jit.gl.mesh inputs

Hi Roel

Through input 1 you pass the xyz position of the vertices (in the form of a 3-plane float32 matrix, where plane 0 are x positions, plane a are y positions and plane 2 are z positions)

Through input 2 you pass texture coordinates for each vertex. This is only necessary when you want to map texture in a special way. Usually you will use 2D textures that need a 2-plane float32 matrix (x and y coords).

Through input 3 you pass normal information for each vertex, in the form of a 3-plane matrix. Normals are vectors used to make lighting calculations. More on normals here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_normal

Through input 4 you pass color information: which color your vertex will be colored with. Later on , the fragment part of the GL pipeline will generate interpolation between vertices so that you can see smooth transitions.

Through input 5 you pass specular information, meaning the grade of specular component (how bright) is each vertex in relation to the light source.

Through input 6 you pass edge flag information, which I don’t know exactly what is, but I think it has to do with the way polygons are rendered in a shape. More info here http://www.talisman.org/opengl-1.1/Reference/glEdgeFlag.html

Inputs 7 and 8 serve to input tangent and bitangent info, which as far as I know can also be used for lighting calculations

And index 9 is used to input the index array of the vertices…which I guess must serve to determine the orde in which the vertices are rendered and related to each other. But I’m not sure about this last one.

Hope this helped in some way

Cheers
Beatriz

Hey Roel
Thanks! Yeah, the edge flag thing is pretty advanced stuff, you can check the OpenGL "Red Book" p.p. 62-63 to know more about it. Also you can read this book online (look for glEdgeFlag)

http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~unreal/theredbook/

Succes, en graag tot ziens! ;)