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I cannot figure out why the camera will not move when i move the mouse.
Here is my entire code:
#include <iostream> // cout, cerr
#include <cstdlib> // EXIT_FAILURE
#include <GL/glew.h> // GLEW library
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h> // GLFW library
// GLM Math Header inclusions
#include <glm/glm.hpp>
#include <glm/gtx/transform.hpp>
#include <glm/gtc/type_ptr.hpp>
using namespace std; // Standard namespace
/*Shader program Macro*/
#ifndef GLSL
#define GLSL(Version, Source) "#version " #Version " core \n" #Source
#endif
// Unnamed namespace
namespace
{
const char* const WINDOW_TITLE = "Tutorial 4.3"; // Macro for window title
// Variables for window width and height
const int WINDOW_WIDTH = 800;
const int WINDOW_HEIGHT = 600;
// Stores the GL data relative to a given mesh
struct GLMesh
{
GLuint vao; // Handle for the vertex array object
GLuint vbo; // Handle for the vertex buffer object
GLuint nVertices; // Number of indices of the mesh
};
// Main GLFW window
GLFWwindow* gWindow = nullptr;
// Triangle mesh data
GLMesh gMesh;
// Shader program
GLuint gProgramId;
// camera
//Camera gCamera(glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
glm::vec3 gCameraPos = glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 3.0f);
glm::vec3 gCameraFront = glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f);
glm::vec3 gCameraUp = glm::vec3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
float gLastX = WINDOW_WIDTH / 2.0f;
float gLastY = WINDOW_HEIGHT / 2.0f;
bool gFirstMouse = true;
// timing
float gDeltaTime = 0.0f; // time between current frame and last frame
float gLastFrame = 0.0f;
// Default camera values
float Yaw = -90.0f;
float Pitch = 0.0f;
float cameraSpeed = 2.5f;
// camera options
float MovementSpeed;
float MouseSensitivity;
float Zoom;
}
/* User-defined Function prototypes to:
* initialize the program, set the window size,
* redraw graphics on the window when resized,
* and render graphics on the screen
*/
bool UInitialize(int, char* [], GLFWwindow** window);
void UResizeWindow(GLFWwindow* window, int width, int height);
void UProcessInput(GLFWwindow* window);
void UMousePositionCallback(GLFWwindow* window, double xpos, double ypos);
void UMouseScrollCallback(GLFWwindow* window, double xoffset, double yoffset);
void UMouseButtonCallback(GLFWwindow* window, int button, int action, int mods);
void UCreateMesh(GLMesh& mesh);
void UDestroyMesh(GLMesh& mesh);
void URender();
bool UCreateShaderProgram(const char* vtxShaderSource, const char* fragShaderSource, GLuint& programId);
void UDestroyShaderProgram(GLuint programId);
/* Vertex Shader Source Code*/
const GLchar* vertexShaderSource = GLSL(440,
layout(location = 0) in vec3 position; // Vertex data from Vertex Attrib Pointer 0
layout(location = 1) in vec4 color; // Color data from Vertex Attrib Pointer 1
out vec4 vertexColor; // variable to transfer color data to the fragment shader
//Global variables for the transform matrices
uniform mat4 model;
uniform mat4 view;
uniform mat4 projection;
void main()
{
gl_Position = projection * view * model * vec4(position, 1.0f); // transforms vertices to clip coordinates
vertexColor = color; // references incoming color data
}
);
/* Fragment Shader Source Code*/
const GLchar* fragmentShaderSource = GLSL(440,
in vec4 vertexColor; // Variable to hold incoming color data from vertex shader
out vec4 fragmentColor;
void main()
{
fragmentColor = vec4(vertexColor);
}
);
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
if (!UInitialize(argc, argv, &gWindow))
return EXIT_FAILURE;
// Create the mesh
UCreateMesh(gMesh); // Calls the function to create the Vertex Buffer Object
// Create the shader program
if (!UCreateShaderProgram(vertexShaderSource, fragmentShaderSource, gProgramId))
return EXIT_FAILURE;
// Sets the background color of the window to black (it will be implicitely used by glClear)
glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
// render loop
// -----------
while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(gWindow))
{
// per-frame timing
// --------------------
float currentFrame = glfwGetTime();
gDeltaTime = currentFrame - gLastFrame;
gLastFrame = currentFrame;
// input
// -----
UProcessInput(gWindow);
// Render this frame
URender();
glfwPollEvents();
}
// Release mesh data
UDestroyMesh(gMesh);
// Release shader program
UDestroyShaderProgram(gProgramId);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); // Terminates the program successfully
}
// Initialize GLFW, GLEW, and create a window
bool UInitialize(int argc, char* argv[], GLFWwindow** window)
{
// GLFW: initialize and configure
// ------------------------------
glfwInit();
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 4);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 4);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);
#ifdef __APPLE__
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_FORWARD_COMPAT, GL_TRUE);
#endif
// GLFW: window creation
// ---------------------
* window = glfwCreateWindow(WINDOW_WIDTH, WINDOW_HEIGHT, WINDOW_TITLE, NULL, NULL);
if (*window == NULL)
{
std::cout << "Failed to create GLFW window" << std::endl;
glfwTerminate();
return false;
}
glfwMakeContextCurrent(*window);
glfwSetFramebufferSizeCallback(*window, UResizeWindow);
glfwSetCursorPosCallback(*window, UMousePositionCallback);
glfwSetScrollCallback(*window, UMouseScrollCallback);
glfwSetMouseButtonCallback(*window, UMouseButtonCallback);
// tell GLFW to capture our mouse
glfwSetInputMode(*window, GLFW_CURSOR, GLFW_CURSOR_DISABLED);
// GLEW: initialize
// ----------------
// Note: if using GLEW version 1.13 or earlier
glewExperimental = GL_TRUE;
GLenum GlewInitResult = glewInit();
if (GLEW_OK != GlewInitResult)
{
std::cerr << glewGetErrorString(GlewInitResult) << std::endl;
return false;
}
// Displays GPU OpenGL version
cout << "INFO: OpenGL Version: " << glGetString(GL_VERSION) << endl;
return true;
}
// process all input: query GLFW whether relevant keys are pressed/released this frame and react accordingly
void UProcessInput(GLFWwindow* window)
{
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE) == GLFW_PRESS)
glfwSetWindowShouldClose(window, true);
float cameraOffset = cameraSpeed * gDeltaTime;
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_W) == GLFW_PRESS)
gCameraPos += cameraOffset * gCameraFront;
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_S) == GLFW_PRESS)
gCameraPos -= cameraOffset * gCameraFront;
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_A) == GLFW_PRESS)
gCameraPos -= glm::normalize(glm::cross(gCameraFront, gCameraUp)) * cameraOffset;
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_D) == GLFW_PRESS)
gCameraPos += glm::normalize(glm::cross(gCameraFront, gCameraUp)) * cameraOffset;
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_Q) == GLFW_PRESS)
gCameraPos += cameraOffset * gCameraUp;
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_E) == GLFW_PRESS)
gCameraPos -= cameraOffset * gCameraUp;
}
// glfw: whenever the window size changed (by OS or user resize) this callback function executes
void UResizeWindow(GLFWwindow* window, int width, int height)
{
glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
}
// glfw: whenever the mouse moves, this callback is called
// -------------------------------------------------------
void UMousePositionCallback(GLFWwindow* window, double xpos, double ypos)
{
if (gFirstMouse)
{
gLastX = xpos;
gLastY = ypos;
gFirstMouse = false;
}
float xoffset = xpos - gLastX;
float yoffset = gLastY - ypos; // reversed since y-coordinates go from bottom to top
gLastX = xpos;
gLastY = ypos;
xoffset *= MouseSensitivity;
yoffset *= MouseSensitivity;
Yaw += xoffset;
Pitch += yoffset;
// make sure that when pitch is out of bounds, screen doesn't get flipped
if (Pitch > 89.0f)
Pitch = 89.0f;
if (Pitch < -89.0f)
Pitch = -89.0f;
// update Front, Right and Up Vectors using the updated Euler angles
glm::vec3 front;
front.x = cos(glm::radians(Yaw)) * cos(glm::radians(Pitch));
front.y = sin(glm::radians(Pitch));
front.z = sin(glm::radians(Yaw)) * cos(glm::radians(Pitch));
gCameraFront = glm::normalize(front);
}
// glfw: whenever the mouse scroll wheel scrolls, this callback is called
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
void UMouseScrollCallback(GLFWwindow* window, double xoffset, double yoffset)
{
cameraSpeed += yoffset;
cameraSpeed = std::fmaxf(cameraSpeed, 1);
cameraSpeed = std::fminf(cameraSpeed, 100);
}
// glfw: handle mouse button events
// --------------------------------
void UMouseButtonCallback(GLFWwindow* window, int button, int action, int mods)
{
switch (button)
{
case GLFW_MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT:
{
if (action == GLFW_PRESS)
cout << "Left mouse button pressed" << endl;
else
cout << "Left mouse button released" << endl;
}
break;
case GLFW_MOUSE_BUTTON_MIDDLE:
{
if (action == GLFW_PRESS)
cout << "Middle mouse button pressed" << endl;
else
cout << "Middle mouse button released" << endl;
}
break;
case GLFW_MOUSE_BUTTON_RIGHT:
{
if (action == GLFW_PRESS)
cout << "Right mouse button pressed" << endl;
else
cout << "Right mouse button released" << endl;
}
break;
default:
cout << "Unhandled mouse button event" << endl;
break;
}
}
// Function called to render a frame
void URender()
{
// Enable z-depth
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
// Clear the frame and z buffers
glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
// 1. Scales the object by 2
glm::mat4 scale = glm::scale(glm::vec3(2.0f, 2.0f, 2.0f));
// 2. Rotates shape by 15 degrees in the x axis
glm::mat4 rotation = glm::rotate(45.0f, glm::vec3(1.0, 1.0f, 1.0f));
// 3. Place object at the origin
glm::mat4 translation = glm::translate(glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
// Model matrix: transformations are applied right-to-left order
glm::mat4 model = translation * rotation * scale;
// camera/view transformation
glm::mat4 view = glm::lookAt(gCameraPos, gCameraPos + gCameraFront, gCameraUp);
// Creates a perspective projection
glm::mat4 projection = glm::perspective(45.0f, (GLfloat)WINDOW_WIDTH / (GLfloat)WINDOW_HEIGHT, 0.1f, 100.0f);
// Set the shader to be used
glUseProgram(gProgramId);
// Retrieves and passes transform matrices to the Shader program
GLint modelLoc = glGetUniformLocation(gProgramId, "model");
GLint viewLoc = glGetUniformLocation(gProgramId, "view");
GLint projLoc = glGetUniformLocation(gProgramId, "projection");
glUniformMatrix4fv(modelLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(model));
glUniformMatrix4fv(viewLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(view));
glUniformMatrix4fv(projLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(projection));
// Activate the VBOs contained within the mesh's VAO
glBindVertexArray(gMesh.vao);
// Draws the triangles
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, gMesh.nVertices);
// Deactivate the Vertex Array Object
glBindVertexArray(0);
// glfw: swap buffers and poll IO events (keys pressed/released, mouse moved etc.)
