If you can't explain what the problem is with the animation, then we can't help you solve it. It you won't show the code for drawing the objects, then we can't help you solve why it "looks like shadows".

If you can't explain what the problem is with the animation, then we can't help you solve it. It you won't show the code for drawing the objects, then we can't help you solve why it "looks like shadows".

my apologies for not making my question's clear enough

if i call the display for the animation directly from the main it works fine(i.e if its just using one window i am using).....but when i try to make it two windows....it does'nt display properly.....feel like i'm missing something



void main(int argc, char** argv) {
atexit(OnShutdown);
glutInit(&argc, argv);
glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_RGBA | GLUT_DEPTH);
glutInitWindowSize(width, height);

// Make Main outer window
window1 = glutCreateWindow("Satellite Assembly");
glutDisplayFunc(OnRender);
//glutDisplayFunc(display2); //display for animation............uncommenting this line and commenting the line above...work fine for the animation
glutReshapeFunc(OnReshape);
glutIdleFunc(onIdle);

glutKeyboardFunc(OnKey);
glutSpecialFunc (keyboard_s);
glutMouseFunc(Mouse);
glutMotionFunc(Motion);
glutPassiveMotionFunc(MousePassiveMotion);

InitGL();

glutMainLoop();
}


but if i try to run the animation from the button callback...... the models don't display properly


static void TheButtonCallback8()
{

loadMast = true;
loadReflector = true;
loadReceiver = true;
loadConnector = true;
loadStand = true;

if(window2==0){

window2 = glutCreateWindow("animation");
glutDisplayFunc(display2);
glutReshapeFunc(OnReshape);
glutIdleFunc(OnIdle1);

}


printf("Run Animation");
}



void display2()
{


float current = (float) glutGet(GLUT_ELAPSED_TIME);
++totalFrames;
if((current-startTime)>1000)
{
float elapsedTime = (current-startTime);
fps = (totalFrames/ elapsedTime)*1000 ;
char info[MAX_PATH]={0};
sprintf_s(info, "FPS: %3.2f - Move Plane: %s - Press '1' for XY plane, '2' for XZ plane",fps,( move_plane==0)?"XY Plane":"XZ Plane");
glutSetWindowTitle(info);
startTime = current;
totalFrames=0;
}

glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT| GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glLoadIdentity();


/*
* Set perspective viewing transformation
*/

glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glLoadIdentity();
//gluPerspective(60, (GLfloat)width / (GLfloat)height, 1.f, 100.0f);
gluPerspective(45.0f,(GLfloat)width/(GLfloat)height,0.1f,10000.0f);


glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
glLoadIdentity();


//glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
//setup the view transformation

glTranslatef(0,0,dist);
glRotatef(rX,1,0,0);
glRotatef(rY,0,1,0);


glGetDoublev(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, MV);
viewDir.x = (float)-MV[2];
viewDir.y = (float)-MV[6];
viewDir.z = (float)-MV[10];
Right = glm::cross(viewDir, Up);

//draw grid
DrawGrid();

glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);


glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);

glPushMatrix();
Animation1();
glPopMatrix();

glDisable(GL_LIGHTING);
glutSwapBuffers();

}



void Animation1()
{
if (flag1){
// Tell the timer a new frame has been started:
g_Timer.StartNewFrame();

// Start and End time of the teapot animation:
float StartTime = 2.0f;
float EndTime = 5.0f;

// Time since last frame, and total rendering time:

float FrameTime = g_Timer.GetFrameTime();
static float TotalTime = 0.0f;
TotalTime += FrameTime;

// Start and end position of the first model, as well as it's current position:
// StartPoint = {1, 0, -2};
// EndPoint = {4, 5, 0};
glm::vec3 StartPoint=glm::vec3(-15,3.4,10);
glm::vec3 EndPoint=glm::vec3(7, 5, -1.9);

static glm::vec3 CurrentPos = StartPoint;

// If we're in the animation interval, animate:
if ((TotalTime > StartTime) && (TotalTime < EndTime))
{
CurrentPos.x += (EndPoint.x - StartPoint.x) * (FrameTime / (EndTime - StartTime));
CurrentPos.y += (EndPoint.y - StartPoint.y) * (FrameTime / (EndTime - StartTime));
CurrentPos.z += (EndPoint.z - StartPoint.z) * (FrameTime / (EndTime - StartTime));
}

glPushMatrix();
// Translate and draw:
glTranslatef(CurrentPos.x, CurrentPos.y, CurrentPos.z);
glScalef( .3, .3, .3 );
glColor3f(1,0,0);
drawMast();
glPopMatrix();


connectMast=true;

if(TotalTime > 5){
//flag1=false;
flag2=true;
}

}//end flag1

if (flag2){
connectMast=false;
connectReflector=true;
// Tell the timer a new frame has been started:
g_Timer.StartNewFrame();

// Start and End time of the 2nd model animation:

float StartTime1 = 1.0f;
float EndTime1 = 2.0f;

