Fist of all I need links lol...
How do I use openGL?
How do I compile the stuff without getting error?
NEED HELP!!!:?: :?: :?:
Tauren -1 Junior Poster
~s.o.s~ 2,560 Failure as a human Team Colleague Featured Poster
You will find everything here:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread50370.html
Just be patient, read the whole thread, visit OpenGL links, read the tutorials on how to setup OpenGL and you will be up in no time.
Tauren -1 Junior Poster
ALRIGHT sweet Now I just need a book Can you guys find a book for me AND THEN i can get started SWEET!!! TY U GUYS ur the best forum I seen yet!
~s.o.s~ 2,560 Failure as a human Team Colleague Featured Poster
Books for what ?
OpenGL or C++ ?
BTW did you read the thread which I pointed out in my previous post?
It features some of the free ebooks available on the net for OpenGL.
Tauren -1 Junior Poster
Umm I did this LONG code....
#pragma comment(linker, "/subsystem:windows")
#include <windows.h>
#include <gl/gl.h>
#include <gl/glu.h>
#include <gl/glaux.h>
/* Here we find a few global variables. While
i don't really like to use global variables,
i found them very handy for this particular
program. These variables will control angles,
fullscreen, and the global device context.
*/
HDC g_HDC;
float angle = 0.0f;
float legAngle[2] = {0.0f, 0.0f};
float armAngle[2] = {0.0f, 0.0f};
bool fullScreen = false;
/* Function: DrawCube
Purpose: As the name would suggest, this is
the function for drawing the cubes.
*/
void DrawCube(float xPos, float yPos, float zPos)
{
glPushMatrix();
glBegin(GL_POLYGON);
/* This is the top face*/
glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f);
glVertex3f(-1.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f);
glVertex3f(-1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
/* This is the front face*/
glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(-1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(-1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(0.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f);
/* This is the right face*/
glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(0.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(0.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f);
glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f);
/* This is the left face*/
glVertex3f(-1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(-1.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f);
glVertex3f(-1.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f);
glVertex3f(-1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f);
/* This is the bottom face*/
glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(0.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f);
glVertex3f(-1.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f);
glVertex3f(-1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f);
/* This is the back face*/
glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(-1.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f);
glVertex3f(-1.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f);
glVertex3f(0.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f);
glEnd();
glPopMatrix();
}
/* Function: DrawArm
Purpose: This function draws the arm
for the robot.
*/
void DrawArm(float xPos, float yPos, float zPos)
{
glPushMatrix();
/* Sets color to red*/
glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glTranslatef(xPos, yPos, zPos);
/* Creates 1 x 4 x 1 cube*/
glScalef(1.0f, 4.0f, 1.0f);
DrawCube(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glPopMatrix();
}
/* Function: DrawHead
Purpose: This function will create the
head for the robot.
*/
void DrawHead(float xPos, float yPos, float zPos)
{
glPushMatrix();
/* Sets color to white*/
glColor3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
glTranslatef(xPos, yPos, zPos);
/* Creates 2 x 2 x 2 cube*/
glScalef(2.0f, 2.0f, 2.0f);
DrawCube(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glPopMatrix();
}
/* Function: DrawTorso
Purpose: Function will do as suggested
and draw a torso for our robot.
*/
void DrawTorso(float xPos, float yPos, float zPos)
{
glPushMatrix();
/* Sets color to blue*/
glColor3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
glTranslatef(xPos, yPos, zPos);
/* Creates 3 x 5 x 1 cube*/
glScalef(3.0f, 5.0f, 1.0f);
DrawCube(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glPopMatrix();
}
/* Function: DrawLeg
Purpose: Not to sound repetitve, but as suggested
this function will draw our robots legs.
*/
void DrawLeg(float xPos, float yPos, float zPos)
{
glPushMatrix();
/* Sets color to yellow*/
glColor3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
glTranslatef(xPos, yPos, zPos);
/* Creates 1 x 5 x 1 cube*/
glScalef(1.0f, 5.0f, 1.0f);
DrawCube(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glPopMatrix();
}
/* Function: DrawRobot
Purpose: Function to draw our entire robot
*/
void DrawRobot(float xPos, float yPos, float zPos)
{
/* Variables for state of robots legs. True
means the leg is forward, and False means
the leg is back. The same applies to the
robots arm states.
*/
static bool leg1 = true;
static bool leg2 = false;
static bool arm1 = true;
static bool arm2 = false;
glPushMatrix();
/* This will draw our robot at the
desired coordinates.
