Could someone kindly point me to an example of how to load a bitmap so it can be rendered with glDrawPixels()? I''m trying to load a bitmap as a background but I''m not getting the loading part right ----------------------------- Blue*Omega (Insert Witty Quote Here)

You can load an image using auxDIBImageLoad() function. It works for Windows Bitmaps (BMP's). In order to use this function you have to include "gl/glaux.h" file in your project. This is a standard OpenGL header file in VC++. Then all you have to do is as follows

AUX_RGBImageRec *Image;

Image = auxDIBImageLoad(filename);

Now you can draw the image using glDrawPixels()

glDrawPixels(Image->sizeX,Image->sizeY,GL_RGB,GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,Image->data);

I didn't try it, though. But I think it'll work. So try it.
For more information about this see RedBook or BlueBook. Or you can see NeHe's tutorials on nehe.gamedev.net.



Edited by - QWERTY on November 18, 2000 11:53:39 AM

bitmaps have sort of gone by the wayside in gl your best bet is to use a textured polygon and draw that instead

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Hm... I''ll give that a try and see if it works, however, I''ve heard that the aux. library is getting quite outdated. Any other ways? Oh, and zedzeek: I know GL sucks for bitmaps but I don''t want to learn DX and the textured polygon thing just doesn''t work for me.

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