glfwSwapBuffers(gWindow); // Flips the the back buffer with the front buffer every frame.
}
// Implements the UCreateMesh function
void UCreateMesh(GLMesh& mesh)
{
// Vertex data
GLfloat verts[] = {
// Vertex Positions // Colors (r,g,b,a)
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Top Vertex
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Front Bottom Right Vertex
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Front Bottom Left Vertex
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Top Vertex
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Back Bottom Right Vertex
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Back Bottom Left Vertex
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Top Vertex
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Back Bottom Left Vertex
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Front Bottom Left Vertex
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Top Vertex
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Back Bottom Right Vertex
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Front Bottom Right Vertex
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Back Bottom Right Vertex
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Front Bottom Right Vertex
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Front Bottom Left Vertex
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Back Bottom Right Vertex
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Back Bottom Left Vertex
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f // Front Bottom Left Vertex
};
const GLuint floatsPerVertex = 3;
const GLuint floatsPerColor = 4;
mesh.nVertices = sizeof(verts) / (sizeof(verts[0]) * (floatsPerVertex + floatsPerColor));
glGenVertexArrays(1, &mesh.vao); // we can also generate multiple VAOs or buffers at the same time
glBindVertexArray(mesh.vao);
// Create VBO
glGenBuffers(1, &mesh.vbo);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, mesh.vbo); // Activates the buffer
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(verts), verts, GL_STATIC_DRAW); // Sends vertex or coordinate data to the GPU
// Strides between vertex coordinates
GLint stride = sizeof(float) * (floatsPerVertex + floatsPerColor);
// Create Vertex Attribute Pointers
glVertexAttribPointer(0, floatsPerVertex, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, stride, 0);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(1, floatsPerColor, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, stride, (char*)(sizeof(float) * floatsPerVertex));
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
}
void UDestroyMesh(GLMesh& mesh)
{
glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &mesh.vao);
glDeleteBuffers(1, &mesh.vbo);
}
// Implements the UCreateShaders function
bool UCreateShaderProgram(const char* vtxShaderSource, const char* fragShaderSource, GLuint& programId)
{
// Compilation and linkage error reporting
int success = 0;
char infoLog[512];
// Create a Shader program object.
programId = glCreateProgram();
// Create the vertex and fragment shader objects
GLuint vertexShaderId = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
GLuint fragmentShaderId = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
// Retrive the shader source
glShaderSource(vertexShaderId, 1, &vtxShaderSource, NULL);
glShaderSource(fragmentShaderId, 1, &fragShaderSource, NULL);
// Compile the vertex shader, and print compilation errors (if any)
glCompileShader(vertexShaderId); // compile the vertex shader
// check for shader compile errors
glGetShaderiv(vertexShaderId, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);
if (!success)
{
glGetShaderInfoLog(vertexShaderId, 512, NULL, infoLog);
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER::VERTEX::COMPILATION_FAILED\n" << infoLog << std::endl;
return false;
}
glCompileShader(fragmentShaderId); // compile the fragment shader
// check for shader compile errors
glGetShaderiv(fragmentShaderId, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);
if (!success)
{
glGetShaderInfoLog(fragmentShaderId, sizeof(infoLog), NULL, infoLog);
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER::FRAGMENT::COMPILATION_FAILED\n" << infoLog << std::endl;
return false;
}
// Attached compiled shaders to the shader program
glAttachShader(programId, vertexShaderId);
glAttachShader(programId, fragmentShaderId);
glLinkProgram(programId); // links the shader program
// check for linking errors
glGetProgramiv(programId, GL_LINK_STATUS, &success);
if (!success)
{
glGetProgramInfoLog(programId, sizeof(infoLog), NULL, infoLog);
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER::PROGRAM::LINKING_FAILED\n" << infoLog << std::endl;
return false;
}
glUseProgram(programId); // Uses the shader program
return true;
}
void UDestroyShaderProgram(GLuint programId)
{
glDeleteProgram(programId);
}
It was silly, took me a while to find it.
float MouseSensitivity; was declared but no default value was given. Therefore when i moved the mouse, it had no output since there was no value.
I have taken code for two projects. One being the code for creating a cube and another is the code for creating a pyramid. I am now trying to render both of the objects in OpenGL which I have done the problem is the objects are attached to one another. I have added some code heading towards rendering them separately, however I am now stuck where my cube is only showing 3 of the triangles used to create it and the whole pyramid shows. Yet the objects are still attached to one another. Any help or guidance?
#include <iostream> // cout, cerr
#include <cstdlib> // EXIT_FAILURE
#include <GL/glew.h> // GLEW library
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h> // GLFW library
// GLM Math Header inclusions
#include <glm/glm.hpp>
#include <glm/gtx/transform.hpp>
#include <glm/gtc/type_ptr.hpp>
using namespace std; // Standard namespace
using glm::vec3;
using glm::mat4;
/*Shader program Macro*/
#ifndef GLSL
#define GLSL(Version, Source) "#version " #Version " core \n" #Source
#endif
// Unnamed namespace
namespace
{
const char* const WINDOW_TITLE = "3D Scene Troubleshooting"; // Macro for window title
// Variables for window width and height
const int WINDOW_WIDTH = 800;
const int WINDOW_HEIGHT = 600;
// Stores the GL data relative to a given mesh
struct GLMesh
{
GLuint vao; // Handle for the vertex array object 1
GLuint vao2; // Handle for the vertex array object 2
GLuint vbos[2]; // Handles for the vertex buffer objects 1
GLuint vbos2[2]; // Handles for the vertex buffer objects 2
GLuint cubeIndices; // Number of cube indices of the mesh
GLuint pyramidIndices; // Number of pyramid indices of the mesh
};
// Main GLFW window
GLFWwindow* gWindow = nullptr;
// Triangle mesh data
GLMesh gMesh;
// Shader program
GLuint gProgramId;
}
/* User-defined Function prototypes to:
* initialize the program, set the window size,
* redraw graphics on the window when resized,
* and render graphics on the screen
*/
bool UInitialize(int, char* [], GLFWwindow** window);
void UResizeWindow(GLFWwindow* window, int width, int height);
void UProcessInput(GLFWwindow* window);
void UCreateMesh(GLMesh& mesh);
void UDestroyMesh(GLMesh& mesh);
void URender();
bool UCreateShaderProgram(const char* vtxShaderSource, const char* fragShaderSource, GLuint& programId);
void UDestroyShaderProgram(GLuint programId);
/* Vertex Shader Source Code*/
const GLchar* vertexShaderSource = GLSL(440,
layout(location = 0) in vec3 position; // Vertex data from Vertex Attrib Pointer 0
layout(location = 1) in vec4 color; // Color data from Vertex Attrib Pointer 1
out vec4 vertexColor; // variable to transfer color data to the fragment shader
//Global variables for the transform matrices
uniform mat4 model;
uniform mat4 view;
uniform mat4 projection;
void main()
{
gl_Position = projection * view * model * vec4(position, 1.0f); // transforms vertices to clip coordinates
vertexColor = color; // references incoming color data
}
);
/* Fragment Shader Source Code*/
const GLchar* fragmentShaderSource = GLSL(440,
in vec4 vertexColor; // Variable to hold incoming color data from vertex shader
out vec4 fragmentColor;
void main()
{
fragmentColor = vec4(vertexColor);
}
);
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
if (!UInitialize(argc, argv, &gWindow))
return EXIT_FAILURE;
// Create the mesh
UCreateMesh(gMesh); // Calls the function to create the Vertex Buffer Object
// Create the shader program
if (!UCreateShaderProgram(vertexShaderSource, fragmentShaderSource, gProgramId))
return EXIT_FAILURE;
// Sets the background color of the window to black (it will be implicitely used by glClear)
glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
// render loop
// -----------
while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(gWindow))
{
// input
// -----
UProcessInput(gWindow);
// Render this frame
URender();
glfwPollEvents();
}
// Release mesh data
UDestroyMesh(gMesh);
// Release shader program
UDestroyShaderProgram(gProgramId);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); // Terminates the program successfully
}
// Initialize GLFW, GLEW, and create a window
bool UInitialize(int argc, char* argv[], GLFWwindow** window)
{
// GLFW: initialize and configure
// ------------------------------
glfwInit();
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 4);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 4);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);
#ifdef __APPLE__
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_FORWARD_COMPAT, GL_TRUE);
#endif
// GLFW: window creation
// ---------------------
* window = glfwCreateWindow(WINDOW_WIDTH, WINDOW_HEIGHT, "3D Scene TroubleShooting", NULL, NULL);
if (*window == NULL)
{
std::cout << "Failed to create GLFW window" << std::endl;
glfwTerminate();
return false;
}
glfwMakeContextCurrent(*window);
glfwSetFramebufferSizeCallback(*window, UResizeWindow);
// GLEW: initialize
// ----------------
// Note: if using GLEW version 1.13 or earlier
glewExperimental = GL_TRUE;
GLenum GlewInitResult = glewInit();
if (GLEW_OK != GlewInitResult)
{
std::cerr << glewGetErrorString(GlewInitResult) << std::endl;
return false;
}
// Displays GPU OpenGL version
cout << "INFO: OpenGL Version: " << glGetString(GL_VERSION) << endl;
return true;
}
// process all input: query GLFW whether relevant keys are pressed/released this frame and react accordingly
