Noob questions about jiglibx :)

Noob questions about jiglibx :)

Bluebomber357 02 Jun 2009 00:18

Hey all, I have been learning openGL and GLSL recently, check out this vid I made, its outdated since I just added cel-shading and multi-texturing, but its still good: http://www.wegame.com/watch/shader_gallery/

Anyways, my next step for that openGL project was to integrate physics, and then I found jiglib, and was stunned at how there was no forum or anything for it. Also, I am getting really tired of the lack of community for openGL and GLSL. Does anyone know where it is? All I can find is the official openGL forums :(

Naturally I found JiglibX, a forum for it (thank goodness!), and the little demo is sweet with the car and terrain with specular lighting :D

So I got some Qs, hopefully someone is still reading :)

1. Is this based off Jiglib in C++? Why is there a thriving XNA following but no C++ following?
2. That demo program with the car, I've done some XNA deving in the past, but I can't figure out where the specular lighting code is. Isn't that done with some HLSL shader? Shouldn't there be a .fx file somewhere?

Re: Noob questions about jiglibx :)

arby10101 02 Jun 2009 18:10

1. Yes, but I believe not entirely. I suspect the C++ version has been seen as not needed because there are so many alternatives. The same is not true for C# and XNA.
2. If I remember the sample correctly, it uses XNA BasicEffect for drawing and doesn't need to load a custom effect.
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb203926.aspx .

Re: Noob questions about jiglibx :)

Bluebomber357 02 Jun 2009 19:32

Thanks for the answers :D

I like how one can just use that basicEffect and voila, per-pixel lighting :D The is definitly not the case with openGL :*(