Hi everybody (First post over the OGL forum ) : Maybe this question is almost stupid, i don''t know, it''s probably a problem of concepts ''bout 3D, but at the moment I can''t find the answer. The problem appears when using space 3D management functions, like glTranslatef , for example, but after testing some things i don''t know if the problem is over the coordinates system (Is this possible???). The most disgusting aspect, is to me , that the problem appears even if I use examples , that you can find over webs (NeHe) or books (Programming over OpenGL). for example (Very simple) -> void Render(void){ glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT); glLoadIdentity(); glTranslatef(-1.5f,0.0f,-6.0f); glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES); // Code of triangle here glEnd(); } Here glTranslatef moves the scene 1.5 units left, and 6 into the screen. Well, if I use this, the window appears black. But, if I use glTranslatef(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f) appears correctly. If I try to translate the scene 1 unit into the window appears ok, but if I try -1.1f appears black. It seems like the coordinates used in the NeHe example doesn''t work in my system!!! Thanks for reading, Jacob.

"If I try to translate the scene 1 unit into the window appears ok, but if I try -1.1f appears black."

then i would first check the near and far planes you set.

Yes i''d say its probably the near / far clipping planes. Strange that you even get an image with no translation, unless you''re coordinates have substantial negative z values.

~SPH

or probably it''s just that he is in Projection-Matrix-Mode, and there coordinates are given INVERSED.
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, -6.0f);
will translate towards the viewer.

the other posibility is that __they__ uses this:
glOrtho(-1, 1, -1, 1, -1, 1);
so you can only see things with -1 < x < 1; -1 < y < 1; -1 < z < 1 (homogenous space).
if you are in PROJECTION-matrix-mode and you reset it with glLoadIdentity() you should allways rebuild the projection-matrix via glOrtho or glFrustum/gluPerspective. Look into your tutorials for that.

to test in which matrixmode you are you can use
int i;
glGetIntegerv(GL_MATRIX_MODE, &i);
if( i == GL_MODELVIEW )
/*you are in modelview mode*/
else
/* you are in projection mode */

Hi, and first I'm sorry, I've had a 'delay', so thanks everybody for posting. Some problems have been solved.

I have been trying to set up my concepts, and I've questions ... Let's see a bit of functions ->

glViewport(0,0,width,height);

This function, sets the "space" where OpenGL can write. The two initial zeros sets where OpenGL starts the view???.

gluPerspective(45.0f,(GLfloat)width/(GLfloat)height,0.0f,100.0f);

Ok, this is easier ... the first are the vision & direction degrees. Then width/height sets the aspect ratio. The last values sets the max planes (near/far). Question , using gluPerspective, if we're over a window of 640x480 (640/480 = 1,33), Is -1.33 to 1.33 the maxium line that we can draw over the X axis?

And, the last question. For those who have read till this point my congratulations . Thats a strange effect. If I create a window (800,600 f.e), and set a text that is just in the corner of the window (That's the desired effect), if I resize the window (1024,768 in window) that texts moves a bit down in the window. Why?

I hope everybody understands me...and ... thanks for reading, always.

Greetings,
Jacob.

[edited by - jacob84 on July 30, 2003 5:06:39 PM]

that''s because the viewport needs to be resetuped every time the window changes it''s size. the aspect ratio needs to be positive because it is a relation between the top and the right plane.
the distance to the near plane needs to be a nonzero value because you divide through it while z-testing.