When I render a mesh with lwjgl on windows 8.1 I get some weird flickering.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgQK-KLI_6U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgQK-KLI_6U)
But when I run the same code on my macbook it works fine.
So what causes this flickering and how can I fix it?
Here is my render loop:
while(!Display.isCloseRequested()){
camera.move(16);
renderer.prepare(camera);
renderer.render(dragon);
Display.update();
if(Keyboard.isKeyDown(Keyboard.KEY_T))System.exit(0);
}
And here is the function where i set up my display:
public static void setUpDisplay(){
ContextAttribs attribs = new ContextAttribs(4,0);
attribs.withForwardCompatible(true);
attribs.withProfileCore(true);
try {
Display.setDisplayMode(new DisplayMode(WIDTH,HEIGHT));
Display.setTitle("Test");
Display.create(new PixelFormat(), attribs);
} catch (LWJGLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
glViewport(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
}
My GPU is from Nvidia (gtx 970), I have updated to the newest drivers.
I watched the short video but couldn't see anything flickering, which bit was meant to flicker? (I saw a white patchy bit but that was the only different thing)
My initial assumption for why you would get flickering would be because you are drawing 2 things in the same space and the depth buffer has issues. If this were the case I would increase the depth component when creating a new PixelFormat. I once had the same issue in reverse and that resolved it.
Well its not that easy to see but in the video there are like black spots at the edge of the specular highlight.
I dont think its the depth buffer because it only occurs when i move the camera, afaik z-fighting would be visible all the time.
But anyways thanks for the help.
No, z-fighting will happen when you move the camera. Graphics cards I find tend to produce the same output for exactly the same input. So if you don't change anything it won't flicker.
Saying that I can't see the flickering in the video either.