*/
glTranslatef(xPos, yPos, zPos);
/* These three lines will draw the
various components of our robot.
*/
DrawHead(1.0f, 2.0f, 0.0f);
DrawTorso(1.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glPushMatrix();
/* If the arm is moving forward we will increase
the angle; otherwise, we will decrease the
angle.
*/
if (arm1)
{
armAngle[0] = armAngle[0] + 1.0f;
}
else
{
armAngle[0] = armAngle[0] - 1.0f;
}
/* Once the arm has reached its max angle
in one direction, we want it to reverse
and change direction.
*/
if (armAngle[0] >= 15.0f)
{
arm1 = false;
}
if (armAngle[0] <= 15.0f)
{
arm1 = true;
}
/* Here we are going to move the arm away
from the torso and rotate. This will
create a walking effect.
*/
glTranslatef(0.0f, -0.5f, 0.0f);
glRotatef(armAngle[0], 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
DrawArm(2.5f, 0.0f, -0.5f);
glPopMatrix();
glPushMatrix();
/* If the arm is moving forward we will increase
the angle, otherwise we will decrease the
angle
*/
if (arm2)
{
armAngle[1] = armAngle[1] + 1.0f;
}
else
{
armAngle[1] = armAngle[1] - 1.0f;
}
/* Here we are going to move the arm away
from the torso and rotate. This will
create a walking effect.
*/
glTranslatef(0.0f, -0.5f, 0.0f);
glRotatef(armAngle[1], 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
DrawArm(-1.5f, 0.0f, -0.5f);
glPopMatrix();
/* Now its time to rotate the legs relative to the
robots position in the world, this is the first
leg, ie the right one.
*/
glPushMatrix();
/* If the leg is moving forward we will increase
the angle; otherwise, we will decrease the
angle.
*/
if (leg1)
{
legAngle[0] = legAngle[0] + 1.0f;
}
else
{
legAngle[0] = legAngle[0] - 1.0f;
}
/* Once the leg has reached its max angle
in one direction, we want it to reverse
and change direction.
*/
if (legAngle[0] >= 15.0f)
{
leg1 = false;
}
if (legAngle[0] <= -15.0f)
{
leg1 = true;
}
/* Here we are going to move the leg away
from the torso and rotate. This will
create a walking effect.
*/
glTranslatef(0.0f, -0.5f, 0.0f);
glRotatef(legAngle[0], 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
/* Time to draw the leg.
*/
DrawLeg(-0.5f, -5.0f, -0.5f);
glPopMatrix();
/* Same as above, for the left leg.
*/
glPushMatrix();
/* If the leg is moving forward we will increase
the angle, otherwise we will decrease the
angle
*/
if (leg2)
{
legAngle[1] = legAngle[1] + 1.0f;
}
else
{
legAngle[1] = legAngle[1] - 1.0f;
}
/* Once the leg has reached its max angle
in one direction, we want it to reverse
and change direction.
*/
if (legAngle[1] >= 15.0f)
{
leg2 = false;
}
if (legAngle[1] <= -15.0f)
{
leg2 = true;
}
/* Here we are going to move the leg away
from the torso and rotate. This will
create a walking effect.
*/
glTranslatef(0.0f, -0.5f, 0.0f);
glRotatef(legAngle[1], 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
DrawLeg(1.5f, -5.0f, -0.5f);
glPopMatrix();
glPopMatrix();
}
/* Function: Render
Purpose: This function will be responsible
for the rendering, got to love my
descriptive function names : )
*/
void Render()
{
/* Enable depth testing
*/
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
/* Heres our rendering. Clears the screen
to black, clear the color and depth
buffers, and reset our modelview matrix.
*/
glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glLoadIdentity();
/* Increase rotation angle counter
*/
angle = angle + 1.0f;
/* Reset after we have completed a circle
*/
if (angle >= 360.0f)
{
angle = 0.0f;
}
glPushMatrix();
glLoadIdentity();
/* Move to 0,0,-30 , rotate the robot on
its y axis, draw the robot, and dispose
of the current matrix.
*/
glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, -30.0f);
glRotatef(angle, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
DrawRobot(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glPopMatrix();
glFlush();
/* Bring back buffer to foreground
*/
SwapBuffers(g_HDC);
}
//function to set the pixel format for the device context
/* Function: SetupPixelFormat
Purpose: This function will be responsible
for setting the pixel format for the
device context.
