
    _glVertex3f 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F '  upper point (rear wall)
    _glColor3f 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F '    green
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, -1.0F, -1.0F ' left point (rear wall)
    _glColor3f 0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F '    blue
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, -1.0F, -1.0F 'right point (rear wall)

    _glColor3f 1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F '    red
    _glVertex3f 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F '  upper point (back wall)
    _glColor3f 0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F '    blue
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, -1.0F, -1.0F 'left point (left wall)
    _glColor3f 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F '    green
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, -1.0F, 1.0F ' right point (left wall)

    _glEnd 'triangle draw end

    _glTranslatef 3.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F 'we will move in the x-axis by 1.5 to the center and 1.5 to the right, where we will paint a quad
    'FOR THE ENTIRE OBJECT IN ONE COLOR:

    _glLoadIdentity '                  we call it to align the X Y Z axes to the original direction, without it it would default to the previous rotated state
    _glTranslatef 1.5F, 0.0F, -7.0F '  The displacement of the origin is higher than in a quad

    _glRotatef rquad, 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F 'Rotate the quad around the x-axis

    _glBegin _GL_QUADS '              begin draw quad
    _glColor3f 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F '      green color
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, 1.0F, -1.0F '    left upper point
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, 1.0F, -1.0F '  right upper point
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F '    right bottom point
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F '    left bottom point

    _glColor3f 1.0F, 0.5F, 0.0F '      orange color
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, -1.0F, 1.0F '    right upper point (bottom wall)
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, -1.0F, 1.0F '  left upper point  (bottom wall)
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, -1.0F, -1.0F '  left bottom point (bottom wall)
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, -1.0F, -1.0F '  right bottm point (bottom wall)

    _glColor3f 1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F '      red
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F '    right upper point (front wall)
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F '    Left upper point (front wall)
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, -1.0F, 1.0F '  left bottom point (front wall)
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, -1.0F, 1.0F '    right bottom point (front wall)

    _glColor3f 1.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F '      yellow
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, -1.0F, -1.0F '  right upper point (rear wall)
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, -1.0F, -1.0F '  left upper point (rear wall)
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, 1.0F, -1.0F '  left bottom point (rear wall)
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, 1.0F, -1.0F '    right bottom point (rear wall)

    _glColor3f 0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F '      blue
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F '  right upper point (left wall)
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, 1.0F, -1.0F '  left upper point (left wall)
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, -1.0F, -1.0F ' left bottom point (left wall)
    _glVertex3f -1.0F, -1.0F, 1.0F '  right bottom point (left wall)


    _glColor3f 1.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F ' purple
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, 1.0F, -1.0F ' right upper point (right wall)
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F ' left upper point (right wall)
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, -1.0F, 1.0F 'Left bottom point (right wall)
    _glVertex3f 1.0F, -1.0F, -1.0F 'Right bottom point (right wall)

    _glEnd 'quad draw end
    rtri = rtri + 0.52F 'Incrementing the angle of rotation of the triangle
    rquad = rquad - 0.515F 'Incrementing the angle of rotation of the quad

    'it is important to RESET THE AXES so that they are rotated to the basic setting (otherwise the X axis can move to the Y axis) using _glLoadIdentity,
    'and it is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to always move in the scene to the beginning of the scene using _glTranslateF
    'moving the object in openGL is not done by recalculating _glVertex, but by moving the start of rendering using _glTranslatef

End Sub


Now, the above is useful for folks who might want to use SUB _GL in a program and have encountered various issues.  The problem is, some of our graphic commands and SUB _GL don't necessary play nice together.  The simple solution around these issues is one like the above:

Turn off _GL drawing.
Do the problematic command (_SCREENMOVE _MIDDLE, _DESKTOPHEIGHT, _DESKTOPWIDTH, probably others)
Turn on _GL drawing.

It's simple and it seems to work for me without any real issues.  If you're having trouble with these type commands, this might just be what you've been looking for and you didn't even know it.  Wink




And for those wanting to see the glitch in action, simply set the value of GL_on to anything non-zero, before calling that _SCREENMOVE _MIDDLE statement.  The program will freeze up and do absolutely nothing for you.


RE: Disable _GL Rendering - Petr - 09-21-2024

Nice example. You miss to:     Static rtri, rquad to row 24  Angel


RE: Disable _GL Rendering - SMcNeill - 09-21-2024

(09-21-2024, 09:07 AM)Petr Wrote: Nice example. You miss to:     Static rtri, rquad to row 24  Angel

Nice catch.  You probably can tell where I grabbed that SUB _GL example from.   Rather than taking time to write anything myself, I just copy/pasted from one of your Learn _GL examples and apparently skipped a line.  LOL!

At least I copied enough of it just to showcase how to skip that _GLRENDER portion of our _DISPLAYORDER, which was the main thing I was hoping to showcase here.  Wink

The rest (which was all yours, I think), was just the pretty icing on the cake.  Big Grin