void UProcessInput(GLFWwindow* window)
{
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE) == GLFW_PRESS)
glfwSetWindowShouldClose(window, true);
}
// glfw: whenever the window size changed (by OS or user resize) this callback function
executes
void UResizeWindow(GLFWwindow* window, int width, int height)
{
glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
}
// Functioned called to render a frame
void URender()
{
// Enable z-depth
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
// Clear the frame and z buffers
glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
// 1. Scales the object by 2
glm::mat4 scale = glm::scale(glm::vec3(2.0f, 2.0f, 2.0f));
// 2. Rotates shape by 15 degrees in the x axis
glm::mat4 rotation = glm::rotate(45.0f, glm::vec3(1.0, 1.0f, 1.0f));
// 3. Place object at the origin
glm::mat4 translation = glm::translate(glm::vec3(0.5f, -0.3f, -0.1f));
// Model matrix: transformations are applied right-to-left order
glm::mat4 model = translation * rotation * scale;
// Transforms the camera: move the camera back (z axis)
glm::mat4 view = glm::translate(glm::vec3(-2.6f, 2.9f, -5.0f));
// Creates a orthographic projection
glm::mat4 projection = glm::ortho(-5.0f, 5.0f, -5.0f, 5.0f, 0.1f, 100.0f);
// Set the shader to be used
glUseProgram(gProgramId);
// Retrieves and passes transform matrices to the Shader program
GLint modelLoc = glGetUniformLocation(gProgramId, "model");
GLint viewLoc = glGetUniformLocation(gProgramId, "view");
GLint projLoc = glGetUniformLocation(gProgramId, "projection");
glUniformMatrix4fv(modelLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(model));
glUniformMatrix4fv(viewLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(view));
glUniformMatrix4fv(projLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(projection));
// Activate the VBOs contained within the mesh's VAO
glBindVertexArray(gMesh.vao);
glBindVertexArray(gMesh.vao2);
// Draws the CUBE
glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, gMesh.cubeIndices, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, NULL); // Draws the triangle
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 24);
// Draws the PYRAMID
glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, gMesh.pyramidIndices, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, NULL); // Draws the triangle
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 54);
// glfw: swap buffers and poll IO events (keys pressed/released, mouse moved etc.)
glfwSwapBuffers(gWindow); // Flips the the back buffer with the front buffer every frame.
}
void UCylinder(GLUquadric* qobj, GLdouble baseRadius, GLdouble topRadius, GLdouble height, GLint slices, GLint stacks)
{
GLUquadricObj* quadratic;
quadratic = gluNewQuadric();
gluCylinder(quadratic, 0.3f, 0.3f, 3.0f, 32, 32);
glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, gMesh.cubeIndices, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, NULL);
}
// Implements the UCreateMesh function
void UCreateMesh(GLMesh& mesh)
{
// Position and Color data
GLfloat verts[] = {
// Vertex Positions // Colors (r,g,b,a)
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Top Right Vertex 0 (effects top right and bottom right top sides of cube)
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Bottom Right corner Vertex 1
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Bottom center of cube Vertex 2 (effects bottom left and bottomr right sides of cube)
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Center of cube Vertex 3 (effects top, bottom left and bottom right sides of cube)
0.5f, -0.5f, -1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Bottomside left of cube Vertex 4 (doesn't effect cube color at all with current orientation)
0.5f, 0.5f, -1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Top center of cube Vertex 5
-0.5f, 0.5f, -1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Top left corner cube Vertex 6 (effects both top and bottom left sides of cube)
-0.5f, -0.5f, -1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Bottom left of cube Vertex 7
// Vertex Positions // Colors (r,g,b,a)
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 8
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 9
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 10
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 11
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 12
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 13
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 14
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 15
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 16
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 17
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 18
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 19
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 20
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 21
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 22
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 23
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 24
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Vertex 25
};
// Index data to share position data
GLushort cubeIndices[] = {
0, 1, 3, // Triangle 1
1, 2, 3, // Triangle 2
0, 1, 4, // Triangle 3
0, 4, 5, // Triangle 4
0, 5, 6, // Triangle 5
0, 3, 6, // Triangle 6
4, 5, 6, // Triangle 7
4, 6, 7, // Triangle 8
2, 3, 6, // Triangle 9
2, 6, 7, // Triangle 10
1, 4, 7, // Triangle 11
1, 2, 7, // Triangle 12
};
GLushort pyramidIndices[] = {
8, 9, 10, // Triangle 1
11, 12, 13, // Triangle 2
14, 15, 16, // Triangle 3
17, 18, 19, // Triangle 4
20, 21, 22, // Triangle 5
23, 24, 25 // Triangle 6
};
const GLuint floatsPerVertex = 3;
const GLuint floatsPerColor = 4;
// For CUBE
glGenVertexArrays(1, &mesh.vao); // we can also generate multiple VAOs or buffers at the same time
glBindVertexArray(mesh.vao);
// For PYRAMID
glGenVertexArrays(1, &mesh.vao2);
glBindVertexArray(mesh.vao2);
// Create 2 buffers: first one for the vertex data; second one for the indices for the CUBE
glGenBuffers(2, mesh.vbos);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, mesh.vbos[0]); // Activates the buffer for CUBE
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(verts), verts, GL_STATIC_DRAW); // Sends vertex or coordinate data to the GPU for CUBE
// Create 2 buffers: first one for the vertex data; second one for the indices for the PYRAMID
glGenBuffers(2, mesh.vbos2);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, mesh.vbos2[0]); // Activates the buffer for PYRAMID
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(verts), verts, GL_STATIC_DRAW); // Sends vertex or coordinate data to the GPU for PYRAMID
// For CUBE
mesh.cubeIndices = sizeof(cubeIndices) / sizeof(cubeIndices[0]);
glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, mesh.vbos[1]);
glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(cubeIndices), cubeIndices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
// For PYRAMID
mesh.pyramidIndices = sizeof(pyramidIndices) / sizeof(pyramidIndices[0]);
glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, mesh.vbos2[1]);
glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(pyramidIndices), pyramidIndices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
// Strides between vertex coordinates is 6 (x, y, z, r, g, b, a). A tightly packed stride is 0.
GLint stride = sizeof(float) * (floatsPerVertex + floatsPerColor);// The number of floats before each
// Create Vertex Attribute Pointers
glVertexAttribPointer(0, floatsPerVertex, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, stride, 0);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(1, floatsPerColor, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, stride, (char*)(sizeof(float) * floatsPerVertex));
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
}
void UDestroyMesh(GLMesh& mesh)
{
// For CUBE
glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &mesh.vao);
glDeleteBuffers(2, mesh.vbos);
// For PYRAMID
glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &mesh.vao2);
glDeleteBuffers(2, mesh.vbos2);
}
// Implements the UCreateShaders function
bool UCreateShaderProgram(const char* vtxShaderSource, const char* fragShaderSource, GLuint& programId)
{
// Compilation and linkage error reporting
int success = 0;
char infoLog[512];
// Create a Shader program object.
programId = glCreateProgram();
// Create the vertex and fragment shader objects
GLuint vertexShaderId = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
GLuint fragmentShaderId = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
// Retrive the shader source
glShaderSource(vertexShaderId, 1, &vtxShaderSource, NULL);
glShaderSource(fragmentShaderId, 1, &fragShaderSource, NULL);
// Compile the vertex shader, and print compilation errors (if any)
glCompileShader(vertexShaderId); // compile the vertex shader
// check for shader compile errors
glGetShaderiv(vertexShaderId, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);
if (!success)
{
glGetShaderInfoLog(vertexShaderId, 512, NULL, infoLog);
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER::VERTEX::COMPILATION_FAILED\n" << infoLog << std::endl;
return false;
}
glCompileShader(fragmentShaderId); // compile the fragment shader
// check for shader compile errors
glGetShaderiv(fragmentShaderId, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);
if (!success)
{
glGetShaderInfoLog(fragmentShaderId, sizeof(infoLog), NULL, infoLog);
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER::FRAGMENT::COMPILATION_FAILED\n" << infoLog << std::endl;
return false;
}
// Attached compiled shaders to the shader program
glAttachShader(programId, vertexShaderId);
glAttachShader(programId, fragmentShaderId);
glLinkProgram(programId); // links the shader program
// check for linking errors
glGetProgramiv(programId, GL_LINK_STATUS, &success);
if (!success)
{
glGetProgramInfoLog(programId, sizeof(infoLog), NULL, infoLog);
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER::PROGRAM::LINKING_FAILED\n" << infoLog << std::endl;
return false;
}
glUseProgram(programId); // Uses the shader program
return true;
}
void UDestroyShaderProgram(GLuint programId)
{
glDeleteProgram(programId);
}
See Vertex Specification. You cannot specify 2 vertex array objects at the same time. You have to do this in a row.
