Accum blending issues

[rikky]

Hey guys,

So I've tried every API call I can think of in getting this to work (Blend, BlendFunc, DepthTest, AlphaTest) and still no dice.

I'm making a 3D application with two 'layers'.
The first is a tilted orthographic layer (game world) and the second is a flat orthographic layer (UI).
Both are saved using GL.Accum(AccumOp.Accum, 1f) and retrieved using GL.Accum(AccumOp.Return, 1f).

For the second layer I wrote small methods for binding and drawing textures, as well as drawing basic rectangles (always handy) and they worked great.
The only issue is that when they're not over a plain black surface, they seem to additively blend into the layer behind them instead of opaque/alpha-blending.
When I try GL.Accum(AccumOp.Load, 1f) on the second layer it just paints black over the layer beneath it, so that doesn't help.

http://users.tpg.com.au/bjcohn/voxel/accum0.png - No blending
http://users.tpg.com.au/bjcohn/voxel/accum1.png - Partial
http://users.tpg.com.au/bjcohn/voxel/accum2.png - Full

Can anyone help me out?
I know it must only be a matter of putting the right line in the right place.

Richard

(my syntax may look a little weird as I'm using a C# wrapper, but any C/C++ calls you supply would still be accessible on my end)

[ZbuffeR]

Do not use accum. First, it is not needed to do this, and second, it is very rarely supported and obsolete.

Use blending, like :
glEnable(GL_BLENDING);
glBlendFunc(GL_ONE,GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA); // for premultiplied decals (preferred)
glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA,GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA); // otherwise (but may exhibit slight grey halos around opaque parts)

[rikky]

I'm using accum because I need to have one layer at an angle and another completely flat. Without it my UI is rendered on an angle as well.
Is there a better way to readjust the camera and continue drawing than accum?

[ZbuffeR]

Rendering multiple view angles has absolutely nothing to do with accum.
Read this : http://www.opengl.org/wiki/Viewing_and_T...3D_rendering.3F (http://www.opengl.org/wiki/Viewing_and_Transformations#How_do_I_draw_2D_contr ols_over_my_3D_rendering.3F)

Then show your code if you are still stuck.

[rikky]

Jeez, there's a lot of it.
Here's the immediate pre-draw stuff.

Setup:
GL.MatrixMode(MatrixMode.Projection);
GL.Ortho(-(windowWidth / 2), (windowWidth / 2), (windowHeight / 2), -(windowHeight / 2), -1536f, 1536f);
Matrix4 m = Matrix4.CreateOrthographic(windowWidth, windowHeight, -1536f, 1536f);
GL.LoadMatrix(ref m);

Pre-game:
GL.MatrixMode(MatrixMode.Modelview);
Matrix4 lookat = Matrix4.LookAt(cameraCurrentX, cameraCurrentY, cameraCurrentZ, cameraPositionX, cameraPositionY, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0f);
GL.LoadMatrix(ref lookat);

Pre-UI:
GL.LoadIdentity();

[rikky]

Holy [censored], I just removed all of my accum calls and it's working flawlessly now!

Almost there, but it seems to be playing around with translucency, opaquely drawing everything including transparent parts.

http://users.tpg.com.au/bjcohn/voxel/15092011.png

FYI, I've had:
GL.Enable(EnableCap.Blend);
GL.BlendFunc(BlendingFactorSrc.SrcAlpha, BlendingFactorDest.OneMinusSrcAlpha);
in the code the whole time.

Disabled depthtest, drew 2D objects, re-enabled depthtest.
All good now.

Thanks a bunch!