Access Violation GLEW/GLFW3

[GClements]

        std::vector<float> vertexPoints, normalsPoints, texturePoints;
        const float GetVertexesFront()
	{
		return vertexPoints.front();
	}
};

The above returns a copy of the first element in the vector. You want to return (and store) either a reference or pointer to the first element in the vector. The fact that this isn't immediately obvious to you indicates that you're still at a very early stage in learning C++. You need to learn C++ first before you start trying to learn how to use OpenGL (or anything else) in a C++ program.

[carsten neumann]

Hmm, this is moving off-topic and into how pointers, memory, and object life time in C++ work and I really think you'd make your life easier if you'd review those issues outside of your concrete problem. Graphics programming is to a good extent about managing the memory for your assets.

The front() function for std::vector returns (a reference to) the first element in the vector which you then assign to the local variable verteciesFront. You then pass the address of that local variable to glVertexPointer, which is very different from passing the address of the first element in the vector.

[doctorzeus]

The above returns a copy of the first element in the vector. You want to return (and store) either a reference or pointer to the first element in the vector. The fact that this isn't immediately obvious to you indicates that you're still at a very early stage in learning C++. You need to learn C++ first before you start trying to learn how to use OpenGL (or anything else) in a C++ program.

Well keeping in mind at that stage I had been up for the last 48 hours..

[doctorzeus]

Hmm, this is moving off-topic and into how pointers, memory, and object life time in C++ work and I really think you'd make your life easier if you'd review those issues outside of your concrete problem. Graphics programming is to a good extent about managing the memory for your assets.

The front() function for std::vector returns (a reference to) the first element in the vector which you then assign to the local variable verteciesFront. You then pass the address of that local variable to glVertexPointer, which is very different from passing the address of the first element in the vector.

I have been reviewing it since you suggested it, it has been a while since I have had to do memory management properly..

I changed it to this:

float *GetVertexVectorPoint()
	{
		return &vertexPoints[0];
	}

Many Thanks!

DoctorZeus

[TSheezy]

Hi Alfonse Reinheart...could you help me please! I've been stuck on this for hours...I'm having the same access violation when calling glGenbuffers. I made sure I followed these steps exactly (initializing glfw, setting window properties, then creating the window before glew calls) and what I've done is in line with everything else I've found online. I'm rather new to openGL so I'm really lost as to what could be going wrong.

This is how I've written it:
glfwInit();
glewExperimental = GL_TRUE;
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 2);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);

glfwWindowHint(GLFW_RESIZABLE, GL_FALSE);

GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(1200, 800, "Game", nullptr, nullptr); // Windowed

glewInit();


typedef void(*GENBUFFERS) (GLsizei, GLuint*);

// Load address of function and assign it to a function pointer
GENBUFFERS glGenBuffers = (GENBUFFERS)wglGetProcAddress("glGenBuffers");

// Call function as normal
GLuint vertexBuffer;
glGenBuffers(1, &vertexBuffer);

printf("%u\n", vertexBuffer);

Any help would be greatly appreciated!