NeHe Lesson added to WiKi

[CaptainJester]

I added NeHe Lesson 1 to the WiKi.

[Matzon]

Wiki content!
I was/am thinking about nuking the wiki, perhaps replacing with a simpler (but ugly) wiki - since few has actually used it...
Thoughts, anybody?

[princec]

I really can't figure out the bloody wiki :/

Cas

[middy]

That wiki is for rocket scienctist and I am not one of those

[PlanetMongo]

I dunno how "kosher" it would be, but I'd also really like to see the actual tutorial itself "ported over" and discussed and posted.  It's really somewhat inconvenient to read through the NeHe tutorial, see all the C++ code, and then try to figure out what's going on in the java code (even though it works).  Maybe add more comments explaining what each part does..  Hrm, maybe I could do that..

[Erestar]

Maybe add more comments explaining what each part does..  Hrm, maybe I could do that..

While something like this would certinally be helpful, don't you think it would be kind of a pain to do that for all of the tutorials? I think most of us went through the NeHe tutorials when we were learning the LWJGL stuff, and I think having to kind of translate it while trying to understand it lead to more exploring the LWJGL library, which is always a nice help.

I _do_ think it would be nice to get some tutorials up about the SPGL, though maybe there are good examples in the source already, but I haven't had much time to look.

Maybe if we all just try to add to the Wiki any time we figure something out that took a while to get, or realize something that might be insightful to others, then the Wiki would replace the forums as the first place to look when something isn't working out.

Ere

[PlanetMongo]

It's mainly a me-centric idea in that usually when I'm actually working through something in eclipse, I'm on the road with no internet access.  So, I don't have a Nehe tutorial up in a browser window whilst I peruse the code, so there's no basis for reference in what I see.  I usually don't do any coding while I'm home on the weekends where I have a nice pair of 21" monitors to sit behind...

[PlanetMongo]

Hate to drag this up, but Lesson 6 "crashes" on my iBook G4 800.  Like the previous tutorials, it initializes the screen, everything goes black.. and then there's what appears to be a hard lock up.  No graphics, no nothing.  It doesn't accept ESC to end or anything, I've basically had to resort to manually shutting off the power (holding power button until it powers down) to exit.  I'm not sure what the issue is and as I can't drop to a terminal or anything to see what's going on, it's rather unnerving.

Anyone else with this issue?

[princec]

It actually *runs* on a Mac!???
Well there's a miracle in the first place.

Cas

[PlanetMongo]

Heh, I've gotten lessons 1-5 to work just fine using 0.91(? can't remember its been so long).  It's 6 that hard locks the machine.