Ok, So I want to use VBOs or I will use them, they don't seem that hard. The one thing, should I put in support for regular vtx arrays? What is the last card to NOT support VBO's like a geforce 2 ( i have no idea on ati cards)? Just curious, my game probably will never go retail, but should I still worry about catoring to people with crappier cards? btw I am using OpenGL Also on a second note, what is the best way to include the pinters to the OpenGL functions for VBOs and multi textures etc. I know I should probably know this by now. I know how to find and get the pointers, but I want to use those functions in multiple classes which are in multiple files. When I try to include one main header file and include it with others I get an error saying X struct or X variable has already been defined. I can use <DInput.h> or other files in my multiple header files, but why can't I include my headers files in multiple places? -THACO

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Ok, So I want to use VBOs or I will use them, they don't seem that hard. The one thing, should I put in support for regular vtx arrays? What is the last card to NOT support VBO's like a geforce 2 ( i have no idea on ati cards)? Just curious, my game probably will never go retail, but should I still worry about catoring to people with crappier cards? btw I am using OpenGL

I don't think regular vertex array support is needed. According to OpenGL Hardware registry VBOs are widely supported.

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Also on a second note, what is the best way to include the pinters to the OpenGL functions for VBOs and multi textures etc. I know I should probably know this by now. I know how to find and get the pointers, but I want to use those functions in multiple classes which are in multiple files. When I try to include one main header file and include it with others I get an error saying X struct or X variable has already been defined. I can use <DInput.h> or other files in my multiple header files, but why can't I include my headers files in multiple places?

-THACO

Do you have

#ifndef __EXTENSIONS_H_#define __EXTENSIONS_H_// ...extension funcs...#endif

in the header file where you have your extension func pointers?

Anyway, I recommend using something like GLEW for managing GL extensions.

Edit: Beaten. Again.

Thanks, to both of you, I will look into glew. I thought I tried using ifndef before, and also programa once that comes when I create a new class for VC++ but well I must have missed it somewhere because before I in a previous project I had lots of files and spaghetti code was all over the place(it as a mess). I have since moved on and want to keep everything neat and clean for this project.
I doubt I will use all the memory even for older cards but hey who knows. Thanks for the quick help too.

-THACO