Thread: openGL problems (glut)

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    openGL problems (glut)

    ( this program was made for os x )

    this is basically my first opengl program, and ive been having lots of problems with it. i looked up tons of websites and tutorials and read them all untill i could make my own program and not just copy one straight out of a tutorial. its just something simple, drawing a triangle and square on the screen. at first i couldnt get it to compile but after fixing a bunch of small errors and stuff i thought it was going to finally work. but when i run it its only bringing up a black window. i thought at first it might just be color problems and it was putting black and black so i added code to make the shapes red but still nothing, i dont know if maybe its skipping the draw_scene() function call all together or what. i saw a couple sites that used GLvoid instead of void what is the difference anyway, if there is one. im pretty sure i understand the code pretty good, concidering its pretty simple stuff and im almost positive its got to be something dumb cause i think my codes right. if someone could help thatd be really great cause even my computer science teacher doesnt know whats wrong with it.

    Code:
    #include <OpenGL/gl.h>
    #include <OpenGL/glu.h>
    #include <GLUT/glut.h>
    
    #define kWindowWidth	400
    #define kWindowHeight	300
    
    void draw_Scene( void );
    
    int main( int argc, char** argv )
    {
    	glutInit( &argc, argv );
    	glutInitDisplayMode( GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_RGB | GLUT_DEPTH );
    	glutInitWindowSize( kWindowWidth, kWindowHeight );
    	glutInitWindowPosition( 100, 100 );
    	glutCreateWindow( argv[ 0 ] );
    		
    	glutDisplayFunc( draw_Scene );
    	glutMainLoop();
    	
    	return 0;
    }
    
    void draw_Scene( void )
    {
    	glClear( GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT );
    	glLoadIdentity();
    	
    	glTranslatef( -1.5f, 0.0f, -6.0f );
    	glColor3f( 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f );
    	glBegin( GL_TRIANGLES );
    		glVertex3f( 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f );
    		glVertex3f( -1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f );
    		glVertex3f( 0.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f );
    	glEnd();
    	
    	glTranslatef( -3.0f, 0.0f, -6.0f );
    	glColor3f( 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f );
    	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();
    	
    	glutSwapBuffers();
    }

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    This should probably be in the game programming forum. Or at least the C forum because it doesn't look like C++.

    Check out http://nehe.gamedev.net -- there's a special tutorial for Mac OS X; perhaps it mentions your problem.

    Come to think of it, I had the same problem, but I was using MPW (a Mac OS 9 program) compiling an SDL program, Sail the Seas. I had to use a hardware screen buffer instead of a software one, or perhaps the other way around. I have no idea how you would do this with OpenGL or if it's even relevant.
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    glFlush() at the end of your draw routine? Also, i think you might be missing some initialization. Have a look at http://jeff.bagu.org/downloads/glut/EmptyGlut.cpp

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