----------------------------------- krishon Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:37 am where to get opengl ----------------------------------- does neone know where to get opengl....i really wanna learn it so that i can use it for my fp this year. thx ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Mon Aug 18, 2003 1:37 pm ----------------------------------- opengl.org :? ----------------------------------- krishon Mon Aug 18, 2003 7:38 pm ----------------------------------- that's just the add-ins and stuff, i already downloaded from there....dusn't have the actually program for some reason.... :? ----------------------------------- Catalyst Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:12 pm ----------------------------------- opengl comes with windows its a series of dlls and c header files if u cant find the files i someone can always post them up ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Mon Aug 18, 2003 11:15 pm ----------------------------------- here are the header files ----------------------------------- krishon Tue Aug 19, 2003 8:35 pm ----------------------------------- aite kool, thx ----------------------------------- krishon Tue Aug 19, 2003 8:37 pm ----------------------------------- wait...does opengl come with windows ME, cuz i bought my laptop bout a couple of years ago...so...yah.... ----------------------------------- krishon Tue Aug 19, 2003 8:42 pm ----------------------------------- nvm i think i found it ----------------------------------- krishon Tue Aug 19, 2003 8:48 pm ----------------------------------- well.....can neone sorta give a tutorial if possible on opengl....would be greatly appreciated...i need those sorta graphics for isp's (my school's way of saying final project)...thx a bunch, i'll donate bits if u want ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:01 pm ----------------------------------- well here are a buncha links u could get started with: http://openglforums.com http://nehe.gamedev.net/ http://gamedev.net/ http://gametutorials.com/ http://flipcode.com/ ----------------------------------- krishon Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:28 pm ----------------------------------- i found one too though it doesn't explain in too much detail....looks purty cool (probably cuz i dunno how to use it) :) http://home.clara.net/paulyg/ogl.htm#Borland ----------------------------------- krishon Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:30 pm ----------------------------------- well homer...the sites work, but u need the compiler they use....i have borland (my skool uses that) so i need to enter different stuff....just opening a window takes like 30 lines of code, lol....but i shouldn't complain opengl will no doubt help me in the end ----------------------------------- Catalyst Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:35 pm ----------------------------------- nehe.gamedev.net has its tutorials ported to borland at the very bottom there are links for compiler specific tutorial btw heres another good tut source http://www.codesampler.com/oglsrc.htm ----------------------------------- krishon Wed Aug 20, 2003 11:07 am ----------------------------------- that's a nice site catalyst...definitely can use some stuff from there, e.g. particle engine ----------------------------------- krishon Wed Aug 20, 2003 11:38 am ----------------------------------- the particle system on codesampler.com dusn't work for some reason.....neone have ne ideas as to how to make it work? all it says is that GL_EXT_point_parameters extension was not found and then it closes.. ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Wed Aug 20, 2003 12:59 pm ----------------------------------- that's cuz u got a shitty graphic card like me... =Þ that program needs a nvidia based graphic card to work since it uses some extentions that are only supported with that... but that doesn't mean u can't make a particle engine but the speed wont be as fast as the one using the extention... ----------------------------------- krishon Wed Aug 20, 2003 4:18 pm ----------------------------------- ye...that's wut i thought...cuz it said i needed a certain graphics card....i wuz purty sure i didn't have that one, lol ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Wed Aug 20, 2003 7:14 pm ----------------------------------- nvidia graphic cads are friggin awesome... they boost up rendering speed a friggin lot.. check this out : http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4ti.html holy crap eh? here's something that would inspire u to learn opengl... this picture is being redered in realtime 15.000.000 Polygons per second on a P IV 1.5 Ghz!!! http://www.flipcode.com/iotd/01-07-2002.jpg and this one 18 million triangles per second!!!! http://www.flipcode.com/iotd/06-15-2003.jpg Imagine the games of tommorow!!! ----------------------------------- Catalyst Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:01 pm ----------------------------------- some more inpiring shots (not all ogl but still can be done in ogl) http://www.flipcode.com/iotd/10-24-2002.jpg http://www.flipcode.com/iotd/04-15-2003.jpg ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:16 pm ----------------------------------- unbelievable speed!!! :shock: the games of the next generation are gonna b realistic as hell!!! ----------------------------------- krishon Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:59 pm ----------------------------------- dddaaaaammmmmmmmmma, lol...that's some nice shiznit ----------------------------------- krishon Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:03 pm ----------------------------------- should i download the software on the site u linked? will it help at all or have u tried yet? ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:51 pm ----------------------------------- which software? the tutorials? yes these screenshot? nah... ----------------------------------- krishon Fri Aug 22, 2003 12:02 pm ----------------------------------- theres like the software on that nvadia site u linked...should be a bar on the top that says software and theres some stuff u can download...i wuz askin if i shoulda download those or if it won't make a difference if i do download them ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Fri Aug 22, 2003 4:18 pm ----------------------------------- those are the nvidia card drivers i think... i dont think they would do u any good when u dont have nvidia card.. :? ----------------------------------- krishon Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:38 pm ----------------------------------- k, thought so...