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Problem Drawing with OpenGL

Postby trowgundam » Sun May 30, 2010 2:54 am

I am trying to create a game for Android. I have a large number of sprites on the screen, and while using a Canvas to do all my drawing with a custom view, I would like to get some smoother animation in the game. Also I plan to make a 3D version of the game and this will make converting the game much easier. I have tried 2 different methods for drawing my sprites on the screen. The first is trying to draw a quad with a orthogonal projection matrix. However it just doesn't seem to work. I have tried it on my G1 and in the emulator. Below is the code for my Renderer that I have attached to my GLSurfaceView.

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  1. package com.testing.GLSpriteTest;
  2.  
  3. import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
  4. import java.nio.ByteOrder;
  5. import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
  6. import java.nio.IntBuffer;
  7.  
  8. import javax.microedition.khronos.egl.EGLConfig;
  9. import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10;
  10. import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL11Ext;
  11.  
  12. import android.content.Context;
  13. import android.graphics.Bitmap;
  14. import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
  15. import android.opengl.GLU;
  16. import android.opengl.GLUtils;
  17. import android.opengl.GLSurfaceView.Renderer;
  18. import android.util.Log;
  19.  
  20. public class SpriteRenderer implements Renderer {
  21.      private static FloatBuffer spriteVertices;
  22.      private static IntBuffer texturesBuffer;
  23.        
  24.      Context context;
  25.      private int h, w;
  26.        
  27.      /* (non-Javadoc)
  28.      * @see android.opengl.GLSurfaceView.Renderer#onDrawFrame(javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10)
  29.      */
  30.      public void onDrawFrame(GL10 gl) {
  31.           gl.glClear(GL10.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
  32.                
  33.           // Setup the MODELVIEW matrix
  34.           gl.glMatrixMode(GL10.GL_MODELVIEW);
  35.           gl.glLoadIdentity();
  36.           gl.glTranslatef(w/2, h/2, 0);
  37.  
  38.           // Draw Square
  39.           gl.glEnableClientState(GL10.GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
  40.           gl.glVertexPointer(2, GL10.GL_FLOAT, 0, spriteVertices);
  41.           gl.glDrawArrays(GL10.GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP, 0, 4);
  42.           gl.glDisableClientState(GL10.GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
  43.      }
  44.  
  45.      /* (non-Javadoc)
  46.      * @see android.opengl.GLSurfaceView.Renderer#onSurfaceChanged(javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10, int, int)
  47.      */
  48.      public void onSurfaceChanged(GL10 gl, int width, int height) {
  49.           // avoid division by zero
  50.           if (height == 0) height = 1;
  51.           // draw on the entire screen
  52.           gl.glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
  53.           // setup projection matrix
  54.           gl.glMatrixMode(GL10.GL_PROJECTION);
  55.           gl.glLoadIdentity();
  56.           Log.d("SpriteRenderer", width + "x" + height);
  57.           GLU.gluOrtho2D(gl, 0, width, height, 0);
  58.        
  59.           float qWidth = width/8;
  60.        
  61.           float[] quadCoords = new float[] {
  62.                  -qWidth, -qWidth,
  63.                   qWidth, -qWidth,
  64.                  -qWidth,  qWidth,
  65.                   qWidth,  qWidth,
  66.           };
  67.        
  68.           ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(quadCoords.length*4);
  69.           bb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
  70.           spriteVertices = bb.asFloatBuffer();
  71.           spriteVertices.put(quadCoords);
  72.                
  73.           w = width;
  74.           h = height;
  75.      }
  76.  
  77.      /* (non-Javadoc)
  78.       * @see android.opengl.GLSurfaceView.Renderer#onSurfaceCreated(javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10, javax.microedition.khronos.egl.EGLConfig)
  79.       */
  80.      @Override
  81.      public void onSurfaceCreated(GL10 gl, EGLConfig config) {
  82.           gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 0);
  83.        
  84.           gl.glDisable(GL10.GL_LIGHTING);
  85.           gl.glDisable(GL10.GL_DEPTH_TEST);
  86.           gl.glDisable(GL10.GL_CULL_FACE);
  87.        
  88.           gl.glHint(GL10.GL_PERSPECTIVE_CORRECTION_HINT, GL10.GL_FASTEST);
  89.      }
  90. }
  91.  
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When that didn't work I looked around a bit and decided to use the draw texture functions in GL11Ext. And that still didn't work. Here is my code for that:

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  1. package com.testing.GLSpriteTest;
  2.  
  3. import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
  4. import java.nio.ByteOrder;
  5. import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
  6. import java.nio.IntBuffer;
  7.  
  8. import javax.microedition.khronos.egl.EGLConfig;
  9. import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10;
  10. import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL11Ext;
  11.  
  12. import android.content.Context;
  13. import android.graphics.Bitmap;
  14. import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
  15. import android.opengl.GLU;
  16. import android.opengl.GLUtils;
  17. import android.opengl.GLSurfaceView.Renderer;
  18. import android.util.Log;
  19.  
  20. public class SpriteRenderer implements Renderer {
  21.         private static IntBuffer texturesBuffer;
  22.        
  23.         Context context;
  24.        
  25.         public SpriteRenderer(Context c)
  26.         {
  27.                 context = c;
  28.         }
  29.        
  30.         /* (non-Javadoc)
  31.          * @see android.opengl.GLSurfaceView.Renderer#onDrawFrame(javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10)
  32.          */
  33.         public void onDrawFrame(GL10 gl) {
  34.                 gl.glClear(GL10.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
  35.  
  36.                 gl.glBindTexture(GL10.GL_TEXTURE_2D, texturesBuffer.get(0));
  37.                 ((GL11Ext) gl).glDrawTexiOES(1, 1, 0, 128, 128);
  38.         }
  39.  
  40.         /* (non-Javadoc)
  41.          * @see android.opengl.GLSurfaceView.Renderer#onSurfaceChanged(javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10, int, int)
  42.          */
  43.         public void onSurfaceChanged(GL10 gl, int width, int height) {
  44.                 // avoid division by zero
  45.                 if (height == 0) height = 1;
  46.                 // draw on the entire screen
  47.                 gl.glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
  48.                 // setup projection matrix
  49.                 gl.glMatrixMode(GL10.GL_PROJECTION);
  50.                 gl.glLoadIdentity();
  51.                 Log.d("SpriteRenderer", width + "x" + height);
  52.                 GLU.gluOrtho2D(gl, 0, width, height, 0);
  53.         }
  54.  
  55.         /* (non-Javadoc)
  56.          * @see android.opengl.GLSurfaceView.Renderer#onSurfaceCreated(javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10, javax.microedition.khronos.egl.EGLConfig)
  57.          */
  58.         @Override
  59.         public void onSurfaceCreated(GL10 gl, EGLConfig config) {
  60.                 gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 0);
  61.        
  62.                 gl.glDisable(GL10.GL_LIGHTING);
  63.                 gl.glDisable(GL10.GL_DEPTH_TEST);
  64.                 gl.glDisable(GL10.GL_CULL_FACE);
  65.        
  66.                 // create texture
  67.                 gl.glEnable(GL10.GL_TEXTURE_2D);
  68.                 texturesBuffer = IntBuffer.allocate(1);
  69.                 gl.glGenTextures(1, texturesBuffer);
  70.                 gl.glBindTexture(GL10.GL_TEXTURE_2D, texturesBuffer.get(0));
  71.        
  72.                 // setup texture parameters
  73.                 gl.glTexParameterx(GL10.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL10.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL10.GL_LINEAR);
  74.                 gl.glTexParameterx(GL10.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL10.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL10.GL_LINEAR);
  75.                 gl.glTexParameterx(GL10.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL10.GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL10.GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
  76.                 gl.glTexParameterx(GL10.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL10.GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL10.GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
  77.        
  78.                 // set the texture
  79.                 Bitmap texture = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(), R.drawable.sphere);
  80.                 GLUtils.texImage2D(GL10.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, texture, 0);
  81.                 texture.recycle();
  82.        
  83.                 gl.glHint(GL10.GL_PERSPECTIVE_CORRECTION_HINT, GL10.GL_FASTEST);
  84.         }
  85. }
  86.  
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So if someone could take a look at my code and tell me what I am missing that would be great. I've been trying to get this to work almost all day and I am done with it. I'm about to just take the slightly jerky animation in my Canvas, but I figured I'd give here a shot before I gave up for good.
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Re: Problem Drawing with OpenGL

Postby IronChef253 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:02 am

When you say "just didn't work" do you mean the textures arent being drawn or do you mean that the textures are being drawn but they are still too slow?

*edit*

I did a little research. I recently watched a video on this topic by Chris Pruett and he posted the source code to a test he did to compare the rendering speeds of different android sprite animation methods.

http://code.google.com/p/apps-for-andro ... owse/trunk

If you follow that link, look at the project called "sprite method test." it contains a renderer for open gl very similar tom yours...except it probably works(haven't been near my laptop so I can't verify). I believe the class is com.android.spritemethodtest.SimpleGLRenderer.

My best guess for your solution is go download and try that project and see what he is doing there...
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