The Vertex Array Binding is a global state. Only one VAO can be bound at a time.
When calling OpenGL instructions like glVertexAttribPointer, glEnableVertexAttribArray and glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER,...)`, the state of the currently bound Vertex Array Object is changed. Note that different VAOs can use the same data buffers.
void UCreateMesh(GLMesh& mesh)
{
// [...]
glGenBuffers(1, mesh.vbos);
glGenBuffers(2, mesh.vbos2);
// 1 Vertex Buffer for both objects
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, mesh.vbos[0]);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(verts), verts, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
// Strides between vertex coordinates is 6 (x, y, z, r, g, b, a). A tightly packed stride is 0.
GLint stride = sizeof(float) * (floatsPerVertex + floatsPerColor);// The number of floats before each
// CUBE
glGenVertexArrays(1, &mesh.vao); // we can also generate multiple VAOs or buffers at the same time
glBindVertexArray(mesh.vao);
// Create Vertex Attribute Pointers
glVertexAttribPointer(0, floatsPerVertex, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, stride, 0);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(1, floatsPerColor, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, stride, (char*)(sizeof(float) * floatsPerVertex));
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
mesh.cubeIndices = sizeof(cubeIndices) / sizeof(cubeIndices[0]);
glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, mesh.vbos[1]);
glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(cubeIndices), cubeIndices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
// PYRAMID
glGenVertexArrays(1, &mesh.vao2);
glBindVertexArray(mesh.vao2);
// Create Vertex Attribute Pointers
glVertexAttribPointer(0, floatsPerVertex, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, stride, 0);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(1, floatsPerColor, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, stride, (char*)(sizeof(float) * floatsPerVertex));
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
mesh.pyramidIndices = sizeof(pyramidIndices) / sizeof(pyramidIndices[0]);
glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, mesh.vbos2[1]);
glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(pyramidIndices), pyramidIndices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
}
Finally you can draw the meshes one after the other. The draw call uses the data from the currently bound Vertex Array Object. As already mentioned, only one VAO can be bound at a time:
glBindVertexArray(gMesh.vao);
glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, gMesh.cubeIndices, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, NULL);
glBindVertexArray(gMesh.vao2);
glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, gMesh.pyramidIndices, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, NULL);
I am having issues rendering textures in OpenGL.
My goal is to render transparent and non transparent textures but the code I am using seems to swap and mix the pixels of my files.
I am mostly taking the code from this tutorial (learnopengl.com) and I only modified a few things.
This is what I get :
and this is what I am supposed to see:
I did not use the same textures as the tutorial but they are the same format (png for the windows and jpg for the floor and the cubes)
I do not get any error message.
Here is my code :
// main.cpp
#define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION
#include <glad/glad.h>
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
#include <stb/stb_image.h>
#include <glm/glm.hpp>
#include <glm/gtc/matrix_transform.hpp>
#include <glm/gtc/type_ptr.hpp>
#include <blockpp/Shaders.hpp>
#include <blockpp/Camera.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <vector>
void framebuffer_size_callback(GLFWwindow *window, int width, int height);
void mouse_callback(GLFWwindow *window, double xpos, double ypos);
void scroll_callback(GLFWwindow *window, double xoffset, double yoffset);
void processInput(GLFWwindow *window);
unsigned int loadTexture(const char *path);
// settings
const unsigned int SCR_WIDTH = 800;
const unsigned int SCR_HEIGHT = 600;
// camera
Camera camera(glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f), {0.0f, 0.0f});
float lastX = (float)SCR_WIDTH / 2.0;
float lastY = (float)SCR_HEIGHT / 2.0;
bool firstMouse = true;
// timing
float deltaTime = 0.0f;
float lastFrame = 0.0f;
void debug_msg(std::string msg)
{
#ifdef DEBUG
std::cout << "[DEBUG] " << msg << std::endl;
#endif
}
#ifdef DEBUG
void GLAPIENTRY MessageCallback(GLenum source,
GLenum type,
GLuint id,
GLenum severity,
GLsizei length,
const GLchar *message,
const void *userParam);
#endif
int main()
{
// glfw: initialize and configure
// ------------------------------
glfwInit();
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 3);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);
#ifdef __APPLE__
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_FORWARD_COMPAT, GL_TRUE);
#endif
// glfw window creation
// --------------------
GLFWwindow *window = glfwCreateWindow(SCR_WIDTH, SCR_HEIGHT, "LearnOpenGL", NULL, NULL);
if (window == NULL)
{
std::cout << "Failed to create GLFW window" << std::endl;
glfwTerminate();
return -1;
}
glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
glfwSetFramebufferSizeCallback(window, framebuffer_size_callback);
glfwSetCursorPosCallback(window, mouse_callback);
glfwSetScrollCallback(window, scroll_callback);
// tell GLFW to capture our mouse
glfwSetInputMode(window, GLFW_CURSOR, GLFW_CURSOR_DISABLED);
// glad: load all OpenGL function pointers
// ---------------------------------------
if (!gladLoadGLLoader((GLADloadproc)glfwGetProcAddress))
{
std::cout << "Failed to initialize GLAD" << std::endl;
return -1;
}
// configure global opengl state
// -----------------------------
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
glDepthMask(GL_TRUE);
glDepthFunc(GL_LESS);
glEnable(GL_BLEND);
glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
#ifdef DEBUG
glEnable(GL_DEBUG_OUTPUT);
glDebugMessageCallback(MessageCallback, 0);
#endif
// build and compile shaders
// -------------------------
Shader shader("shaders/default.vs", "shaders/default.fs");
// set up vertex data (and buffer(s)) and configure vertex attributes
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
float cubeVertices[] = {
// positions // texture Coords
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f};
float planeVertices[] = {
// positions // texture Coords
5.0f, -0.5f, 5.0f, 2.0f, 0.0f,
-5.0f, -0.5f, 5.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
-5.0f, -0.5f, -5.0f, 0.0f, 2.0f,
5.0f, -0.5f, 5.0f, 2.0f, 0.0f,
-5.0f, -0.5f, -5.0f, 0.0f, 2.0f,
5.0f, -0.5f, -5.0f, 2.0f, 2.0f};
float transparentVertices[] = {
// positions // texture Coords (swapped y coordinates because texture is flipped upside down)
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
0.0f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
1.0f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
1.0f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
1.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f};
// cube VAO
unsigned int cubeVAO, cubeVBO;
glGenVertexArrays(1, &cubeVAO);
glGenBuffers(1, &cubeVBO);
glBindVertexArray(cubeVAO);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, cubeVBO);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(cubeVertices), &cubeVertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 5 * sizeof(float), (void *)0);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
glVertexAttribPointer(1, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 5 * sizeof(float), (void *)(3 * sizeof(float)));
// plane VAO
unsigned int planeVAO, planeVBO;
glGenVertexArrays(1, &planeVAO);
glGenBuffers(1, &planeVBO);
glBindVertexArray(planeVAO);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, planeVBO);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(planeVertices), &planeVertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 5 * sizeof(float), (void *)0);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
glVertexAttribPointer(1, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 5 * sizeof(float), (void *)(3 * sizeof(float)));
// transparent VAO
unsigned int transparentVAO, transparentVBO;
glGenVertexArrays(1, &transparentVAO);
glGenBuffers(1, &transparentVBO);
glBindVertexArray(transparentVAO);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, transparentVBO);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(transparentVertices), transparentVertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 5 * sizeof(float), (void *)0);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
glVertexAttribPointer(1, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 5 * sizeof(float), (void *)(3 * sizeof(float)));
glBindVertexArray(0);
// load textures
// -------------
unsigned int cubeTexture = loadTexture("assets/brick.jpg");
unsigned int floorTexture = loadTexture("assets/floor.jpg");
unsigned int transparentTexture = loadTexture("assets/window.png");
// transparent window locations
// --------------------------------
std::vector<glm::vec3> windows{
glm::vec3(-1.5f, 0.0f, -0.48f),
glm::vec3(1.5f, 0.0f, 0.51f),
glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.7f),
glm::vec3(-0.3f, 0.0f, -2.3f),
glm::vec3(0.5f, 0.0f, -0.6f)};
// shader configuration
// --------------------
shader.use();
shader.setInt("texture_atlas", 0);
// render loop
// -----------
while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window))
{
// per-frame time logic
// --------------------
float currentFrame = glfwGetTime();
deltaTime = currentFrame - lastFrame;
lastFrame = currentFrame;
// input
// -----
processInput(window);
// sort the transparent windows before rendering
// ---------------------------------------------
std::map<float, glm::vec3> sorted;
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < windows.size(); i++)
{
float distance = glm::length(camera.Position - windows[i]);
sorted[distance] = windows[i];
}
// render
// ------
glClearColor(0.1f, 0.1f, 0.1f, 1.0f);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
// draw objects
shader.use();
glm::mat4 projection = glm::perspective(glm::radians(camera.Fov), (float)SCR_WIDTH / (float)SCR_HEIGHT, 0.1f, 100.0f);
glm::mat4 view = camera.GetViewMatrix();
glm::mat4 model = glm::mat4(1.0f);
shader.setMat4("projection", projection);
shader.setMat4("view", view);
// cubes
glBindVertexArray(cubeVAO);
glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, cubeTexture);
model = glm::translate(model, glm::vec3(-1.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f));
shader.setMat4("model", model);
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 36);
model = glm::mat4(1.0f);
model = glm::translate(model, glm::vec3(2.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
shader.setMat4("model", model);
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 36);
// floor
glBindVertexArray(planeVAO);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, floorTexture);
model = glm::mat4(1.0f);
shader.setMat4("model", model);
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
// windows (from furthest to nearest)
glBindVertexArray(transparentVAO);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, transparentTexture);
for (std::map<float, glm::vec3>::reverse_iterator it = sorted.rbegin(); it != sorted.rend(); ++it)
{
model = glm::mat4(1.0f);
model = glm::translate(model, it->second);
shader.setMat4("model", model);
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
}
// glfw: swap buffers and poll IO events (keys pressed/released, mouse moved etc.)
