OpenGL + GLU + C++ not drawing anything - c++

Question

I'm really pulling my hair out with this problem. I'm trying to create a simple game where the player rolls a ball around a playing area.
I'm using WinAPI for window management and input handling.
I tried to render some simple quads too, instead of the GLU sphere, but that didn't work either.
I've separated the code across different classes. I present the relevant code below. This code is in my WinMain:
while (running) {
PeekMessage(&msg, hwnd, NULL, NULL, PM_REMOVE);
if (msg.message == WM_QUIT)
running = false;
else {
// handle key presses
// update
gameWorld->update(getDirections());
// render
gameWorld->render(deviceContext);
// I added this block of code for testing, still does not work
glColor4f(1, 1, 1, 1);
glBegin(GL_QUADS);
glVertex3f(10, 10, 0);
glVertex3f(10, -10, 0);
glVertex3f(-10, -10, 0);
glVertex3f(-10, 10, 0);
glEnd();
TranslateMessage(&msg);
DispatchMessage(&msg);
}
}
Here's GameWorld.cpp:
GameWorld::GameWorld()
{
glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);
glEnable(GL_LIGHT0);
this->ball = new Ball(1, 10, 10);
this->camera = new Camera(ball);
}
GameWorld::~GameWorld()
{
delete this->ball;
}
void GameWorld::render(HDC deviceContext) {
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
this->ball->draw();
SwapBuffers(deviceContext);
}
void GameWorld::update(Directions dirs) {
glLoadIdentity();
this->ball->handleInput(dirs);
this->ball->update();
this->camera->update();
}
Here's Camera update method:
void Camera::update() {
GLdouble ballX = ball->getLocation()->getX();
GLdouble ballY = ball->getLocation()->getY();
GLdouble ballZ = ball->getLocation()->getZ();
GLdouble x = ballX + cos(90) * this->distanceFromBall;
GLdouble y = ballY + cos(90) * this->distanceFromBall;
GLdouble z = ballZ + cos(90) * this->distanceFromBall;
gluLookAt(
x, y, z,
ballX, ballY, ballZ,
0, 1, 0
);
}
Here's the Ball draw method:
void Ball::draw() {
glPushMatrix();
this->quadric = gluNewQuadric();
glTranslated(this->location->getX(), this->location->getY(), this->location->getZ());
gluQuadricDrawStyle(this->quadric, GLU_FILL);
glColor4f(1, 1, 1, 1);
gluSphere(this->quadric, this->radius, this->slices, this->stacks);
gluDeleteQuadric(this->quadric);
glPopMatrix();
}
What the #!#% is wrong with this code? I should get this thing done in a week, so I really could use some help...

Answer 1

I had to use the gluPerspective() function to make this work. My GameWorld constructor now looks like this:
GameWorld::GameWorld()
{
glViewport(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT); // reset the viewport to new dimensions
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION); // set projection matrix current matrix
glLoadIdentity(); // reset projection matrix
// calculate aspect ratio of window
gluPerspective(54.0f, (GLfloat)WIDTH / (GLfloat)HEIGHT, 1.0f, 1000.0f);
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW); // set modelview matrix
glLoadIdentity();
glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);
glEnable(GL_LIGHT0);
this->ball = new Ball(1, 20, 20);
this->camera = new Camera(ball);
}
The code is copied from the sample code of Dave Astle's book "OpenGL Game Programming".