Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] Fastest way to draw many spheres

[Ian M. <geo...@gm...>]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Mads Ipsen <mad...@gm...> wrote:

> Can you direct me to some pointers for getting started on this type of
> approach. I am pretty new to shaders so it probably has to be pretty simple
> as a starter.
>
Not really.  It's probably too complicated that, if you can't get it from
that description, it's not practical to try to implement.  It's not really a
thing there are tutorials on either.

If you're new to shaders, then I recommend choice A.  It will run a little
bit faster (no texture samplers), and you won't really even need a shader.
If you need more speed after this (you probably will), then implement point
sprites (for good results, you will need a shader, but there are tutorials
on that).

Ian