opengl API: where is it???

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opengl API: where is it???

Post by Jay » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:44 pm

Does somebody know where i can get the newest version of the opengl api?
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Post by paradoxnj » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:18 pm

http://www.opengl.org for starters.

OpenGL is not your typical SDK. It has a base (v1.1) and extensions (glext.h). The extensions are what up the version number. To make your OpenGL application 2.0 compliant, you just have to load 1 v2.0 extension (shaders).
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Post by Jay » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:20 am

ah ok. Now i understand it. Thanks.
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