Re: [Glgui-dev] abstract rendering & more

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From: "sfranke" <sf...@us...>
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Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 8:05 PM
Subject: [Glgui-dev] abstract rendering & more


> The rendering is now abstracted.

Excellent!

> I wrote a generic opengl renderer that
> interfaces to an already setup and initialized rendering context (must
> keep it platform independent).  To further that goal, all the code in CVS
> is platform independent except for a single #ifdef WIN32 include (does
> that count?).

Don't worry about #ifdef's - they certainly don't compromise platform
independancy (in fact you'll probably find it hard to get by without them).

> I also added a multi-state buttons for checkboxes and whatever else.
>
> I am now working on tackling the whole resource registry problem, and then
> will work on importing prebuilt UIs (still undecided about the means and
> method).

Very nice, but please don't compromise speed. Us people who are going to use
the UI will want to use it for our in-game HUD's too! ;-)

> After that it's fonts and editable text boxes, and then integrating my
> glConsole.
>
> When all that is done, I'll probably make a release with a sample &
> code.  Having the sample run on non-win32/opengl platforms would be nice
> (as would having a cooler sample).  So if anyone is still interested in
> helping out, just mail the list.

Soon as I get some free time I'll do the Direct3D port (piece of cake!)

Regards,

Keith Harrison
SiO2 Software.
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