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     Post subject:Vertex Array Tutorial *EDIT* Now with VBOs!
    PostPosted:Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:44 pm 
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    After adding vertex array (and VBO) support to Cerberus, I figured I knew enough to write a tutorial. Now, everything is nice and clear to me. Check out the tutorial here: Ditching Immediate Mode: OpenGL Vertex Arrays

    Is prophile happy yet?

    EDIT:

    I also posted a VBO tutorial, which can be found here: Ditching Immediate Mode: OpenGL Vertex Buffer Objects

    Reddit it pl0x.

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    Is he ever?


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    PostPosted:Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:52 am 
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    Is prophile happy yet?
    Is he ever?
    No. :|

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    Pfft, vertex arrays without VBOs are deprecated.






    Actually, I think that tutorial's rather good, bravo.

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    PostPosted:Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:10 am 
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    Pfft, vertex arrays without VBOs are deprecated.






    Actually, I think that tutorial's rather good, bravo.
    Thanks. I'm working on a VBO tutorial, too, since I realized how similar they are to vertex arrays.

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    PostPosted:Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:56 pm 
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    Check the original post, there's a link to my VBO tutorial now. Criticism welcome.

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    glBufferSubData isn't strongly recommended.

    glMapBuffer is a better route for dynamic data, and for static data you're better off uploading all your data in the glBufferData call.

    Also, it's generally a good idea to separate your different attributes into different VBOs: meaning, have a "vertex" VBO, a "tex coord" VBO, a "colour" VBO for each mesh.

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    glBufferSubData isn't strongly recommended.

    glMapBuffer is a better route for dynamic data, and for static data you're better off uploading all your data in the glBufferData call.
    Why isn't it recommended?
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    Also, it's generally a good idea to separate your different attributes into different VBOs: meaning, have a "vertex" VBO, a "tex coord" VBO, a "colour" VBO for each mesh.
    Yeah, wasn't sure which was the right way to go prior to writing the tutorial. My common sense told me that more VBOs == more overhead so I stayed away from it. However, I suppose using multiple VBOs is inevitable because it's required when using indices.

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    Why isn't it recommended?
    Speed.

    If you want to know what's fast and what's not, go on ##OpenGL on irc.freenode.net and talk to a guy who goes by several names, some of which are "glYoda", "feelgood" and "RTFM_FTW". He knows everything.

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