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Hey, all. Where can i learn to program in OpenGL?
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Try http://www.gamedev.net/ and look at their reference section or look for nehe's site for a list of tutorials.

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What language are you using Oj?
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MeercatMilker wrote:What language are you using Oj?
Huh? OpenGL, I guess. What do you mean?
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Oj wrote:
MeercatMilker wrote:What language are you using Oj?
Huh? OpenGL, I guess. What do you mean?
err.... openGL==Open Graphics Library... (DLLs etc, )

Language== C, C++, java(gl4j), etc.. ?
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Um, oh. I thought the language was OpenGL. Well, anything goes.
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It is not a matter of anything goes. What do you wish to accomplish? A Game, just some random graphix rendering?
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In other words, you have to be proficcient (spelling sux...) at a language like C++ or Delphi, to be able to use the graphics libraries. You can't just "Program in OpenGL". You learn a programming language, and through it, you use the Open Graphics Libraries.
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English?

I should have paid more attention at Varsity.

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Oh. Uh? I see. I wanna be able to make a small game, so I guess it must be c/c++.
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It would be much easier to use a existing engine.
There are quite a lot of open source engines (and toolkits) available.

The irrlicht engine looks quite impressive. And it supports .NET
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HdB wrote:It would be much easier to use a existing engine.
There are quite a lot of open source engines (and toolkits) available.

The irrlicht engine looks quite impressive. And it supports .NET
Do tell more...
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Solarstone wrote:English?

Gaelic?

OpenGL == Open Graphics Library
A collection of pre-compiled pieces of code which can be used to handle the abstraction, (between your app and the hardware), and grunt work to produce 2d/3d images on a computer.. this frees up the developers time for other things, such as AI, etc, ....

MS DirectX follows a similar path, (but also includes libs for music, etc... ). When you install a new version, the practical upshot is that any application using these libraries immediately benefits from any advances.. the downside being that any application using redudant/deprecated parts of the library immediately stops working... :)

Unfortunately, this requires some working knowledge of a language capable of importing/implementing and using said code.... hence the question about language....

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For beginners to OpenGl i would recomend Basic4GL.
For C++ users Go to NeHe.

Still WANNA learn more goto OGL Gamers (Yahoo it)
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Here's a couple of good sites where I learned OpenGL:

http://nehe.gamedev.net
http://www.ultimategameprogramming.com
http://www.gametutorials.com (check the free tutorials, this was once a free site)
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