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VBO DrawArrays

Posted Saturday, 27 February, 2010 - 15:30 by russell in

I want to draw a lot of lines by points using VBOs. I use following code:

 public void DrawLineVBO(List<Point> points, Color color)
{
	GL.Color3(color);
	int[] vertices = new int[points.Count * 2];
 
	int i = 0;
	foreach (Point point in points)
	{
		vertices[i] = point.X;
		vertices[++i] = point.Y;
		i++;
	}
 
	GL.VertexPointer(2, VertexPointerType.Int, 0, vertices);
	GL.EnableClientState(EnableCap.VertexArray);
	GL.DrawArrays(BeginMode.Lines, 0, vertices.Length);
	GL.DisableClientState(EnableCap.VertexArray);
}

If I call this code one time it works ok. But if I call this code many times (>10) I get AccessViolationException: "Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt." How can I solve this problem?

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Re: VBO DrawArrays

Posted Saturday, 27 February, 2010 - 17:43 by the Fiddler

VBOs do not work like that. You need to perform the following steps:

  1. generate a new VBO id (GenBuffers)
  2. bind it and upload your vertex data (BindBuffer and BufferData)
  3. bind it, specify the vertex format and render (BindBuffer, VertexPointer/NormalPointer/*Pointer, DrawArrays)

You only need to perform steps 1 and 2 once, when you create the VBO. Step 3 should be done whenever you render.