Bug Fixes and Improvements

• In R3, culling was backwards -- the front faces were culled and you ended up seeing the back of the object.  This has been fixed.

• Single-buffering is now supported.

• BGLScreen now works in 15- and 16-bit modes (it always worked in 32, and never in 8).  If you try to set the object to an 8-bit mode, the constructor returns B_ERROR in the error argument.

• BGLView can now draw in a BDirectWindow (see below).  In most cases, this will drastically improve drawing performance.

BGLView

• BGLView objects can now do Game Kit-style "direct drawing".  Here's how you do it:
  • Construct a BDirectWindow and attach your BGLView to it.

  • Use the new EnableDirectMode() function to turn direct drawing on (the function takes a boolean argument).  Note that you can toggle this state dynamically, regardless of the type of window your view is attached to.

  • In your BDirectWindow's implementation of DirectConnected(), call BGLView's (new) version of DirectConnected() and pass along the info argument:

    void MyDirectWindow::DirectConnected(direct_buffer_info info) {    ...    MyGLView->DirectConnected(info);    ... }