Hi,

can somebody explain to me why the same Program just launched over and over again results in different drawing output?

The Data is static so it doesn't change. I attached two sampleImages that show a partly rendered Sphere where there should be a full sphere

The code show the actual Code to draw the sphere, the if(vertexArrayObjectName == 0) only get called once and the data returned in currentObject->getData() is always the same.

Thanks so much in advance

Stefan

RenderObject *currentObject = objectsToRender.at(i);
		GLuint vertexArrayObjectName = currentObject->getVertexArrayName();
		if (vertexArrayObjectName == 0)
		{
			//Create vertexarrayobject and buffers etc.
			GLfloat* vertices = NULL;
			GLfloat* normals = NULL;
			GLuint* indices = NULL;
			GLfloat* uvCoordinates = NULL;
			int verticesCount;
			int indicesCount;
			short textureWidth, textureHeight;
			char* textureData = NULL;
			try {
				currentObject->getData(&vertices, &normals, &indices, &uvCoordinates, &verticesCount, &indicesCount, &textureWidth, &textureHeight, &textureData);
			}
			catch (ExceptionFile* e) {
				printf("%s\n", e->what());
				//TODO: remove from objectHandler and further error-Handling
				continue;
			}

			//creating vertexarray
			glGenVertexArrays(1,&vertexArrayObjectName);
			glBindVertexArray(vertexArrayObjectName);

			currentObject->setVertexArrayName(vertexArrayObjectName);

			//create the buffers belonging to this vertexarray
			GLuint vboId;
			glGenBuffers(1,&vboId);
			glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,vboId);
			glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,verticesCount * sizeof(GLfloat) * 4,vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
			glVertexAttribPointer(RENDER_POSITION_LOCATION,4,GL_FLOAT,GL_FALSE,0,0);
			glEnableVertexAttribArray(RENDER_POSITION_LOCATION);

			//normalBuffer
			GLuint normalBuffer;
			glGenBuffers(1,&normalBuffer);
			glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,normalBuffer);
			glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, verticesCount * 4 * sizeof(GLfloat),normals, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
			glVertexAttribPointer(RENDER_NORMALS_LOCATION,4,GL_FLOAT,GL_FALSE,0,NULL);
			glEnableVertexAttribArray(RENDER_NORMALS_LOCATION);

			//uvCoordinatesBuffer
			GLuint uvCoordinatesID;
			glGenBuffers(1,&uvCoordinatesID);
			glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,uvCoordinatesID);
			glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,verticesCount * sizeof(GLfloat) * 2,uvCoordinates,GL_STATIC_DRAW);
			glVertexAttribPointer(RENDER_UV_LOCATION,2,GL_FLOAT,GL_FALSE,0,0);
			glEnableVertexAttribArray(RENDER_UV_LOCATION);

			GLuint indicesID;
			glGenBuffers(1,&indicesID);
			glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER,indicesID);
			glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER,indicesCount * sizeof(GLuint),indices,GL_STATIC_DRAW);

			//Texture
			GLuint textureID;
			glGenTextures(1, &textureID);
			glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureID);
			glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGB, textureWidth, textureHeight, 0, GL_BGR, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, textureData);

			currentObject->setTextureID(textureID);

		}
		glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,currentObject->getTextureID());
		glUniform1i(textureSampler,0);

		glm::mat4  modelMatrix = currentObject->getModelMatrix();

		glUniformMatrix4fv(modelMatrixLocation,1,GL_FALSE,&modelMatrix[0][0]);

		glBindVertexArray(vertexArrayObjectName);

		glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES,currentObject->getIndicesCount(),GL_UNSIGNED_INT,0);

Did you ensure that you cleared the depth buffer before drawing?

Yes I call glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT); every frame

Yes I call glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT); every frame

did you cal glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST); By default depht test is off.

Yes I do.

It was rendering just fine before when I had the geometry and such hard written into the code. Only thing I changed was loading from file (which works as confirmed by debugging) and I installed the OpenGL Profiler from Apple, which shouldn't interfere with my program, should it? Oh and I added the texture-loading. But I am not using the texture in the shader yet, I just give out plain red in the shader.

EDIT: I just found the bug. Shows again, that getting a night of sleep solves a lot of problems. I didn't initialize the variable indicesCount right that gets returned in currentObject->getIndicesCount()

Thank you all for your help!