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uckelman
uckelman

Reputation: 26264

Converting OpenGL draw lists to vertex arrays or VBOs

I'm trying to convert a program using draw lists, which are deprecated in OpenGL 3.0+, to use either vertex arrays or VBOs, but I'm not finding any examples of how to do the conversion.

What's in the program now is this (happens to be Python, but really what I'm interested in is the appropriate OpenGL calls---it could just as well be C++, for example):

dl = glGenLists(1)
glNewList(dl, GL_COMPILE)
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture)
glBegin(GL_QUADS)
glTexCoord2f(0, 0)
glVertex2f(0, 0)
glTexCoord2f(0, 1)
glVertex2f(0, height)
glTexCoord2f(1, 1)
glVertex2f(width, height)
glTexCoord2f(1, 0)
glVertex2f(width, 0)
glEnd()
glEndList()

We're mapping a texture onto a rectangle. Then later we're drawing it somewhere:

glCallList(dl)

How do I convert this to use vertex arrays? VBOs?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5463

Answers (1)

HahaHortness
HahaHortness

Reputation: 1628

Here's some Java code, in C the FloatBuffers would be arrays.

public VBO createVBO(List<Vec2> vertexList, List<Vec2> texelList){
    FloatBuffer vertexBuffer = FloatBuffer.allocate(vertexList.size()*3);
    FloatBuffer texelBuffer = FloatBuffer.allocate(texelList.size()*2);
    for(Vec2 point : vertexList){
        vertexBuffer.put(point.x);
        vertexBuffer.put(point.y);
        vertexBuffer.put(0);
    }
    vertexBuffer.flip();
    for(Vec2 point : texelList){
        texelBuffer.put(point.x);
        texelBuffer.put(point.y);
    }
    texelBuffer.flip();

    int[] vbo = new int[2];
    gl.glGenBuffers(1, vbo, 0);
    gl.glBindBuffer(GL2.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo[0]);
    gl.glBufferData(GL.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vertexBuffer.capacity()*4, vertexBuffer, GL2.GL_STATIC_DRAW);
    gl.glGenBuffers(1, vbo, 1);
    gl.glBindBuffer(GL2.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo[1]);
    gl.glBufferData(GL.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, texelBuffer.capacity()*4, texelBuffer, GL2.GL_STATIC_DRAW);

    return new VBO(vbo[0], vbo[1], vertexList.size());
}

public void renderVBO(VBO vbo){
    gl.glEnableClientState(GL2.GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
    gl.glEnableClientState(GL2.GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);

    gl.glBindBuffer(GL.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo.vertices);
    gl.glVertexPointer(3, GL.GL_FLOAT, 0, 0);    
    gl.glBindBuffer(GL.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo.texels);
    gl.glTexCoordPointer(2, GL.GL_FLOAT, 0, 0);

    gl.glDrawArrays(GL.GL_TRIANGLE_FAN, 0, vbo.length);

    gl.glDisableClientState(GL2.GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
    gl.glDisableClientState(GL2.GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
}

Upvotes: 3

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