I am currently working on a multi-thread program that renders via OpenGL. My program structure is having a main thread which creates 2 child threads. One child thread is the win itself, another is the OpenGL render / drawscene etc. Both child thread don't see the header files of each other, only the main thread does. The procedure is whenever we need to set up the render, we need to go through the GetDC, SetPixelFormat, MakeCurrent all kind of functions. My program went through all those without any error message popping, but nothing drawn on the window. So, after all the debug process, I found that if the render child thread doesn't exist. When I let the window child thread calls all the render function code, the program draws totally fine. Then I try to recreate 2 threads again, and let the window calls the GetDC and past it to the render thread (from the main thread). Again! Nothing was drawn. Just wonder if anyone understand what I'm trying to say here. And if anyone has every done similar coding before? Or it just won't work on windows that way? Thanks.

Are you actually calling wglMakeCurrent and the like from the child render thread itself?

Quote:Original post by MENTAL
Are you actually calling wglMakeCurrent and the like from the child render thread itself?

Yes, it that the problem?

I don't think the wglMakeCurrent cost problem. However, as long as the window is running under a child thread, nothing could be drawn at all.

I tried not to let the window header file see the render header file, but keep it under the main thread. It works just fine. So, I think it's something to do with the compiler.

I'm on VS 2005, any ideas?

Thanks

Haven't done multi-threaded rendering in a while. But, if I remember correctly you have to create the rendering context on the thread you are planning to use it from. You can't switch rendering contexts between threads.

A little more information can be found in this thread

- me

Quote:Original post by inferno82
Haven't done multi-threaded rendering in a while. But, if I remember correctly you have to create the rendering context on the thread you are planning to use it from. You can't switch rendering contexts between threads.

A little more information can be found in this thread

- me

My coding is the render thread call all the GetDC, ChoosePixelFormat, .... wglCreateContext functions. The window thread only creates a window and have a function that the main thread and get the HWND and pass to the render thread. This way the render thread can use the correct HWND to GetDC and so on -- that was my plan. However, it just doesn't work!

Again after all different methods of coding, I have to either let the window thread to be the main thread. If the window thread is a child thread, then I can't use a render thread, but let the window thread call the render functions directly. Which isn't what I wanted of course.

I just wonder if it is possible to split the window and OpenGL render into 2 different threads. By the other post, I don't see why it's not possible.