OpenGL Vertex Buffer Object code giving bad output.
- by Matthew Mitchell
Hello. My Vertex Buffer Object code is supposed to render textures nicely but instead the textures are being rendered oddly with some triangle shapes.
What happens - http://godofgod.co.uk/my_files/wrong.png
What is supposed to happen - http://godofgod.co.uk/my_files/right.png
This function creates the VBO and sets the vertex and texture coordinate data:
extern "C" GLuint create_box_vbo(GLdouble size[2]){
GLuint vbo;
glGenBuffers(1,&vbo);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo);
GLsizeiptr data_size = 8*sizeof(GLdouble);
GLdouble vertices[] = {0,0, 0,size[1], size[0],0, size[0],size[1]};
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, data_size, vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
data_size = 8*sizeof(GLint);
GLint textcoords[] = {0,0, 0,1, 1,0, 1,1};
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, data_size, textcoords, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
return vbo;
}
Here is some relavant code from another function which is supposed to draw the textures with the VBO.
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D,GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S,GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D,GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T,GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
glLoadIdentity();
glColor4d(1,1,1,a/255);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
glTranslated(offset[0],offset[1],0);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo);
glVertexPointer(2, GL_DOUBLE, 0, 0);
glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
glTexCoordPointer (2, GL_INT, 0, 0);
glEnableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 1, 3);
glDisableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
I would have hoped for the code to use the first three coordinates (top-left,bottom-left,top-right) and the last three (bottom-left,top-right,bottom-right) to draw the triangles with the texture data correctly in the most efficient way. I don't see why triangles should make it more efficient but apparently that's the way to go. It, of-course, fails for some reason.
I am asking what is broken but also am I going about it in the right way generally?
Thank you.
