Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] 2d sprite engine performance.

[Mike C. F. <mcf...@ro...>]

Erik Johnson wrote:

>On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 10:00:19 -0700, "Andrew Straw" said:
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>> But, IF python itself if the 
>>problem (or to test if this is so), I suggest re-coding your main loop 
>>using Pyrex -- you'll be able to call OpenGL directly from the C level 
>>using a syntax that seems very familar. :)
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>If I were to use Pyrex to call the C level OpenGL libs, would I be able
>to work with the same window with PyOpenGL?  Or would it be exclusively
>one or the other?
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You should be able to freely mix them as long as you're loading the same
OpenGL library from both, in the end PyRex is just C code, just like
PyOpenGL.  Only thing to keep in mind is that it likely doesn't handle
Numpy arrays in quite the same way.

>Would I need to use the C level SDL calls as well for creating my
>window?  Or could I still use PyGame to do the setup for OpenGL called
>from Pyrex?
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Generally speaking you should be able to mix and match with no special
considerations, OpenGL is just a big state machine where you trigger
events with method calls.

HTH,
Mike

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