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
glfwSwapBuffers(window);
glfwPollEvents();
}
// optional: de-allocate all resources once they've outlived their purpose:
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &cubeVAO);
glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &planeVAO);
glDeleteBuffers(1, &cubeVBO);
glDeleteBuffers(1, &planeVBO);
glfwTerminate();
return 0;
}
// process all input: query GLFW whether relevant keys are pressed/released this frame and react accordingly
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void processInput(GLFWwindow *window)
{
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE) == GLFW_PRESS)
glfwSetWindowShouldClose(window, true);
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_W) == GLFW_PRESS)
camera.ProcessKeyboard(FORWARD, deltaTime);
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_S) == GLFW_PRESS)
camera.ProcessKeyboard(BACKWARD, deltaTime);
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_A) == GLFW_PRESS)
camera.ProcessKeyboard(LEFT, deltaTime);
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_D) == GLFW_PRESS)
camera.ProcessKeyboard(RIGHT, deltaTime);
}
// glfw: whenever the window size changed (by OS or user resize) this callback function executes
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void framebuffer_size_callback(GLFWwindow *window, int width, int height)
{
// make sure the viewport matches the new window dimensions; note that width and
// height will be significantly larger than specified on retina displays.
glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
}
// glfw: whenever the mouse moves, this callback is called
// -------------------------------------------------------
void mouse_callback(GLFWwindow *window, double xpos, double ypos)
{
if (firstMouse)
{
lastX = xpos;
lastY = ypos;
firstMouse = false;
}
float xoffset = xpos - lastX;
float yoffset = lastY - ypos; // reversed since y-coordinates go from bottom to top
lastX = xpos;
lastY = ypos;
camera.ProcessMouseMovement(xoffset, yoffset);
}
// glfw: whenever the mouse scroll wheel scrolls, this callback is called
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
void scroll_callback(GLFWwindow *window, double xoffset, double yoffset)
{
camera.ProcessMouseScroll(yoffset);
}
// utility function for loading a 2D texture from file
// ---------------------------------------------------
unsigned int loadTexture(char const *path)
{
unsigned int textureID;
glGenTextures(1, &textureID);
int width, height, nrComponents;
unsigned char *data = stbi_load(path, &width, &height, &nrComponents, 0);
if (data)
{
GLenum format;
if (nrComponents == 1)
format = GL_RED;
else if (nrComponents == 3)
format = GL_RGB;
else if (nrComponents == 4)
format = GL_RGBA;
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureID);
glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, format, width, height, 0, format, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, data);
glGenerateMipmap(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, format == GL_RGBA ? GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE : GL_REPEAT); // for this tutorial: use GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE to prevent semi-transparent borders. Due to interpolation it takes texels from next repeat
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, format == GL_RGBA ? GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE : GL_REPEAT);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
stbi_image_free(data);
}
else
{
std::cout << "Texture failed to load at path: " << path << std::endl;
stbi_image_free(data);
}
return textureID;
}
#ifdef DEBUG
void GLAPIENTRY MessageCallback(GLenum source,
GLenum type,
GLuint id,
GLenum severity,
GLsizei length,
const GLchar *message,
const void *userParam)
{
fprintf(stderr, "GL CALLBACK: %s type = 0x%x, severity = 0x%x, message = %s\n",
(type == GL_DEBUG_TYPE_ERROR ? "** GL ERROR **" : ""),
type, severity, message);
}
#endif
This is compiled with -DDEBUG
// default.vs
#version 330 core
layout (location = 0) in vec3 aPos;
layout (location = 1) in vec2 aTexCoord;
out vec2 TexCoord;
uniform mat4 model;
uniform mat4 view;
uniform mat4 projection;
void main()
{
gl_Position = projection * view * model * vec4(aPos, 1.0);
TexCoord = vec2(aTexCoord.x, aTexCoord.y);
}
// default.fs
#version 330 core
out vec4 FragColor;
in vec2 TexCoords;
uniform sampler2D texture_atlas;
void main()
{
FragColor = texture(texture_atlas, TexCoords);
}
// Shaders.hpp
#ifndef SHADER_H
#define SHADER_H
#include <glad/glad.h>
#include <glm/glm.hpp>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <blockpp/main.hpp>
class Shader
{
public:
unsigned int ID;
// constructor generates the shader on the fly
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shader(const char *vertexPath, const char *fragmentPath, const char *geometryPath = nullptr)
{
// 1. retrieve the vertex/fragment source code from filePath
std::string vertexCode;
std::string fragmentCode;
std::string geometryCode;
std::ifstream vShaderFile;
std::ifstream fShaderFile;
std::ifstream gShaderFile;
// ensure ifstream objects can throw exceptions:
vShaderFile.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
fShaderFile.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
gShaderFile.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
try
{
// open files
debug_msg("Reading shaders ...");
vShaderFile.open(vertexPath);
fShaderFile.open(fragmentPath);
std::stringstream vShaderStream, fShaderStream;
// read file's buffer contents into streams
vShaderStream << vShaderFile.rdbuf();
fShaderStream << fShaderFile.rdbuf();
// close file handlers
vShaderFile.close();
fShaderFile.close();
// convert stream into string
vertexCode = vShaderStream.str();
fragmentCode = fShaderStream.str();
// if geometry shader path is present, also load a geometry shader
if (geometryPath != nullptr)
{
debug_msg("Geometry shader provided");
debug_msg("Reading geometry shader ...");
gShaderFile.open(geometryPath);
std::stringstream gShaderStream;
gShaderStream << gShaderFile.rdbuf();
gShaderFile.close();
geometryCode = gShaderStream.str();
}
}
catch (std::ifstream::failure &e)
{
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER::FILE_NOT_SUCCESFULLY_READ" << std::endl;
}
debug_msg("Compiling shaders ... ");
const char *vShaderCode = vertexCode.c_str();
const char *fShaderCode = fragmentCode.c_str();
// 2. compile shaders
unsigned int vertex, fragment;
// vertex shader
vertex = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
glShaderSource(vertex, 1, &vShaderCode, NULL);
glCompileShader(vertex);
checkCompileErrors(vertex, "VERTEX");
// fragment Shader
fragment = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
glShaderSource(fragment, 1, &fShaderCode, NULL);
glCompileShader(fragment);
checkCompileErrors(fragment, "FRAGMENT");
// if geometry shader is given, compile geometry shader
unsigned int geometry;
if (geometryPath != nullptr)
{
const char *gShaderCode = geometryCode.c_str();
geometry = glCreateShader(GL_GEOMETRY_SHADER);
glShaderSource(geometry, 1, &gShaderCode, NULL);
glCompileShader(geometry);
checkCompileErrors(geometry, "GEOMETRY");
}
// shader Program
ID = glCreateProgram();
glAttachShader(ID, vertex);
glAttachShader(ID, fragment);
if (geometryPath != nullptr)
glAttachShader(ID, geometry);
glLinkProgram(ID);
checkCompileErrors(ID, "PROGRAM");
// delete the shaders as they're linked into our program now and no longer necessery
glDeleteShader(vertex);
glDeleteShader(fragment);
if (geometryPath != nullptr)
glDeleteShader(geometry);
}
// activate the shader
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void use()
{
glUseProgram(ID);
}
// utility uniform functions
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void setBool(const std::string &name, bool value) const
{
glUniform1i(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), (int)value);
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void setInt(const std::string &name, int value) const
{
glUniform1i(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), value);
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void setFloat(const std::string &name, float value) const
{
glUniform1f(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), value);
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void setVec2(const std::string &name, const glm::vec2 &value) const
{
glUniform2fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, &value[0]);
}
void setVec2(const std::string &name, float x, float y) const
{
glUniform2f(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), x, y);
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void setVec3(const std::string &name, const glm::vec3 &value) const
{
glUniform3fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, &value[0]);
}
void setVec3(const std::string &name, float x, float y, float z) const
{
glUniform3f(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), x, y, z);
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void setVec4(const std::string &name, const glm::vec4 &value) const
{
glUniform4fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, &value[0]);
}
void setVec4(const std::string &name, float x, float y, float z, float w)
{
glUniform4f(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), x, y, z, w);
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void setMat2(const std::string &name, const glm::mat2 &mat) const
{
glUniformMatrix2fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, GL_FALSE, &mat[0][0]);
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void setMat3(const std::string &name, const glm::mat3 &mat) const
{
glUniformMatrix3fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, GL_FALSE, &mat[0][0]);
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void setMat4(const std::string &name, const glm::mat4 &mat) const
{
glUniformMatrix4fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, GL_FALSE, &mat[0][0]);
}
private:
// utility function for checking shader compilation/linking errors.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void checkCompileErrors(GLuint shader, std::string type)
{
GLint success;
GLchar infoLog[1024];
if (type != "PROGRAM")
{
glGetShaderiv(shader, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);
if (!success)
{
glGetShaderInfoLog(shader, 1024, NULL, infoLog);
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER_COMPILATION_ERROR of type: " << type << "\n"
<< infoLog << "\n -- --------------------------------------------------- -- " << std::endl;
}
}
else
{
glGetProgramiv(shader, GL_LINK_STATUS, &success);
if (!success)
{
glGetProgramInfoLog(shader, 1024, NULL, infoLog);
std::cout << "ERROR::PROGRAM_LINKING_ERROR of type: " << type << "\n"
<< infoLog << "\n -- --------------------------------------------------- -- " << std::endl;
}
}
}
};
#endif
The textures I used :
floor.jpg
brick.jpg
window.png
Thank you in advance for your help, tell me if you need more code or details.
