Re: [pygame] Adding Opengl to an existing app

[Bram Cymet <bcymet@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am also not adversed to re-writing my existing app so that it works
fine on an opengl surface but if possible I would like to avoid this as
it looks like quite the large task especially when it comes to text usage.

On 04/27/2010 04:16 PM, Bram Cymet wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an existing app that works very well and now I want to add an
> opengl segment. I have the opengl park working just fine as a stand
> alone app but when I try to integrate it into the main app that is when
> things go bad.
>
> In my existing app I use thing like surface.fill and display.update
> which is not allowed on an opengl surface. Is there anyway that I can
> start with a regular pygame surface then make it an opengl surface when
> I need it to be and then switch it back when I am done with OpenGL.
>
> I am not adversed to having two surfaces as long as I can control which
> one is on top. I tried doing this but as soon as I create the opengl
> surface it seems to replace the regular surface.
>
> I suppose I could just launch a second app to display the opengl portion
> but I would really like to avoid doing this.
>
> Any ideas would be great!
>
> Thanks,
>
>   


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