multi image texture scaling problem

If everything was correctly setup, I would have expected nearest filtering to work and linear filtering to introduce some leakage from adjacent images. In general, sub-imaging doesn't play very well with anything but one-to-one pixel mappings. I could see this behavior showing up if you're not carefully setting up the vertex coordinates and texture coordinates. How, exactly, are you calculating the texture coordinates, and how are you drawing your objects?

This is my rendering function of the specified clip:


GLfloat s0,s1,t0,t1,w,h;

s0 = (GLfloat) (clip->x) /texw ;
s1 = (GLfloat) (clip->x+clip->w) /texw ;
t0 = (GLfloat) (clip->y) /texh ;
t1 = (GLfloat) (clip->y+clip->h) /texh ;
w = (GLfloat) (clip->w) ;
h = (GLfloat) (clip->h) ;

OglVertex vertex[4]={
{{ s0, t0 }, { -w/2.f, -h/2.f }},
{{ s1, t0 }, { w/2.f, -h/2.f }},
{{ s1, t1 }, { w/2.f, h/2.f }},
{{ s0, t1 }, { -w/2.f, h/2.f }},
};

glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
glEnableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);

glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, dvbo);
glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, dibo);

glBufferSubData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0, 4*sizeof(OglVertex), vertex);

glTexCoordPointer(2, GL_FLOAT, sizeof(OglVertex), (GLvoid*)offsetof(OglVertex,texSyst));
glVertexPointer(2, GL_FLOAT, sizeof(OglVertex), (GLvoid*)offsetof(OglVertex, pos));

glDrawElements(GL_QUADS, 4, GL_UNSIGNED_INT, NULL);

glDisableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);

You are right, the problem seems to show up with GL_LINEAR.. This is my code, pretty simple as you can see.

That's only a fraction of the code needed to get something onto the screen, and most of it is not really relevant. For example, how about coordinate transformations such as matrices; do you use any and how do you define them? The matrices define the precise coordinates of your vertices on the screen and are probably the most important information along with the actual values of the vertices.

But as I stated, transformations and sub-imaging doesn't play very well together in the first place, and everything depends on the exact details about the coordinates along the edges of the sub-images.

Thanks for your answers!

I just pass integer values to my clips->x clips->y clips->w clips->h (despite their being GLfloats).

As for matrices tranformation nothing more than a simple glScalef with arbitrary float arguments

The enviroment is set up just like this

The right way depends on what you are willing to do. Adding a transparent border around each sub-image is one way. Not using sub-images, but separate images, is another.

A note on the border-method though. How exactly you approach this border depends on what accuracy you want. Since you're getting unwanted pixels, there is some difference between what you want and what you're doing.

• If you add a transparent border, these unwanted pixels will (effectively) be removed from the rendered image. If you want pixel-precise rendering, then these transparent pixels will affect your pixel-precise rendering and produce a different set of pixels that what you expected. For example, if you draw a quad 100 pixels wide and the last column contains transparent pixels, then the quad is really 99 pixels wide and your pixel-precise renderer is now incorrect by one row.
• If you instead add an opaque border, then your 100 pixels wide quad will remain 100 pixels wide, thus your renderer remains pixel-precise. Your sub-image, however, will not be entirely correct since you have a border that doesn't belong there. You can minimize the visual effect of this border by, for example, replicating the outer border pixels one step outwards. The effect is that the border blends nicely with the sub-image and you may not see the effect of the border anymore.

The border-method has other limitations as well. For example, it doesn't play well at all with mip-mapping. Or, to be correct, sub-imaging as a whole doesn't play well with mip-mapping either, not just the border. Mipmapping is for down-scaling only though, so if you only do up-scaling then mip-mapping serves no purpose and the issues with mip-mapping are eliminated.

If you're willing to add a border, then consider the points above and choose the correct type of border, and it may be sufficient for you. However, if not using sub-images at all is also fine, then I would recommend that over the border.

I'm trying to do 2d sprite animations.. And sometimes i need zooms.. Having separate images would probably be unpratical.. I''look into the transparent border (i don't need pixel precise zooms.. They are zooms after all :-) )thanks for your advices!