Just two typos:
shader.setInt("texture1", 0); has to spell shader.setInt("texture_atlas", 0);
out vec2 TexCoord; in the vertex shader does not match in vec2 TexCoords; in the fragment shader. No matching input makes TexCoords in your fragment shader undefined, giving you more or less "random" values.
The code works with out any errors, but the object displays at white. The IDE I am using is Eclipse.
I tried some debugging and found error #1282 in UCreateBuffers().
// header inclusions
#include <iostream>
#include <GL/glew.h>
#include <GL/freeglut.h>
//GLM math header inclusions
#include <GL/glm.hpp>
#include <GL/gtc/matrix_transform.hpp>
#include <GL/gtc/type_ptr.hpp>
using namespace std;
#define WINDOW_TITLE "Modern OpenGL" // window title macro
// shader program macro
#ifndef GLSL
#define GLSL(Version, Source) "#Version " #Version "\n" #Source
#endif
//variable declarations for shader, window size initialization, buffer and array objects
GLint shaderProgram, WindowWidth = 800, WindowHeight = 600;
GLuint VBO, VAO;
GLfloat cameraSpeed = 0.0005f;
GLchar currentKey; // will store key pressed
//global vector declarations
glm::vec3 cameraPosition = glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 5.0f);
glm::vec3 CameraUpY = glm::vec3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
glm::vec3 CameraForwardZ = glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f);
// function prototypes
void UResizeWindow(int, int);
void URenderGraphics(void);
void UCreateShader(void);
void UCreateBuffers(void);
void UKeyboard(unsigned char key, int x, int y);
void UKeyReleased(unsigned char key, int x, int y);
//vertex shader source code
const GLchar * vertexShaderSource = GLSL(330,
layout (location = 0) in vec3 position; // vertex data from vertex attrib pointer 0
layout (location = 1) in vec3 color; // color data from vertex attrib pointer 1
out vec3 mobileColor; // variable to transfer color data to the fragment shader
// global variables for the transform matrices
uniform mat4 model;
uniform mat4 view;
uniform mat4 projection;
void main()
{
gl_Position = projection * view * model * vec4(position, 1.0f); //transforms vertices to clip coordinates
mobileColor = color; // references incoming color data
}
);
// fragment shader source code
const GLchar * fragmentShaderSource = GLSL(330,
in vec3 mobileColor; // variable to hold incoming color data from vertex shader
out vec4 gpuColor; // variable to pass color data to the gpu
void main()
{
gpuColor = vec4(mobileColor, 1.0); // sends color data to the gpu for rendering
}
);
//main program
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
glutInit(&argc, argv);
glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_DEPTH | GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_RGBA);
glutInitWindowSize(WindowWidth, WindowHeight);
glutCreateWindow(WINDOW_TITLE);
glutReshapeFunc(UResizeWindow);
glewExperimental = GL_TRUE;
if (glewInit() != GLEW_OK)
{
std::cout << "Failed to initialize GLEW" << std::endl;
return -1;
}
UCreateShader();
UCreateBuffers();
//use the shader program
glUseProgram(shaderProgram);
glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f); //set background color
glutDisplayFunc(URenderGraphics);
glutKeyboardFunc(UKeyboard); // detects key press
glutKeyboardUpFunc(UKeyReleased); // detects key release
glutMainLoop();
//destroys buffer objects once used
glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &VAO);
glDeleteBuffers(1, &VBO);
return 0;
}
//resizes the window
void UResizeWindow(int w, int h)
{
WindowWidth = w;
WindowHeight = h;
glViewport(0, 0, WindowWidth, WindowHeight);
}
// renders graphics
void URenderGraphics(void)
{
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST); // enable z-depth
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glBindVertexArray(VAO); // Activate the vertex array object before rendering and transforming them
// Camera Movement Logic
if(currentKey =='w')
cameraPosition += cameraSpeed * CameraForwardZ;
if(currentKey =='s')
cameraPosition -= cameraSpeed * CameraForwardZ;
if(currentKey =='a')
cameraPosition -= glm::normalize(glm::cross(CameraForwardZ, CameraUpY)) * cameraSpeed;
if(currentKey =='d')
cameraPosition += glm::normalize(glm::cross(CameraForwardZ, CameraUpY)) * cameraSpeed;
// transforms the object
glm::mat4 model;
model = glm::translate(model, glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f)); // place the object at the center of the viewport
model = glm::rotate(model, 45.0f, glm::vec3(0.0, 1.0f, 0.0f)); // rotate the object 45 degrees on the x
model = glm::scale(model, glm::vec3(2.0f, 2.0f, 2.0f)); // increase the object size by a scale of 2
//transform the camera
glm::mat4 view;
view = glm::lookAt(cameraPosition, cameraPosition + CameraForwardZ, CameraUpY);
//creates a perspective projection
glm::mat4 projection;
projection = glm::perspective(45.0f, (GLfloat)WindowWidth / (GLfloat)WindowHeight, 0.1f, 100.0f);
//retrieves and passes transform matrices to the shader program
GLint modelLoc = glGetUniformLocation(shaderProgram, "model");
GLint viewLoc = glGetUniformLocation(shaderProgram, "view");
GLint projLoc = glGetUniformLocation(shaderProgram, "projection");
glUniformMatrix4fv(modelLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(model));
glUniformMatrix4fv(viewLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(view));
glUniformMatrix4fv(projLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(projection));
glutPostRedisplay();
//draws the triangles
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 36);
glBindVertexArray(0);
glutSwapBuffers(); // flips the back buffer with the front buffer every frame
}
//creates the shader program
void UCreateShader()
{
//vertex shader
GLint vertexShader = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER); // creates the vertex shader
glShaderSource(vertexShader, 1, &vertexShaderSource, NULL); // attaches the vertex shader to the source code
glCompileShader(vertexShader); // compiles the vertex shader
//fragment shader
GLint fragmentShader = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
glShaderSource(fragmentShader, 1, &fragmentShaderSource, NULL);
glCompileShader(fragmentShader);
//shader program
shaderProgram = glCreateProgram();
glAttachShader(shaderProgram, vertexShader);
glAttachShader(shaderProgram, fragmentShader);
glLinkProgram(shaderProgram);
// delete the vertex and fragment shaders once linked
glDeleteShader(vertexShader);
glDeleteShader(fragmentShader);
}
void UCreateBuffers()
{
GLfloat vertices[] = {
//positions //Color
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
-0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
};
//generate buffer Ids
glGenVertexArrays(1, &VAO);
glGenBuffers(1, &VBO);
//activate the vertex array object before binding and setting any VBOs and Vertex Attribute Pointers
glBindVertexArray(VAO);
//Activate the VBO
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, VBO);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(vertices), vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
//set attribute pointer 0 to hold position data
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 6 * sizeof(GLfloat), (GLvoid*)0);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0); // Enables vertex Attribute
//set attribute pointer 1 to hold color data
glVertexAttribPointer(1, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 6 * sizeof(GLfloat), (GLvoid*)(3 * sizeof(GLfloat)));
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1); // enables vertex attribute
glBindVertexArray(0);// enable the Vao which is good pratice
}
// implements the UKeyboar function
void UKeyboard(unsigned char key, GLint x, GLint y)
{
switch(key){
case 'w':
cout << "You pressed w!" <<endl;
break;
case 's':
cout << "You pressed s!" <<endl;
break;
case 'a':
cout << "You pressed a!" <<endl;
break;
case 'd':
cout << "You pressed d!" <<endl;
break;
default:
cout << "Press a key!" << endl;
}
}
//implements the UkeyRelease function
void UKeyReleased(unsigned char key, GLint x, GLint y)
{
cout << "Key released!" <<endl;
}
The shaders doesn't compile. GLSL is case sensitive. The version qualifier has to be #version rather than #Version:
#define GLSL(Version, Source) "#Version " #Version "\n" #Source
#define GLSL(Version, Source) "#version " #Version "\n" #Source
I recommend to check for compile and link errors and to add an error logging.
Compile errors can be get by glGetShaderiv / glGetShaderInfoLog:
e.g.
