I have an OpenGL book that deals with glut, that is what i am going to use to learn OpenGL with. It does not, however, talk about loading any file formats that could be used to load 3d models. Can glut do this? Load 3d file formats that is. Thanks.

No, GLUT has nothing to do with files, it only deals with windowing and user interaction.

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Thanks for the reply but im a moron.

So i can use GLUT and still load files of different formats because GLUT doesnt have anything to do with that. glut is only for handling windows and things so i can still use the glut with opengl code to load different file formats?

thanks again

Exactly. You just have to write the model loader, the data structures and display routines in a way that works well with one another.

Too many newbies ask such questions without realising they control both ends of the equation.

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What fruny said is right,
GLUT is not for loading 3d files. There aren''t really any libraries for loading files into opengl (there are some for loading 3ds files, thats up to you to find out about
So you''ll have to roll your own code. There are many tutorials out about loading Quake2, Quake3, and Milkshape into opengl.

ok good, that is what i wanted to hear.

I dont have a problem with writing my own loader, i dont know how but i dont doubt my ability to learn how.

I just didnt know if glut supported file loading and also i didnt know if it was even worth the effort. Mainly because i was afraid that glut would slow down my project, in terms of performance of course.

Sorry for the complete newbie questions, i just wanted to be sure.

glut wont slow down your project at all
though i think a better bet for you is a scenegraph
these handle loading 3dfiles texture etc
theers lots of scenegraphs around examples

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Hey thanks Zedzeek,

on a side note, your game engine looks amazing!

GLUT can slow down your game. Go to http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=117877. This explains how GLUT affects OpenGL programs.

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if u are referring to the second post, then thats wrong info glut handles multiple keypresses at the same time just fine. basically the idea is u need to keep track yourself of what keys are cureently down

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