OpenGL ProjectionMatrix

Yes, that seems ok. The projection matrix is independent of the camera position/direction.
No problem using glu functions for now, but you might consider using your own matrix code once you get more experience with openGL (it will help later when you start using shaders)

If it's not dependant on position and direction what is it dependant on?Okay but what if i change my value for
gluPerspective([color="#ff0000"]90.0f, (float)windowWidth/windowHeight, 1.0f, 100.0f);
because in my opinion it should be 90 for the half angle because i want to display a 180degree view right?

and say that i do the same for a light. It's the lookAt that doesn't seem right to me:

VECTOR3D lightPosition(50.0f,-10.0f,15.0f);


glLoadIdentity();
gluPerspective(90.0f, (float)windowWidth/windowHeight, 1.0f, 100.0f);
glGetFloatv(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, lightProjectionMatrix);

glLoadIdentity();
gluLookAt( lightPosition.x, lightPosition.y, lightPosition.z,lightPosition.x, lightPosition.y, 0, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
glGetFloatv(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, lightViewMatrix);

i want it to be the same, a light that point toward the ground to light up a room.

The field of view parameter is the full angle, not the half angle. Besides, 180 degree field of view doesn't make any sense either in a linear projection. The projection plane becomes infinitely large, and a finitely sized shape projected onto an infinitely large plane becomes a zero-sized object.

Your question about the light doesn't make much sense either. I don't really understand what you're asking, and as Relfos said, the projection matrix has nothing to do with the viewpoint transformation or the light.

Oh okay sorry. What i really want to know is: what is needed to calculate a projection matrix and how do you calculate it. I just give my light and camera in example because i though the projection matrix was dependant on the viewMatrix. I'm asking because i'm trying to implement shadow mapping in my engine, and i really see a difference when i play with the projection matrix of the light point of view but i don't quite understand what i actually do.

p.s sorry for bad english

In that case the field of view should be the field of view of the shadow map. If you have a spot light with 45 degree field of view and the shadow map covers the same 45 degrees, then you need to render the shadow map with a 45 degree field of view. Keep in mind that if you have a wide angled light source, you may have to split the map into several pieces since you cannot have a field of view with a too wide angle.

In your opinion, is it whats happening here? (in the screenshot i have join) Am i using a too wide angle light source and that's why shadow near the light look nice but as soon as i get too far, it's acting weird? I'm sorry that this post really start to look like http://www.gamedev.net/topic/616709-opengl-lighting/, but at the beginning it was suppose to be a totally different question.