Top "Opengl" questions

What is state-of-the-art for text rendering in OpenGL as of version 4.1?

There are already a number of questions about text rendering in OpenGL, such as: How to do OpenGL live text-rendering …

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Learning OpenGL in Ubuntu

I'm trying to learn OpenGL and improve my C++ skills by going through the Nehe guides, but all of the …

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OpenGL rotating a camera around a point

In OpenGL I'm trying to rotate a camera around a point, with camera being distance r from the point and …

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opengl: glFlush() vs. glFinish()

I'm having trouble distinguishing the practical difference between calling glFlush() and glFinish(). The docs say that glFlush() and glFinish() will …

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how to enable vertical sync in opengl?

How do you enable vertical sync? Is it something simple like glEnable(GL_VSYNC)? (though there's no such thing as …

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Using OpenGL with Python

So, I only know how to use Python, but I also know how to model in 3d. I've heard of …

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OpenGL GLX extension not supported

I had installed OpenGL and freeglut in Ubuntu 10.04 and it worked fine in 10.04 and 10.10. But after I upgraded to 11.04, the …

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How to enable OpenGL 3.3 using Mesa 10.1 on Ubuntu

I am trying to get an OpenGL-based rendering engine that relies on OpenGL 3.3 and GLSL 3.3 to run on Ubuntu 13.10 using …

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How to use alpha transparency in OpenGL?

Here's my code: void display(void); int main(int argc, char** argv) { glutInit(&argc, argv); glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_SINGLE|GLUT_…

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What is the correct file extension for GLSL shaders?

I'm learning glsl shading and I've come across different file formats. I've seen people giving their vertex and fragment shaders .…

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