I want to start using the OpenGL version 3.1+ using the core Profile

So far Ive added the glew library, but when adding the gl and glu headers I feel those ones are the ones embedded on my OS

so how do I know which Opengl version Im targeting?


EDIT:

looking through glew I found this

[color=#007800]if (GLEW_VERSION_3_1)
[color=#007800]{
[color=#007800] 3.1 supported
[color=#007800]}
[color=#007800]

but currently in my project this macro just fails as I suspected


how can I fix this? (And yes I have proper hardware)

I want to start using the OpenGL version 3.1+ using the core Profile

So far Ive added the glew library, but when adding the gl and glu headers I feel those ones are the ones embedded on my OS

so how do I know which Opengl version Im targeting?


EDIT:

looking through glew I found this

[color="#007800"]if (GLEW_VERSION_3_1)
[color="#007800"]{
[color="#007800"] 3.1 supported
[color="#007800"]}

but currently in my project this macro just fails as I suspected


how can I fix this? (And yes I have proper hardware)

It basically boils down to whether the library you are using to handle windowing/user input (glut, SDL, etc) supports creating a 3.x context or not. I know for a fact SDL 1.3 (which is still in alpha) supports creating a 3.x context. Not sure about the rest.

nvm Im good

the problem was that I was only taking care of SDL initialization routines while leaving GLEW unattended

now Ive checked and my system supports up to 4.0


thanks