#include <vector>
void UCompileShader( GLuint shader )
{
glCompileShader( shader );
GLint status;
glGetShaderiv( shader, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &status );
if ( status == GL_FALSE )
{
GLint logLen;
glGetShaderiv( shader, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &logLen );
std::vector< char >log( logLen );
GLsizei written;
glGetShaderInfoLog( shader, logLen, &written, log.data() );
std::cout << "compile error:" << std::endl << log.data() << std::endl;
}
}
Link errors can be get by glGetProgramiv / glGetProgramInfoLog:
e.g.
void ULinkShader( GLuint program )
{
glLinkProgram( program );
GLint status;
glGetProgramiv( program, GL_LINK_STATUS, &status );
if ( status == GL_FALSE )
{
GLint logLen;
glGetProgramiv( program, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &logLen );
std::vector< char >log( logLen );
GLsizei written;
glGetProgramInfoLog( program, logLen, &written, log.data() );
std::cout << "link error:" << std::endl << log.data() << std::endl;
}
}
//creates the shader program
void UCreateShader()
{
//vertex shader
GLint vertexShader = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
glShaderSource(vertexShader, 1, &vertexShaderSource, NULL);
UCompileShader(vertexShader); // compiles the vertex shader
//fragment shader
GLint fragmentShader = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
glShaderSource(fragmentShader, 1, &fragmentShaderSource, NULL);
UCompileShader(fragmentShader);
//shader program
shaderProgram = glCreateProgram();
glAttachShader(shaderProgram, vertexShader);
glAttachShader(shaderProgram, fragmentShader);
ULinkShader(shaderProgram);
// delete the vertex and fragment shaders once linked
glDeleteShader(vertexShader);
glDeleteShader(fragmentShader);
}
My ultimate goal is to render 1 million spheres of different sizes and colors at 60 fps. I want to be able to move the camera around the screen as well.
I have modified the code on this page of the tutorial I am studying to try to instance many spheres. However, I find that at as little as 64 spheres my fps falls below 60, and at 900 spheres my fps is a measly 4. My understanding of instancing is naive, but I believe that I should be getting more frames-per-second than this. 60 fps should be attainable with only 64 spheres. I believe that I am, in some way, causing the CPU and GPU to communicate more often than they should have to. So my question is: How do I instance so many objects (ideally millions) without causing the fps to fall low (ideally 60 fps)?
I am calculating fps by calculating (10 / time_elapsed) every 10 frames, where time_elapsed is the time that has elapsed since the last fps call. I am printing this out using printf on line 118 of my code.
I have been learning OpenGL through this tutorial and so I use 32-bit GLEW and 32-bit GLFW in Visual Studio 2013. I have 8 GB of RAM on a 64-bit operating system (Windows 7) with a 2.30 GHz CPU.
I have tried coding my own example based on the tutorial above. Source code:
(set line #2 to be the number of spheres to be instanced. Make sure line#2 has a whole-number square root. Set line 4 to be the detail of the sphere, the lowest it can go is 0. Higher number = more detailed.)
// Make sure NUM_INS is a square number
#define NUM_INS 1
// Detail up to 4 is probably good enough
#define SPHERE_DETAIL 4
#include <vector>
// GLEW
#define GLEW_STATIC
#include <GL/glew.h>
// GLFW
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
// GL includes
#include "Shader.h"
// GLM Mathemtics
#include <glm/glm.hpp>
#include <glm/gtc/matrix_transform.hpp>
#include <glm/gtc/type_ptr.hpp>
// Properties
GLuint screenWidth = 800, screenHeight = 600;
// Function prototypes
void key_callback(GLFWwindow* window, int key, int scancode, int action, int mode);
std::vector<GLfloat> create_sphere(int recursion);
// The MAIN function, from here we start our application and run the Game loop
int main()
{
// Init GLFW
glfwInit();
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 3);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_RESIZABLE, GL_FALSE);
GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(screenWidth, screenHeight, "LearnOpenGL", nullptr, nullptr); // Windowed
glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
// Set the required callback functions
glfwSetKeyCallback(window, key_callback);
// Initialize GLEW to setup the OpenGL Function pointers
glewExperimental = GL_TRUE;
glewInit();
// Define the viewport dimensions
glViewport(0, 0, screenWidth, screenHeight);
glPolygonMode(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_LINE); // Comment to remove wireframe mode
// Setup OpenGL options
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
// Setup and compile our shader(s)
Shader shader("core.vs", "core.frag");
// Generate a list of 100 quad locations/translation-vectors
std::vector<glm::vec2> translations(NUM_INS);
//glm::vec2 translations[NUM_INS];
int index = 0;
GLfloat offset = 1.0f / (float)sqrt(NUM_INS);
for (GLint y = -(float)sqrt(NUM_INS); y < (float)sqrt(NUM_INS); y += 2)
{
for (GLint x = -(float)sqrt(NUM_INS); x < (float)sqrt(NUM_INS); x += 2)
{
glm::vec2 translation;
translation.x = (GLfloat)x / (float)sqrt(NUM_INS) + offset;
translation.y = (GLfloat)y / (float)sqrt(NUM_INS) + offset;
translations[index++] = translation;
}
}
// Store instance data in an array buffer
GLuint instanceVBO;
glGenBuffers(1, &instanceVBO);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, instanceVBO);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(glm::vec2) * NUM_INS, &translations[0], GL_STATIC_DRAW);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
// create 12 vertices of a icosahedron
std::vector<GLfloat> vv = create_sphere(SPHERE_DETAIL);
GLuint quadVAO, quadVBO;
glGenVertexArrays(1, &quadVAO);
glGenBuffers(1, &quadVBO);
glBindVertexArray(quadVAO);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, quadVBO);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vv.size() * sizeof(GLfloat), &vv[0], GL_STATIC_DRAW);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 6 * sizeof(GLfloat), (GLvoid*)0);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
glVertexAttribPointer(1, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 6 * sizeof(GLfloat), (GLvoid*)(2 * sizeof(GLfloat)));
// Also set instance data
glEnableVertexAttribArray(2);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, instanceVBO);
glVertexAttribPointer(2, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 2 * sizeof(GLfloat), (GLvoid*)0);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
glVertexAttribDivisor(2, 1); // Tell OpenGL this is an instanced vertex attribute.
glBindVertexArray(0);
// For printing frames-per-second
float counter = 0;
double get_time = 0;
double new_time;
// Game loop
while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window))
{
// Print fps by printing (number_of_frames / time_elapsed)
counter += 1;
if (counter > 10) {
counter -= 10;
new_time = glfwGetTime();
printf("fps: %.2f ", (10/(new_time - get_time)));
get_time = new_time;
}
// Check and call events
glfwPollEvents();
// Clear buffers
//glClearColor(0.2f, 0.3f, 0.3f, 1.0f);
glClearColor(0.2f, 0.3f, 0.3f, 1.0f);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
// Draw 100 instanced quads
shader.Use();
glm::mat4 model;
model = glm::rotate(model, 0.0f, glm::vec3(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
// Camera/View transformation
glm::mat4 view;
GLfloat radius = 10.0f;
GLfloat camX = sin(glfwGetTime()) * radius;
GLfloat camZ = cos(glfwGetTime()) * radius;
view = glm::lookAt(glm::vec3(camX, 0.0f, camZ), glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f));
// Projection
glm::mat4 projection;
projection = glm::perspective(45.0f, (GLfloat)screenWidth / (GLfloat)screenHeight, 0.1f, 100.0f);
// Get the uniform locations
GLint modelLoc = glGetUniformLocation(shader.Program, "model");
GLint viewLoc = glGetUniformLocation(shader.Program, "view");
GLint projLoc = glGetUniformLocation(shader.Program, "projection");
// Pass the matrices to the shader
glUniformMatrix4fv(modelLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(model));
glUniformMatrix4fv(viewLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(view));
glUniformMatrix4fv(projLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(projection));
glBindVertexArray(quadVAO);
glDrawArraysInstanced(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, vv.size() / 3, NUM_INS); // 100 triangles of 6 vertices each
glBindVertexArray(0);
// Swap the buffers
glfwSwapBuffers(window);
}
glfwTerminate();
return 0;
}
// Is called whenever a key is pressed/released via GLFW
void key_callback(GLFWwindow* window, int key, int scancode, int action, int mode)
{
if (key == GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE && action == GLFW_PRESS)
glfwSetWindowShouldClose(window, GL_TRUE);
}
std::vector<GLfloat> add_color(std::vector<GLfloat> sphere) {
// Add color
std::vector<GLfloat> colored_sphere;
for (GLint i = 0; i < sphere.size(); i+=9) {
colored_sphere.push_back(sphere[i]);
colored_sphere.push_back(sphere[i+1]);
colored_sphere.push_back(sphere[i+2]);
colored_sphere.push_back(0.0f);
colored_sphere.push_back(0.0f);
colored_sphere.push_back(0.0f);
colored_sphere.push_back(sphere[i+3]);
colored_sphere.push_back(sphere[i+4]);
colored_sphere.push_back(sphere[i+5]);
colored_sphere.push_back(0.0f);
colored_sphere.push_back(0.0f);
colored_sphere.push_back(0.0f);
colored_sphere.push_back(sphere[i+6]);
colored_sphere.push_back(sphere[i+7]);
colored_sphere.push_back(sphere[i+8]);
colored_sphere.push_back(0.0f);
colored_sphere.push_back(0.0f);
colored_sphere.push_back(0.0f);
}
return colored_sphere;
}
std::vector<GLfloat> tesselate(std::vector<GLfloat> shape, int recursion) {
if (recursion > 0) {
std::vector<GLfloat> new_sphere = {};
for (GLint i = 0; i < shape.size(); i += 9) {
// 1.902113 approximately
GLfloat radius = sqrt(1.0f + pow((1.0f + sqrt(5.0f)) / 2.0f, 2));
// Every 9 points is a triangle. Take 1 triangle and turn it into 4 triangles.