*/
void SetupPixelFormat(HDC hDC)
{
/* Pixel format index
*/
int nPixelFormat;
static PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR pfd = {
sizeof(PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR), //size of structure
1, //default version
PFD_DRAW_TO_WINDOW | //window drawing support
PFD_SUPPORT_OPENGL | //opengl support
PFD_DOUBLEBUFFER, //double buffering support
PFD_TYPE_RGBA, //RGBA color mode
32, //32 bit color mode
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, //ignore color bits
0, //no alpha buffer
0, //ignore shift bit
0, //no accumulation buffer
0, 0, 0, 0, //ignore accumulation bits
16, //16 bit z-buffer size
0, //no stencil buffer
0, //no aux buffer
PFD_MAIN_PLANE, //main drawing plane
0, //reserved
0, 0, 0 }; //layer masks ignored
/* Choose best matching format*/
nPixelFormat = ChoosePixelFormat(hDC, &pfd);
/* Set the pixel format to the device context*/
SetPixelFormat(hDC, nPixelFormat, &pfd);
}
/* Windows Event Procedure Handler
*/
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
/* Rendering and Device Context
variables are declared here.
*/
static HGLRC hRC;
static HDC hDC;
/* Width and Height for the
window our robot is to be
displayed in.
*/
int width, height;
switch(message)
{
case WM_CREATE: //window being created
hDC = GetDC(hwnd); //get current windows device context
g_HDC = hDC;
SetupPixelFormat(hDC); //call our pixel format setup function
/* Create rendering context and make it current
*/
hRC = wglCreateContext(hDC);
wglMakeCurrent(hDC, hRC);
return 0;
break;
case WM_CLOSE: //window is closing
/* Deselect rendering context and delete it*/
wglMakeCurrent(hDC, NULL);
wglDeleteContext(hRC);
/* Send quit message to queue*/
PostQuitMessage(0);
return 0;
break;
case WM_SIZE:
/* Retrieve width and height*/
height = HIWORD(lParam);
width = LOWORD(lParam);
/* Don't want a divide by 0*/
if (height == 0)
{
height = 1;
}
/* Reset the viewport to new dimensions*/
glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
/* Set current Matrix to projection*/
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glLoadIdentity(); //reset projection matrix
/* Time to calculate aspect ratio of
our window.
*/
gluPerspective(54.0f, (GLfloat)width/(GLfloat)height, 1.0f, 1000.0f);
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW); //set modelview matrix
glLoadIdentity(); //reset modelview matrix
return 0;
break;
default:
break;
}
return (DefWindowProc(hwnd, message, wParam, lParam));
}
int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
WNDCLASSEX windowClass; //window class
HWND hwnd; //window handle
MSG msg; //message
bool done; //flag for completion of app
DWORD dwExStyle; //window extended style
DWORD dwStyle; //window style
RECT windowRect;
/* Screen/display attributes*/
int width = 800;
int height = 600;
int bits = 32;
windowRect.left =(long)0; //set left value to 0
windowRect.right =(long)width; //set right value to requested width
windowRect.top =(long)0; //set top value to 0
windowRect.bottom =(long)height;//set bottom value to requested height
/* Fill out the window class structure*/
windowClass.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
windowClass.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
windowClass.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
windowClass.cbClsExtra = 0;
windowClass.cbWndExtra = 0;
windowClass.hInstance = hInstance;
windowClass.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
windowClass.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
windowClass.hbrBackground = NULL;
windowClass.lpszMenuName = NULL;
windowClass.lpszClassName = "MyClass";
windowClass.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_WINLOGO);
/* Register window class*/
if (!RegisterClassEx(&windowClass))
{
return 0;
}
/* Check if fullscreen is on*/
if (fullScreen)
{
DEVMODE dmScreenSettings;
memset(&dmScreenSettings, 0, sizeof(dmScreenSettings));
dmScreenSettings.dmSize = sizeof(dmScreenSettings);
dmScreenSettings.dmPelsWidth = width; //screen width
dmScreenSettings.dmPelsHeight = height; //screen height
dmScreenSettings.dmBitsPerPel = bits; //bits per pixel
dmScreenSettings.dmFields = DM_BITSPERPEL | DM_PELSWIDTH | DM_PELSHEIGHT;
if (ChangeDisplaySettings(&dmScreenSettings, CDS_FULLSCREEN !=
DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL))
{
/* Setting display mode failed, switch to windowed*/
MessageBox(NULL, "Display mode failed", NULL, MB_OK);
fullScreen = false;
}
}
/* Check if fullscreen is still on*/
if (fullScreen)
{
dwExStyle = WS_EX_APPWINDOW; //window extended style
dwStyle = WS_POPUP; //windows style
ShowCursor(FALSE); //hide mouse pointer
}
else
{
dwExStyle = WS_EX_APPWINDOW | WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE; //window extended style
dwStyle = WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW; //windows style
}
AdjustWindowRectEx(&windowRect, dwStyle, FALSE, dwExStyle);
/* Class registerd, so now create our window*/
hwnd = CreateWindowEx(NULL, "MyClass", //class name
"OpenGL Robot", //app name
dwStyle |
WS_CLIPCHILDREN |
WS_CLIPSIBLINGS,
0, 0, //x and y coords
windowRect.right - windowRect.left,
windowRect.bottom - windowRect.top,//width, height
NULL, //handle to parent
NULL, //handle to menu
hInstance, //application instance
NULL); //no xtra params
/* Check if window creation failed (hwnd = null ?)*/
if (!hwnd)
{
return 0;
}
ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_SHOW); //display window
UpdateWindow(hwnd); //update window
done = false; //initialize loop condition variable
/* Main message loop*/
while (!done)
{
PeekMessage(&msg, hwnd, NULL, NULL, PM_REMOVE);
if (msg.message == WM_QUIT) //did we revieve a quit message?
