GL.GenBuffers gives zero

Posted Wednesday, 19 December, 2012 - 16:20 by rtbo in

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Hello

I can't get VBOs to work on my machine. GL.GenBuffers always give me zero.
I use in this way:
(I unfortunately have to use VB !)

    <StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)> _
    Public Structure Vertex
        Dim C As Color4
        Dim N As Vector3
        Dim P As Vector3
    End Structure
 
    Protected vBuf_ As Integer
    Protected iBuf_ As Integer
 
    Public Sub RegisterVBO()
        GL.GenBuffers(1, vBuf_)
        GL.GenBuffers(1, iBuf_)
 
        'MsgBox(GL.GetError())
        'MsgBox(vBuf_)
        'MsgBox(iBuf_)
    End Sub

GL.GetError() here above returns zero as well

Therefore, the following drawing code doesn't work, I guess the above is the cause:

    Public Sub BufferVideo()
 
        GL.BindBuffer(BufferTarget.ArrayBuffer, vBuf_)
        GL.BufferData(BufferTarget.ArrayBuffer, CType((vertices_.Length * 10 * 4), IntPtr), _
                      vertices_, BufferUsageHint.StaticDraw)
 
        GL.BindBuffer(BufferTarget.ElementArrayBuffer, iBuf_)
        GL.BufferData(BufferTarget.ElementArrayBuffer, CType(indices_.Length * 2, IntPtr), _
                      indices_, BufferUsageHint.StaticDraw)
 
 
    End Sub
 
Private Sub VBO()
        GL.EnableClientState(ArrayCap.ColorArray)
        GL.EnableClientState(ArrayCap.NormalArray)
        GL.EnableClientState(ArrayCap.VertexArray)
 
        GL.BindBuffer(BufferTarget.ArrayBuffer, vBuf_)
        GL.BindBuffer(BufferTarget.ElementArrayBuffer, iBuf_)
 
        GL.ColorPointer(4, ColorPointerType.Float, 10 * 4, CType(0, IntPtr))
        GL.NormalPointer(NormalPointerType.Float, 10 * 4, CType(4 * 4, IntPtr))
        GL.VertexPointer(3, VertexPointerType.Float, 10 * 4, CType(7 * 4, IntPtr))
 
        GL.DrawElements(BeginMode.Triangles, indices_.Length, DrawElementsType.UnsignedShort, 0)
 
        GL.DrawArrays(BeginMode.Triangles, 0, vertices_.Length)
 
 
        GL.EnableClientState(ArrayCap.ColorArray)
        GL.EnableClientState(ArrayCap.NormalArray)
        GL.EnableClientState(ArrayCap.VertexArray)
    End Sub

Note that replacing the VBO code above with the following immediate code works OK. it shows my model on screen

Private Sub Immediate()
 
        GL.Begin(BeginMode.Triangles)
 
        For Each i As UShort In indices_
            Dim v As Vertex = vertices_(i)
            GL.Color4(v.C)
            GL.Vertex3(v.P)
            GL.Normal3(v.N)
        Next
 
        GL.End()
    End Sub

Do I do something wrong?
Is there a problem with the OpenGL driver (I haven't tested on any other machine yet) ?
(I don't know how to get info about my driver by the way)

Thanks for your help

Comments

I solved my problem.

The RegisterVBO() sub was called from the rendering thread, before I called Context.MakeCurrent()

I solved my problem.

The RegisterVBO() function was called in the OpenGL thread before I called Context.MakeCurrent()

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