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[proanim]

I encountered a problem following step by step tutorials at http://ogldev.atspace.co.uk/index.html
I am looking for a way to apply texture mapping with DevIL and i use this code

[source lang="cpp"]bool GenerateTexture(){ // ILuint is a 32bit unsigned integer variable texid will be used to store image name ILuint texid; // ILboolean is type similar to GLboolean and can equal GL_FALSE (0) or GL_TRUE (1) // it can have different value (because it's just typedef of unsigned char), but this sould be // avoided // variable success will be used to determine if some function returned success or failure ILboolean success; GLuint image; ilGenImages(1, &texid); // generation of one image name ilBindImage(texid); // binding of image name success = ilLoadImage("logo.png"); // loading of image if (success) // if no error occured { // convert every colour component into unsigned byte //if your image contains alpha channel you can replace IL_RGB with IL_RGBA success = ilConvertImage(IL_RGB, IL_UNSIGNED_BYTE); if (!success) // error occured return false; glGenTextures(1, &image); // texture name generation glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, image); // binding of texture name glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR); // we will use linear interpolation for magnification filter glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR); // we will use linear interpolation for minifying filter glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, ilGetInteger(IL_IMAGE_BPP), ilGetInteger(IL_IMAGE_WIDTH), ilGetInteger(IL_IMAGE_HEIGHT), 0, ilGetInteger(IL_IMAGE_FORMAT), GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, ilGetData()); // texture specification glActiveTexture(image); // ? glBindTexture(image, texid); // ? } // because we have already copied image data into texture data we can release memory // used by image ilDeleteImages(1, &texid); return true;}[/source]
and my shader for texturing is placed in the source code of the project as

[source lang="cpp"]// vertex shaderstatic const char* pVS = " \n\#version 330 \n\ \n\layout (location = 0) in vec3 Position; \n\layout (location = 1) in vec2 TexCoord; \n\ \n\uniform mat4 gWorld; \n\ \n\out vec2 TexCoord0; \n\ \n\void main() \n\{ \n\ gl_Position = gWorld * vec4(Position, 1.0); \n\ \n\ TexCoord0 = TexCoord; \n\}";// fragment shaderstatic const char* pFS = " \n\#version 330 \n\ \n\in vec2 TexCoord0; \n\ \n\out vec4 FragColor; \n\ \n\uniform sampler2D gSampler; \n\ \n\void main() \n\{ \n\ FragColor = texture2D(gSampler, TexCoord0.xy); \n\}";[/source]

At this point my object appears black, there is no lighting in my project yet so I don't think that is the problem. How can I pass the texture to the shader correctly?

[rocklobster]

// bind texture
glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texId);

// send texture to shader
GLuint id = glGetUniformLocation(programId, "gSampler"); 
glUniform1i(id, 0); // 0 for GL_TEXTURE0

your frag shader looks fine

Edited by rocklobster, 13 December 2012 - 10:54 PM.

[proanim]

Thanks for the response, but i still can't get this to work. I fixed 'Bind texture' part in my GenerateTexture() function but I don't see the way to use

GLuint id = glGetUniformLocation(programId, "gSampler");

and i put this

glUniform1i(id, 0); // 0 for GL_TEXTURE0
in my render function

the problem is that the tutorials on the link i posted use more than one shader function to load and process shaders. So I can't get programId from outside. When I put this function inside CompileShaders function that is used in tutorials I still can't make this work. Can you help?

[Waterlimon]

I switched to FreeImage because it felt more modern and was simpler to use.

[rocklobster]

Thanks for the response, but i still can't get this to work. I fixed 'Bind texture' part in my GenerateTexture() function but I don't see the way to use

GLuint id = glGetUniformLocation(programId, "gSampler");

and i put this

glUniform1i(id, 0); // 0 for GL_TEXTURE0
in my render function

the problem is that the tutorials on the link i posted use more than one shader function to load and process shaders. So I can't get programId from outside. When I put this function inside CompileShaders function that is used in tutorials I still can't make this work. Can you help?

Basically the getUniformLocation and uniform1i functions are for sending data to the shader. So to draw your textured object you need to:

- Bind the shader
- Set texture unit
- Bind texture
- Set the uniforms for the shader
- Draw the object

Make sure your function that creates your shaders returns a GLuint for the program id (this will be the return value from glCreateProgram())

then you can bind the shader, texture and set the uniforms

// loading the data
GLuint myShader = CreateShaders("vertex.vert", "fragment.frag");
GLuint texId = CreateTexture("logo.png");

// when drawing
glUseProgram(myShader);

glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texId);
glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);

GLuint loc = glGetUniformLocation(myShader, "gSampler");
glUniform1i(loc, 0);

// then just draw your mesh
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, mesh.count);

Edited by rocklobster, 17 December 2012 - 12:46 AM.

[proanim]

Thanks for the help, i wonder why there are no more people that can explain things this way in their tutorials.

[rocklobster]

I'd recommend these tutorials: http://www.opengl-tutorial.org/beginners-tutorials/tutorial-2-the-first-triangle/ they really helped me when I was getting into shaders.