LWJGL help please

[Brandon@JavaForums]

hi i was just wondering how do you translate objects in lwjgl w/0 translating the entire thing ive tried use GL11.glLoadIdentity(); but that
stops everything from moveing. is there any way somebody could help i will show you the code im currently useing


GL11.glMatrixMode(GL11.GL_PROJECTION);
GL11.glLoadIdentity();
GL11.glOrtho(0, Display.getWidth(), Display.getHeight(), 0, -1, 1);
GL11.glMatrixMode(GL11.GL_MODELVIEW);


while(!Display.isCloseRequested())
{
GL11.glClear(GL11.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT|GL11.GL_DEPT H_BUFFER_BIT);

GL11.glColor3f(1.0f, 0, 0);

GL11.glBegin(GL11.GL_QUADS);
GL11.glVertex2f(0,0);
GL11.glVertex2f(0+100,0);
GL11.glVertex2f(0+100,0+100);
GL11.glVertex2f(0,0+100);
GL11.glEnd();

GL11.glMatrixMode(GL11.GL_MODELVIEW);

GL11.glTranslated(1.0f, 0, 0);
GL11.glColor3f(0,1.0f,0);

GL11.glBegin(GL11.GL_QUADS);
GL11.glVertex2f(200,0);
GL11.glVertex2f(200+100,0);
GL11.glVertex2f(200+100,0+100);
GL11.glVertex2f(200,0+100);
GL11.glEnd();

Display.update();
}

any help given will be grate thank you!

[jammas615]

Try reading this:
7. OpenGL Rotation and Translation (Version 2.0) | Swiftless Tutorials
You need to really get your head around keeping track of rotations and translations.

[Brandon@JavaForums]

Thanks! ill take a look

[Brandon@JavaForums]

well i read through it and i figured out how to translate seprate things but they don't keep moving they just move and stop

[jammas615]

What is probably happening is that you move something once but never again.
Have you implemented a "game loop" that updates the game each frame?

A very simple implementation could be:

while(running) {
    
    update(); //change values(positions), check input, etc..
    render(); //here you would draw everything once again, but after you update

}

In an update method you could choose to increment a value each time through the loop and then render your graphics based on the variables you did something to in update();

[Brandon@JavaForums]

I have done something actually like that but when I do GL11.glPushMatrix() and then GL11.glPopMatrix() it freezes up again. so I went over the reading and found that I was pushing it between states so I tried adding another while loop between the push and pop but then it cant draw everything else because it stops at the second while loop and doesn't know what to do. should I use threads?

[jammas615]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. You don't need more than one thread unless you really need it.

By that i mean, you have a multiplayer server for a game, etc...
Threads just complicate stuff and use unnecessary power for tasks can accomplish, you will be amazed at how much a single thread can do.

[jammas615]

okay lets start from scratch, please post ALL of your code, if there irrelevant parts you can leave them out but if we see your code then we can find out exactly what going on.
(P.S. I know you posted it above, but all of it! and use code tags)

[Brandon@JavaForums]

but i restated i just want to know how to use different states i could post to you what i usually do to start it off but i restarted so it is completely different but this is kinda along the lines of what i did

public class mkDisplay()
{

public static void initGL()
{
GL11.glMatrixMode(GL11.GL_PROJECTION);
GL11.glLoadIdentity();
GL11.glOrtho(0,Display.getWidth(),Display.getHeigh t(),0,-1,1);
GL11.glMatrixMode(GL11.GL_MODLEVIEW);
}

public static void initDisplay()
{
try{
Display.setDisplayMode(new DisplayMode(800,600));
Display.create();
}catch(LWGJLException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

public static void render()
{
while(!Display.isCloseRequested)
{
GL11.glClear(GL11.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

GL11.glPushMatrix();

GL11.glTranslated(1,0,0);

GL11.glBegin(GL11.glQuads);
GL11.glVertex2d(50,50);
GL11.glVertex2d(100,50);
GL11.glVertex2d(100,100);
GL11.glVertex2d(50,100);
GL11.glEnd();

GL11.glPopMatrix();

Display.update();

if(Keyboard.isKeyDown(Keyboard.KEY_F11) && !Display.isFullScreen())
{
try{
Display.setDisplayMode(Display.getDesktopDisplayMo de())
Display.setFullScreen(true);
}catch(LWGJLException e){
e.printStackTrace
}
}

if(Keyboard.isKeyDown(Keyboard.KEY_F11) && Display.isFullScreen)
{
try{
Display.setDisplayMode(new DisplayMode(800,600));
}catch(LWGJLException e){
e.printStackTrace
}
}
}
}

public static void main(String args[])
{
initDisplay();
initGL();
Render();
}
}

if you could post the code that you would use that would be grate thanks

[jammas615]

Please carefully read over how i did this and think about what is happening each time through my loop:

public class Display [
	
	public static final int WIDTH = 50;
	public static final int HEIGHT = 50;
	public int xPos;
	public int yPos;
	
	public Display() {
		initDisplay();
		initGL();
		mainLoop();
	}
	
	public static void initGL() {
		//This is fine, keep the same
	}
	
	public static void initDisplay() {
		//This is fine, keep the same
	}
	
	public void update() {
		//This is where you change stuff each time through the loop
		//e.g. Position
		xPos++; //Increment xPos 
		yPos++; //"       " yPos
	}
	
	public void render() {
		//This draws a quad based on the current position and width
		//It allows for change if position very easily
		glBegin(GL_QUADS);
			glVertex2i(xPos, yPos); //Top Left
			glVertex2i(xPos + WIDTH, yPos); //Top Right
			glVertex2i(xPos + WIDTH, yPos + HEIGHT); //Bottom Right
			glVertex2i(xPos, yPos + HEIGHT); //Bottom Left
		glEnd();
	}

	public void mainLoop() {
	
		while (!Display.isCloseRequested) {
			
			glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
			
			update(); //Translate objects position
			render(); //Render that object after changing its position
			
			Display.update();
		}
		Display.destroy();
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		new Display();
	}
}

[Brandon@JavaForums]

thank you that seems simple enough i will give it a try

[Brandon@JavaForums]

wow it relay works and i can finaly continue with my game ive also found a way to simplify it thanks alot

[jammas615]

Thats ok.
As long as you know whats going on and why stuff is or isn't working, thats good.

And BTW what are you making?