double eqr[] = {0.0f,-8.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f}; // Plane Equation To Use For The Reflected Objects
glColorMask(0,0,0,0);
glEnable(GL_STENCIL_TEST); // Enable Stencil Buffer For "marking" The Floor
glStencilFunc(GL_ALWAYS, 1, 1); // Always Passes, 1 Bit Plane, 1 As Mask
glStencilOp(GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP, GL_REPLACE); // We Set The Stencil Buffer To 1 Where We Draw Any Polygon
// Keep If Test Fails, Keep If Test Passes But Buffer Test Fails
// Replace If Test Passes
glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST); // Disable Depth Testing
water.render();
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST); // Enable Depth Testing
glColorMask(1,1,1,1); // Set Color Mask to TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE
glStencilFunc(GL_EQUAL, 1, 1); // We Draw Only Where The Stencil Is 1
// (I.E. Where The Floor Was Drawn)
glStencilOp(GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP); // Don't Change The Stencil Buffer
glEnable(GL_CLIP_PLANE0); // Enable Clip Plane For Removing Artifacts
// (When The Object Crosses The Floor)
glClipPlane(GL_CLIP_PLANE0, eqr); // Equation For Reflected Objects
glPushMatrix(); // Push The Matrix Onto The Stack
glScalef(1.0f, -1.0f, 1.0f); // Mirror Y Axis
terrain.render();
glPopMatrix(); // Pop The Matrix Off The Stack
glDisable(GL_CLIP_PLANE0); // Disable Clip Plane For Drawing The Floor
glDisable(GL_STENCIL_TEST); // We Don't Need The Stencil Buffer Any More (Disable)
terrain.render();
water.render();
rendering reflection problem
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ok, im currently making a terrain generator and am wanting to redflect the terrain onto some water (this is my 1st terrain generator thing i have tried :) ) and i am having some problems. i have a large multi textured set of triangles for the water, which is placed 0.8 units above the 0 value of the terrain. i am rendering the reflection of the terrain onto the water using the stencil buffer etc as described in the NeHe tutorials for reflections and this sort of works. as in, when i dont render the 'seabed' as in any triangles of the terrain under the water then it reflect fine (but looks a bit odd because the terrain looks like it is floating - but that is expected)
picture:
http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=reflectionmp7.jpg
but when i tell it to render the triangles under the water too, the reflection dissapears as shown here.
picture:
http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?image=noreflectionez2.jpg
what i am wanting is the reflection on the water and to render the terrain under the water. i have tried playing with the setting s a wee bit but it usually makes it look a bit strange :(. here is the main bit of my render loop:
sorry if my explanation is a bit obscure :P cheers for any feedback
Are you enabling blending operations when rendering the seabed floor after you render the reflected image? If you were to blend the back buffer with the seabed floor this may result in both showing up as expected depending on the blend operation being used. If this does not resolve the issue you may be experiencing some z-buffer fighting particularly if the terrain is being rendered at the same z-depth as the seabed floor is but your clip plane may be taking care of that.
I would recommend the blending option first to see if this yields the expected results though you may need to tweak your blending inputs until you end up with the image you expect. If this does not resolve the issue, you could try offsetting the depth buffer by 1 when rendering the reflection then reset to default and render your seabed floor but I really don't think this should be totally necessary.
I would recommend the blending option first to see if this yields the expected results though you may need to tweak your blending inputs until you end up with the image you expect. If this does not resolve the issue, you could try offsetting the depth buffer by 1 when rendering the reflection then reset to default and render your seabed floor but I really don't think this should be totally necessary.
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