Thread: OpenGL square not showing up..

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    OpenGL square not showing up..

    Hi, so im new to graphics programming and decided to try openGL (I'm planning on making a 2D game in it at first, possibly pacman). And I'm having trouble getting it to draw shapes on the screen.

    Code:
    #include "glut.h"
    
    #define WIDTH 350
    #define HEIGHT 500
    
    void display();
    
    void display()
    {
    	glClearColor(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
    	glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
    	glLoadIdentity();
    	glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, -5.0);
    	glBegin(GL_QUADS);
    	glVertex3f(-1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f);
    	glVertex3f(-1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
    	glVertex3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
    	glVertex3f(1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f);
    	glEnd();
    
    	glFlush();
    }
    
    int main(int argc, char **argv)
    {
    	glutInit(&argc, argv);
    	glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_SINGLE);
    	glutInitWindowSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
    	glutInitWindowPosition(100, 100);
    	glutCreateWindow("PacMan");
    	glutDisplayFunc(display);
    	glutMainLoop();
    }

    also once i get to the point of coding a pacman game.. would the best method be to use and array to represent a tile like system to draw the game boards, and to be used with the ghost AI

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    Just venturing a guess here: replace GLUT_SINGLE by GLUT_DOUBLE and replace glFlush() by glutSwapBuffers().
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    The problem still persists. Its just a blank red screen. I'm wondering if its the xyz positions? I'm just a newb at this graphics stuff though

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    Have you read this tutorial series?
    NeHe Productions: OpenGL Lesson #02
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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    I went with a different tutorial series, because of it using glut to create the window instead of the WINAPI. the link to the tutorial Swiftless OpenGL Tutorials | Swiftless Tutorials I created this set of code by myself, and when it didnt work i reffered back to the tutorial code but im failing to see whats wrong(evidently something is)

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    Off-hand, maybe
    a) it's very small (like 1x1 pixel)
    b) it's also coloured red
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    You haven't set-up your projection matrix, as a result, when you translate your geometry beyond -1.0 in z-direction, it is outside your far clipping plane, i.e. you can't see it. You should set-up your projection matrix. Refer to the GLUT code for 'Lesson 02: Your first polygon' in the NeHe tutorial database.
    Long story short: you have to register a callback through glutReshapeFunc, which gets called eveytime your window changes dimensions (and also when it is first created). You switch to the projection matrix (glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION)), and set-up the desired projection transforms (a call to gluPerspective usually does the trick).

    In any case, I would recommend you either follow through NeHe's tutorials (which also include code for GLUT), or download a (freely available) copy of the (outdated, but still useful for beginners, version) of the OpenGL redbook.

    EDIT: opengl.org seems to be unreachable at the moment...
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    The projection matrix was the problem.. I feel dumb because I tried to avoid the reshape function for this but as I found out it was definately needed. Thanks for the help guys.

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