Best method for non-static meshes? I mean lists wont do..!

system · August 26, 2005, 4:38am

Hi im using lists for my static meshes but I need to know which is the fastest method (and not the hardest) to render non-static meshes? im making a non-static mesh format and its all setted up I already export the vertices of every frame from my modelling program and everything is good but if I call glvertex3f all the time thats very slow and more slow if I have mid to high poly characters… so whats the solution for this?

thanks
i did search on the forums but i didnt find the correct answer thanks.

jide · August 26, 2005, 5:57am

VBO should fit very well for non static meshes.

system · August 26, 2005, 11:39am

well thanks i got the nehe tutorial (num 45) but it doesnt help me much to understand all this

Hlz · August 26, 2005, 6:11pm

What is it that you don’t understand?

jide · August 27, 2005, 4:40am

Check the extension registry for that extension. Here’s the link:

http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/registry/ARB/vertex_buffer_object.txt

If you never have had loaded GL extensions, then check for a library that made it for you like glew.