GLfloat p_one[] = {shape[i], shape[i + 1], shape[i + 2]};
GLfloat p_two[] = {shape[i + 3], shape[i + 4], shape[i + 5]};
GLfloat p_thr[] = {shape[i + 6], shape[i + 7], shape[i + 8]};
GLfloat p_one_two[] = { (p_one[0] + p_two[0]) / 2.0f, (p_one[1] + p_two[1]) / 2.0f, (p_one[2] + p_two[2]) / 2.0f };
GLfloat p_one_thr[] = { (p_one[0] + p_thr[0]) / 2.0f, (p_one[1] + p_thr[1]) / 2.0f, (p_one[2] + p_thr[2]) / 2.0f };
GLfloat p_two_thr[] = { (p_two[0] + p_thr[0]) / 2.0f, (p_two[1] + p_thr[1]) / 2.0f, (p_two[2] + p_thr[2]) / 2.0f };
GLfloat r_one_two = sqrt((p_one_two[0]*p_one_two[0]) + (p_one_two[1]*p_one_two[1]) + (p_one_two[2]*p_one_two[2]));
GLfloat r_one_thr = sqrt((p_one_thr[0]*p_one_thr[0]) + (p_one_thr[1]*p_one_thr[1]) + (p_one_thr[2]*p_one_thr[2]));
GLfloat r_two_thr = sqrt((p_two_thr[0]*p_two_thr[0]) + (p_two_thr[1]*p_two_thr[1]) + (p_two_thr[2]*p_two_thr[2]));
GLfloat t_one_two[] = { radius * p_one_two[0] / r_one_two, radius * p_one_two[1] / r_one_two, radius * p_one_two[2] / r_one_two };
GLfloat t_one_thr[] = { radius * p_one_thr[0] / r_one_thr, radius * p_one_thr[1] / r_one_thr, radius * p_one_thr[2] / r_one_thr };
GLfloat t_two_thr[] = { radius * p_two_thr[0] / r_two_thr, radius * p_two_thr[1] / r_two_thr, radius * p_two_thr[2] / r_two_thr };
// Triangle 1:
new_sphere.push_back(p_one[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(p_one[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(p_one[2]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_two[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_two[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_two[2]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_thr[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_thr[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_thr[2]);
// Triangle 2:
new_sphere.push_back(p_two[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(p_two[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(p_two[2]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_two[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_two[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_two[2]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_two_thr[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_two_thr[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_two_thr[2]);
// Triangle 3:
new_sphere.push_back(p_thr[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(p_thr[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(p_thr[2]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_thr[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_thr[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_thr[2]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_two_thr[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_two_thr[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_two_thr[2]);
// Center Triangle:
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_two[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_two[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_two[2]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_thr[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_thr[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_one_thr[2]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_two_thr[0]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_two_thr[1]);
new_sphere.push_back(t_two_thr[2]);
}
return tesselate(new_sphere, recursion - 1);
}
printf("number of vertices to be rendered: %d || ", shape.size());
return shape;
}
std::vector<GLfloat> create_sphere(int recursion) {
// Define the starting icosahedron
GLfloat t_ = (1.0f + sqrt(5.0f)) / 2.0f;
std::vector<GLfloat> icosahedron = {
-1.0f, t_, 0.0f, -t_, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, t_,
-1.0f, t_, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, t_, 1.0f, t_, 0.0f,
-1.0f, t_, 0.0f, 1.0f, t_, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, -t_,
-1.0f, t_, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, -t_, -t_, 0.0f, -1.0f,
-1.0f, t_, 0.0f, -t_, 0.0f, -1.0f, -t_, 0.0f, 1.0f,
1.0f, t_, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, t_, t_, 0.0f, 1.0f,
0.0f, 1.0f, t_, -t_, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f, t_,
-t_, 0.0f, 1.0f, -t_, 0.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f, -t_, 0.0f,
-t_, 0.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, -t_, 0.0f, -1.0f, -t_,
0.0f, 1.0f, -t_, 1.0f, t_, 0.0f, t_, 0.0f, -1.0f,
1.0f, -t_, 0.0f, t_, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f, t_,
1.0f, -t_, 0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f, t_,-1.0f, -t_, 0.0f,
1.0f, -t_, 0.0f,-1.0f, -t_, 0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f, -t_,
1.0f, -t_, 0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f, -t_, t_, 0.0f, -1.0f,
1.0f, -t_, 0.0f, t_, 0.0f, -1.0f, t_, 0.0f, 1.0f,
0.0f, -1.0f, t_, t_, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, t_,
-1.0f, -t_, 0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f, t_,-t_, 0.0f, 1.0f,
0.0f, -1.0f, -t_,-1.0f, -t_, 0.0f,-t_, 0.0f, -1.0f,
t_, 0.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f, -t_, 0.0f, 1.0f, -t_,
t_, 0.0f, 1.0f, t_, 0.0f, -1.0f, 1.0f, t_, 0.0f,
};
// Tesselate the icososphere the number of times recursion
std::vector<GLfloat> colorless_sphere = tesselate(icosahedron, recursion);
// Add color and return
return add_color(colorless_sphere);
}
Vertex Shader: (named core.vs)
#version 330 core
layout (location = 0) in vec3 position;
layout (location = 1) in vec3 color;
layout (location = 2) in vec2 offset;
out vec3 fColor;
uniform mat4 model;
uniform mat4 view;
uniform mat4 projection;
void main()
{
gl_Position = projection * view * model * vec4(position.x + offset.x, position.y + offset.y, position.z, 1.0f);
fColor = color;
}
Fragment Shader: (named core.frag)
#version 330 core
in vec3 fColor;
out vec4 color;
void main()
{
color = vec4(fColor, 1.0f);
}
Shader class: (named Shader.h)
#ifndef SHADER_H
#define SHADER_H
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <GL/glew.h>
class Shader
{
public:
GLuint Program;
// Constructor generates the shader on the fly
Shader(const GLchar* vertexPath, const GLchar* fragmentPath)
{
// 1. Retrieve the vertex/fragment source code from filePath
std::string vertexCode;
std::string fragmentCode;
std::ifstream vShaderFile;
std::ifstream fShaderFile;
// ensures ifstream objects can throw exceptions:
vShaderFile.exceptions(std::ifstream::badbit);
fShaderFile.exceptions(std::ifstream::badbit);
try
{
// Open files
vShaderFile.open(vertexPath);
fShaderFile.open(fragmentPath);
std::stringstream vShaderStream, fShaderStream;
// Read file's buffer contents into streams
vShaderStream << vShaderFile.rdbuf();
fShaderStream << fShaderFile.rdbuf();
// close file handlers
vShaderFile.close();
fShaderFile.close();
// Convert stream into string
vertexCode = vShaderStream.str();
fragmentCode = fShaderStream.str();
}
catch (std::ifstream::failure e)
{
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER::FILE_NOT_SUCCESFULLY_READ" << std::endl;
}
const GLchar* vShaderCode = vertexCode.c_str();
const GLchar * fShaderCode = fragmentCode.c_str();
// 2. Compile shaders
GLuint vertex, fragment;
GLint success;
GLchar infoLog[512];
// Vertex Shader
vertex = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
glShaderSource(vertex, 1, &vShaderCode, NULL);
glCompileShader(vertex);
// Print compile errors if any
glGetShaderiv(vertex, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);
if (!success)
{
glGetShaderInfoLog(vertex, 512, NULL, infoLog);
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER::VERTEX::COMPILATION_FAILED\n" << infoLog << std::endl;
}
// Fragment Shader
fragment = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
glShaderSource(fragment, 1, &fShaderCode, NULL);
glCompileShader(fragment);
// Print compile errors if any
glGetShaderiv(fragment, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);
if (!success)
{
glGetShaderInfoLog(fragment, 512, NULL, infoLog);
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER::FRAGMENT::COMPILATION_FAILED\n" << infoLog << std::endl;
}
// Shader Program
this->Program = glCreateProgram();
glAttachShader(this->Program, vertex);
glAttachShader(this->Program, fragment);
glLinkProgram(this->Program);
// Print linking errors if any
glGetProgramiv(this->Program, GL_LINK_STATUS, &success);
if (!success)
{
glGetProgramInfoLog(this->Program, 512, NULL, infoLog);
std::cout << "ERROR::SHADER::PROGRAM::LINKING_FAILED\n" << infoLog << std::endl;
}
// Delete the shaders as they're linked into our program now and no longer necessery
glDeleteShader(vertex);
glDeleteShader(fragment);
}
// Uses the current shader
void Use()
{
glUseProgram(this->Program);
}
};
#endif
My ultimate goal is to render 1 million spheres of different sizes and colors at 60 fps.
This is an unreasonable expectation.
Let's say that each sphere consists of 50 triangles. Kinda small for a good sphere shape, but lets assume they're that small.
1 million spheres at 50 tris per sphere is 50 million triangles per frame. At 60 FPS, that's 3 billion triangles per second.
No commercially available GPU is good enough to do that. And that's just a 50 triangle sphere; your 4x tessellated icosahedron will be over 5,000 triangles.
Now yes, drawing 60 such spheres is only ~300,000 triangles per frame. But even that at 60 FPS is ~18 million triangles per second. Hardware does exist that can handle that many triangles, but it's very clearly a lot. And you're definitely not going to get 1 million of them.
This is not a matter of GPU/CPU communication or overhead. You're simply throwing more work at your GPU than it could handle. You might be able to improve a couple of things here and there, but nothing that's going to get you even one tenth of what you want.
At least, not with this overall approach.
For your particular case of wanting to draw millions of spheres, I would use raytraced impostors rather than actual geometry of spheres. That is, you draw quads, who's positions are generated by the vertex (or geometry) shader. You generate a quad per sphere, such that the quad circumscribes the sphere. Then the fragment shader does a simple ray-sphere intersection test to see if the fragment in question (from the direction of the camera view) hits the sphere or not. If the ray doesn't hit the sphere, you discard the fragment.
You would also need to modify gl_FragDepth to give the impostor the proper depth value, so that intersecting spheres can work.