engineer-thesis-WUT/Engine/engine/renderLoop.cpp

#ifndef RENDER_LOOP_CPP
#define RENDER_LOOP_CPP
#include <glad/glad.h>
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
#include <iostream>
#include "renderLoop.hpp"
#include "draw.hpp"
#include "shaders.hpp"
#include "constants.hpp"
#include "misc.hpp"

bool processInput(GLFWwindow *window, const bool whatToDraw)
{
    // glfwGetKey takes window and key as an input and checks is currently being pressed
    // if the user pressed escape we close window
    if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE) == GLFW_PRESS)
        glfwSetWindowShouldClose(window, true);
    if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_C) == GLFW_PRESS)
        glfwSetWindowShouldClose(window, true);
    if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_LEFT) == GLFW_PRESS || glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_RIGHT) == GLFW_PRESS)
        return !whatToDraw;
    return whatToDraw;
}

// https://stackoverflow.com/a/25680092
unsigned int copyVerticesMemory(const float vertices[], const size_t sizeOfVertices, const GLenum boundBufferTarget)
{
    // stores vertices in gpu memory
    unsigned int vertexBufferObject;
    // this is open gl object so we refer it by its ID generated here and stored in vertexBufferObject variable
    glGenBuffers(1, &vertexBufferObject);
    // buffer type of vertex buffer object is GL_ARRAY_BUFFER
    glBindBuffer(boundBufferTarget, vertexBufferObject);
    // now whenever we change GL_ARRAY_BUFFER we change bound buffer vertexBufferObject

    /* we copy vertex data into buffer memory
    GL_STREAM_DRAW: the data is set only once and used by the GPU at most a few times.
    GL_STATIC_DRAW: the data is set only once and used many times.
    GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW: the data is changed a lot and used many times.
    */
    glBufferData(boundBufferTarget, sizeOfVertices, vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
    return vertexBufferObject;
}

unsigned int copyVerticesMemory(const unsigned int vertices[], const size_t sizeOfVertices, const GLenum boundBufferTarget)
{
    // stores vertices in gpu memory
    unsigned int vertexBufferObject;
    // this is open gl object so we refer it by its ID generated here and stored in vertexBufferObject variable
    glGenBuffers(1, &vertexBufferObject);
    // buffer type of vertex buffer object is GL_ARRAY_BUFFER
    glBindBuffer(boundBufferTarget, vertexBufferObject);
    // now whenever we change GL_ARRAY_BUFFER we change bound buffer vertexBufferObject

    /* we copy vertex data into buffer memory
    GL_STREAM_DRAW: the data is set only once and used by the GPU at most a few times.
    GL_STATIC_DRAW: the data is set only once and used many times.
    GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW: the data is changed a lot and used many times.
    */
    glBufferData(boundBufferTarget, sizeOfVertices, vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
    return vertexBufferObject;
}

void configureVertexAttribute()
{
    // specify how OGL interprets vertex data
    // From left:
    // which vertex attribute we configure (from shader source code layout (location = 0))
    // size of vertex attribute (we use vec3 so it contains 3 values)
    // type of data of which vec consists of
    // should data be normalized, (useful when we use integer data)
    // space between vertex attributes, each position data is 3 times the size of float
    // offset of where position data begins in buffer
    // see: https://learnopengl.com/img/getting-started/vertex_attribute_pointer.png
    // vertex attribute data take data from memory managed by VBO bound to GL_ARRAY_BUFFER
    glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 3 * sizeof(float), (void *)0);
    // enable vertex attribute
    glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
}

unsigned int generateBindVAO()
{
    // vertex array object is used to draw objects by binding them to vao
    // generate vao
    unsigned int vertexArrayObject;
    glGenVertexArrays(1, &vertexArrayObject);
    // bind vao
    glBindVertexArray(vertexArrayObject);
    return vertexArrayObject;
}

void copyVerticesArray(unsigned int vertexBufferObject, const float vertices[], const size_t sizeOfVertices, const GLenum boundBufferTarget)
{
    // copy vertices array in array useful for OGL
    glBindBuffer(boundBufferTarget, vertexBufferObject);
    glBufferData(boundBufferTarget, sizeOfVertices, vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
}

bool renderLoopInside(GLFWwindow *window, bool whatToDraw)
{
    // input
    whatToDraw = processInput(window, whatToDraw);
    // We specify the color to clear the screen with
    // RGB and alpha value
    glClearColor(constants::LEARN_OPEN_GL_COLOR.red, constants::LEARN_OPEN_GL_COLOR.green, constants::LEARN_OPEN_GL_COLOR.blue, constants::LEARN_OPEN_GL_COLOR.alpha);
    // There is GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT, GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT and GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

    if (drawFigure(whatToDraw) == -1)
    {
        print("error with drawing!");
        glfwSetWindowShouldClose(window, true);
    };

    // swaps buffer containing color values of each pixel in window
    // there is front buffer (final image) and back buffer (where all rendering commands draw to)
    // when back buffer is ready we swap it with front buffer to eliminate flickering
    glfwSwapBuffers(window);

    // glfwPollEvents checks if any event (like mouse/keyboard input was triggered), updates window state and calls functions (which we register via callback methods)
    glfwPollEvents();
    return whatToDraw;
}

void renderLoop(GLFWwindow *window)
{
    bool whatToDraw = true;
    // glfwWindowShouldClose checks if GLFW was instructed to close
    while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window))
    {
        whatToDraw = renderLoopInside(window, whatToDraw);
    }
}

#endif