Hello,

So I wrote a simple .obj models parser, and attempted to render a simple cube model with indices. Everything seems to be working fine, until I come to render the cube with a glDrawElements() call.. it crashes returning -1073741819. I've been struggling with this for a day now, so I'd really appreciate if you'd help me with this.

Here is my code:

Loading the stuff:

    vector<Vertex> CubeModel, CubeNormals;
    vector<GLuint> CubeIndices;
    vector<TexCoord> CubeTexCoords;
    LoadObjModel("simple cube.obj", CubeModel, CubeTexCoords, CubeNormals, CubeIndices); 

    GLuint CubeId = InitializeVBOs(&CubeModel, 8);
    GLuint CubeIndicesId = InitializeIBOs( &CubeIndices, 36);

The InitializeVBOs/IBOs functions:

GLuint InitializeVBOs(std::vector<Vertex> * vertices, int number)
{
    GLuint VBOid;
    glGenBuffers(1, &VBOid);
    glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, VBOid);
    glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, number*sizeof(Vertex), vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
    return VBOid;
}

GLuint InitializeIBOs(vector<GLuint> * indices, int number)
{
    GLuint IBOid;
    glGenBuffers(1, &IBOid);
    glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, IBOid);
    glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, number*sizeof(GLuint), indices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
    return IBOid;
}

The drawing part:

        glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);

            glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, CubeId);
            glVertexPointer(3, GL_FLOAT, 0, NULL);
            glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, CubeIndicesId);

            glDrawElements( GL_TRIANGLES, 36, GL_UNSIGNED_INT, NULL ); //there are 36 indices; 3 for each triangle making half a face

        glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
        glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
        glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);

Here is the .obj file content:

http://pastebin.com/zcQpy7sR

I am pretty sure the .obj parser works correctly. Feel free to compare the values with the watch values of the arrays (I am aware the indices values are subtracted by 1):

Content of "CubeModel" (vertices): http://prntscr.com/68emn7

Content of "CubeIndices": http://prntscr.com/68emcn

If I am missing any other info, let me know and I will provide them immediately. Thanks in advance!

You're passing pointers to the vectors to glBufferData, not the pointer to the data the vector contains. Also, pass the vectors by reference instead and skip the size parameter; the vector know its own size.

GLuint InitializeVBOs(std::vector<Vertex> &vertices)
{
    GLuint VBOid;
    glGenBuffers(1, &VBOid);
    glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, VBOid);
    glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vertices.size()*sizeof(Vertex), vertices.data(), GL_STATIC_DRAW);
    return VBOid;
}

It worked! Still not sure why it worked though.

https://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/man3/xhtml/glBufferData.xml

According to that page, we should pass a pointer to the function (?).

Edit: So you're saying the pointer to the vector is different from the pointer to the first element in the vector per se? If so, then what data does it point to?

Thanks!

The vector object itself is just a small class that stores a few pointers, such as a pointer to the actual data you put into it, and some internal book-keeping information for things such as how much memory has been allocated, how much is actually used, and so on. You want the pointer to the data stored by the vector, not a pointer to the vector object itself. A pointer to the vector object just points to its internal private data.