// Time since last frame, and total rendering time:
float FrameTime1 = g_Timer.GetFrameTime();
static float TotalTime1 = 0.0f;
TotalTime1 += FrameTime1;

// Start and end position of the teapot, as well as it's current position:
// StartPoint = {1, 0, -2};
// EndPoint = {4, 5, 0};
glm::vec3 StartPoint1=glm::vec3(-15,3.4,-10);
glm::vec3 EndPoint1=glm::vec3(7, 9, -2);

static glm::vec3 CurrentPos1 = StartPoint1;

// If we're in the animation interval, animate:
if ((TotalTime1 > StartTime1) && (TotalTime1 < EndTime1))
{
CurrentPos1.x += (EndPoint1.x - StartPoint1.x) * (FrameTime1 / (EndTime1 - StartTime1));
CurrentPos1.y += (EndPoint1.y - StartPoint1.y) * (FrameTime1 / (EndTime1 - StartTime1));
CurrentPos1.z += (EndPoint1.z - StartPoint1.z) * (FrameTime1 / (EndTime1 - StartTime1));
}
glPushMatrix();
// Translate and draw:
glTranslatef(CurrentPos1.x, CurrentPos1.y, CurrentPos1.z);
glScalef( .3, .3, .3 );
//glRotatef(90,0,1,0);
drawReflector();
glPopMatrix();

if(TotalTime1 > 3){
flag2=false;
flag1=false;
}
}//end flag2 and animation
}


thanks for your help

fixed the model dispalying like shadows by basically just coping the part of the main to the call back.....dont know if its right but it seemed to work

the only problem i now is that....the first model in the animation seem to go further than its end position in the animation....dont know the cause of that




static void TheButtonCallback8()
{
animate=true;
loadMast = true;
loadReflector = true;
loadReceiver = true;
loadConnector = true;
loadStand = true;

if(window2==0){

window2 = glutCreateWindow("animation");
glutDisplayFunc(display2);
glutReshapeFunc(OnReshape);
glutIdleFunc(OnIdle1);

glutKeyboardFunc(OnKey);
glutSpecialFunc (keyboard_s);
glutMouseFunc(Mouse);
glutMotionFunc(Motion);
glutPassiveMotionFunc(MousePassiveMotion);
InitGL();
glutMainLoop();

}


printf("Run Animation");
}


fixed it thanks very much just had to increase the delay for the first model....sorry for the bother


thanks for all your help

hi, i am still having problems with multiple windows.....when i destroy the second window by pressing the esc key it closes but then i cant use the keyboard function on the main window....please could you give me an idea how to fix that.......
i also noticed that when i click the button again to create the window after i have destroyed it ...it does not create

thank you..



void OnKeyAnimation(unsigned char key, int x, int y){

if (key == 27){
bool loadMast= false;
bool loadReflector= false;
bool loadReceiver= false;
bool loadConnector= false;
bool loadStand= false;
glutDestroyWindow(window2);


//exit(0);
}
}

static void TheButtonCallback8()
{

loadMast = true;
loadReflector = true;
loadReceiver = true;
loadConnector = true;
loadStand = true;

animate=true;

if(window2==0){

window2 = glutCreateWindow("animation");
glutDisplayFunc(display2);
glutReshapeFunc(animation_Reshape);
glutIdleFunc(OnIdle1);

glutKeyboardFunc(OnKeyAnimation);
glutMouseFunc(Mouse);
glutMotionFunc(Motion);
InitGL();
glutMainLoop();


}


printf("Run Animation");
}


I cannot say much about your problems since the description is quite vague and you're only showing small pieces of code. But whatever you do, you absolutely don't want to call glutMainLoop again after creating the window.

I cannot say much about your problems since the description is quite vague and you're only showing small pieces of code. But whatever you do, you absolutely don't want to call glutMainLoop again after creating the window.

its a very long code....i omitted ones i thought were not necessary.... but if you still want me to put them ...just let me know...........
i still could not find ways of working around the problem...since its imperative for me to create the window only when the button is clicked....the keyboard response has become very slow that i have to wait over 20secs for it to respond......this only happens after the second window has been created an destroyed....on first run(ie when its just the first window running) the keyboard works just fine.

Problem Description
what i want to achieve is to run my program which then creates the first window....then click a run anmation button which has the buttoncallback8 to start the animation.....if i then press esc to close the second window i want to be able to continue using both mouse and key function on window1.....but so far all i can do is create and destroy the second window(the animation also runs when the button is clicked which is fine)...but after destroying the second window i cant use the first effectively as the keyboard response slows down tremendously ...i have to wait over 20sec......i think the problem might be from my approach but i cant find an alternative method that will give the results i want...........i hope my description was better

thanks for your help. 

There are some, perhaps vital, callbacks that aren't shown, and the callback TheButtonCallback where you create the secondary window is not referenced anywhere. You're destroying the window at different places, and after destroying the window at the different places you set the window id to zero, one, and leave it uninitialized, respectively, and your logic on some places depends on the value of window2 to identify a window or not. You have at least two different idle functions, and you also clear the idle function at some place. It is, as you perhaps can tell, quite difficult to follow your program.