Just a quick question: Does anyone here know when OpenGL 2 is coming out (or when it SHOULD be coming out)? I''d also like some links to any information on it if possible... Thnx in advance Smokey`

Hi!

As far as I know the specification is to be released some time later this year (near the end, I think). But keep in mind that it is only the specification. I don''t know anything yet about any implementations, but I guess that it won''t take too long for them to appear (except for Microsoft, they still only have the 1.1 implementation from 1996).

And I don''t know much about the details of OpenGL 2.0. I DO know, though, that there will be a shader language, kinda like the DX''s pixel and vertex shaders. Other than that, I guess they''re gonna integrate alot of the extensions already in use (and implemented in DirectX 9). But I''m not sure, though...

Greetz,
Drag0n

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There''s a file floating around somewhere with details on glslang , the OGL 2.0 shader language. You can search around for it.

Try http://opengl.org Everything is there

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it''s coming bit by bit. ARB_vertex_program and ARB_fragment_program are here already. With OpenGL, unlike DirectX, there are no huge big changes with new versions. Just a slow evolution. Although there will be more differences than e.g between 1.3 and 1.4, it will still be backward-compatible.

just what I think. Could be wrong.

There was a thread on the other GameDev OpenGL forum (here) about when GL2 would be out and how it would change. The most interesting posts were:

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Original post by Anonymous Poster
There will be 2 versions of OpenGL 2.0. 2.0 Standard which will be backwards compatible with previous versions of OpenGL but not offer the full 2.0 functionality. And OpenGL 2.0 PURE which will not be backwards compatible. The idea here is that people can migrate their apps from 1.x to 2.0 standard and from there eventually port it all over to 2.0 PURE.

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Original post by _the_phantom_
Pure OGL2.0 probably wont be out for a year or 2, however the point of this change over is to allow for programs to migrate from OGL1.4 -> OGL2.0 (non pure) and then make the step to Pure, bits of which we will see this year and over the next year after that.

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I heard it allows a better memory management, but this is probably being surpassed by VAO... not sure.

Another thing (quite strange actually) I heard was to have different ''rendering tasks'' running at the same time. Don''t actually know what this means but it sounds cool. BTW, quite sure DX9 has a thing called ''multiple render targets'', maybe it''s just the same.

here''s a link to detailed information about OpenGL 2.0 and how it compares with DirectX 9.0 & 10.0 :

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20020222/index.html

Currently there''s a poll in OpenGL.org that says: "... As part of this summer''s upcoming core specification revision ..." So something''s coming this summer