{
done = true;
}
else
{
Render();
TranslateMessage(&msg);
DispatchMessage(&msg);
}
}
if (fullScreen)
{
ChangeDisplaySettings(NULL, 0);
ShowCursor(TRUE);
}
return msg.wParam;
}-------------- Build: Debug in lol ---------------
Compiling: main.c
main.c:1: warning: ignoring #pragma comment
main.c:6:22: gl/glaux.h: No such file or directory
main.c:19: error: syntax error before "fullScreen"
main.c:19: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `fullScreen'
main.c:19: error: `false' undeclared here (not in a function)
main.c:19: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
main.c: In function `DrawRobot':
main.c:162: error: syntax error before "leg1"
main.c:163: error: syntax error before "leg2"
main.c:164: error: syntax error before "arm1"
main.c:165: error: syntax error before "arm2"
main.c:186: error: `arm1' undeclared (first use in this function)
main.c:186: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
main.c:186: error: for each function it appears in.)
main.c:205: error: `true' undeclared (first use in this function)
main.c:226: error: `arm2' undeclared (first use in this function)
main.c:255: error: `leg1' undeclared (first use in this function)
main.c:300: error: `leg2' undeclared (first use in this function)
main.c: In function `WinMain':
main.c:514: error: `bool' undeclared (first use in this function)
main.c:514: error: syntax error before "done"
main.c:597: warning: passing arg 1 of `CreateWindowExA' makes integer from pointer without a cast
main.c:608: error: `done' undeclared (first use in this function)
main.c:613: warning: passing arg 3 of `PeekMessageA' makes integer from pointer without a cast
main.c:613: warning: passing arg 4 of `PeekMessageA' makes integer from pointer without a cast
main.c:617: error: `true' undeclared (first use in this function)
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 1 seconds)
18 errors, 6 warnings
Tauren -1 Junior Poster
Compiler either sucks or somethin
~s.o.s~ 2,560 Failure as a human Team Colleague Featured Poster
Hey there, didnt you find a smaller code than this. ;)
For your first opengl code this is actually too much.
And just to make you aware of the hard facts--
1. What kind of expertise do you hold in C / C++ ?
2. Do you understand what is a state machince since OpenGL uses FSM model and it itself is a FSM ?
3. Do you know what callback functions are ?
Dont you think that for a person, who wonders what are the uses of loops, you are looking too far ahead ?
Even I have tried my hand at game development and believe me, its not easy. Even when using a third party graphics library like Irrlicht, it took us nearly 2 years to understand, design, code and create a game.
Dont you think you are taking too big a leap ?
My personal advice: Kick start your gaming career by writing good C++ programs and get involved in console based programming. Just copy pasting some openGL code and running it wont give you any satisfaction because you havent put any effort in it as such.
Learning things the hard way and then giving up on your dreams just because "some things wont run" has already been done by many people and I have seen such people.
To fall into such category or to be one day with Ubisoft -- the final decision rests in you.
Regards,
~s.o.s~
Tauren -1 Junior Poster
Ok.. Nice pargraph by the way but.... Why doesnt my compiler work with those codeS?
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
Why doesnt my compiler work with those codeS?
Probably because OpenGL is not installed on your computer.
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