glSolidCone

1.) use glutSolidCone or build it yourself (set the vertices, use a triangle strip and fan)
2.) set the texture coordinates of the vertices accordingly (you might use dupicate vertices for the ground disc)
3.) use glTranslate / glRotate

I've managed to use glutSolid cone successfuly in terms of size and position however I'm unaware on how to texture map an object created by glutSolidCone. I can't find tutorials. I can texture map a cube no problem, the vertices are there (accessable) to texture map against.

It could be a better idea going for your idea of a fan and triangle strip. The idea is to add a tree object to my game scene, was going to use a Pyramid but I I'm wanting a rounder shape than blocky.

:)

Andrew

Just realized that you need 2 fans instead of a fan and a strip.
Basically it should be doable like this (positions only, texture coords should not be a problem though):

//basic discglBegin(GL_TRIANGLE_FAN);glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);for(int segment = 0; segment <= numSegments; segment++) //use the second vertex twice{  float angle = 2.0 * PI * ((double)segment/(double)numSegments); //angle in radians  glVertex3f(radius * sin(angle), 0.0f, radius * cos(angle)); }glEnd();//coneglBegin(GL_TRIANGLE_FAN);glVertex3f(0.0f, height, 0.0f);for(int segment = numSegments; segment >= 0; segment--)  //reverse order for matching polygon winding{  float angle = 2.0 * PI * ((double)segment/(double)numSegments); //angle in radians  glVertex3f(radius * sin(angle), 0.0f, radius * cos(angle)); }glEnd();