[Bf-cycles] OpenGL context

[Mohamed Sakr]

Hi Nathan,

thanks for the info "I already read that file".
what if background = false, and no OpenGL context?

On 1/27/16, Nathan Letwory <nathan at mcneel.com> wrote:
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> On 26/01/2016 17:03, Mohamed Sakr wrote:
>> I wanted to know where does Cycles connect to an OpenGL context. so
>> if background = false, I couldn't figure out how does Cycles know
>> which window to draw to?? "can I ignore the window drawing??"
>
> It is the job of the code that drives Cycles to provide an OpenGL
> context. For the stand-alone application this code is in
> util/util_view.cpp [1]. In the case of Blender, well, it is Blender
> managing the OpenGL context.
>
> For instance with CCSycles one could use OpenTK to create a window
> with an OpenGL context.
>
> /Nathan
>
> [1]
> https://developer.blender.org/diffusion/C/browse/master/src/util/util_vi
> ew.cpp
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