glReadPixels reads from the frame buffer - I'm not sure if it means
back buffer or front buffer, but I think it's back
http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/documentation/manual/glReadPixels.3G.xml
On 8/2/07, Ian Mallett <geometrian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm making a program for visualizing molecules. Each atom will be selected
> by the mouse. Since I know the color of each atom, my idea for detecting if
> a mouse is over one is as follows:
>
> 1: get the color of the pixel the mouse is over
> 2: if the color is __ select the atom with that color.
>
> The problem is, pygame has issues with OpenGL surfaces and the call to
> Surface.get_at() declares I can't call an OpenGL surface. Is there any way
> to get around this?
> Thanks,
> Ian