Display lists | GameDev.net

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Oct 7, 2002 at 9:21 AM

I saw a tutorial on NeHe that shows how to use glDisplayList. Im not fimiliar with OpenGL or Direct3D. What I understand is that it loads an object in to memory and you can call it back when you want and change a thing or two then render it, which makes vertexwriting simpler. Am I correct about this? And is this great thing in the Direct3D-api too? .lick

JoeyBlow2

Oct 7, 2002 at 1:21 PM

Display list (OGL) = Vertex Buffer (D3D)

Basically your 3d model (land, character, whatever) is stored in graphics card memory (if you have HW T&L) so it can be rendered quickly without transferring the vertexes over the bus every frame.

And yes, D3D does have the feature. In fact, you have to use them in DX8, its the way the API works natively.

Pipo DeClown

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Pipo DeClown

Oct 8, 2002 at 9:18 AM

ofcourse! stupid me, well thanks for that reminder!

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