Thank you all for your insights.

I'm actually using the graphics chipset on my motherboard, which worked fine when programming GL 2.x. I'm planning on getting a new PC soon, just wondering where I stand. Just out of curiosity, do we...

I pre-ordered the 8th edition of the Red Book and will be learning OpenGL 4.3 from it soon. However, I read on Wikipedia that the supported video cards for OpenGL 4.3 is GeForce 400 series at the...

Thank you!

It's for a school project so GLSL will be on the list of things to learn right after this semester!
My OpenGL program can only read .BMP images, so I think the most practical solution at the moment...

I am drawing a polygon with texture on it as part of the HUD in my OpenGL program:



//Change the projection so that it is suitable for drawing HUD
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION); //Change the...

Thanks guys, that cleared things up for me :)
And thanks for the link, I didn't even know the red book was online!

I am trying to translate an object in world space after rotating it at the origin. The problem is, after I rotate an object while it's at the origin, its local coordinate system rotates as well, so...

It was actually because my gluPerspective(90,ratio,-1,1) statement was wrong. I changed it to gluPerspective(90,ratio, 1, 100) and it's fine now. Thanks.

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I am new to OpenGL. I am trying to make a motorcycle with primitive shapes. For some reason, the shapes that I have made are see-through and I can't figure out why. I am not specifying any...