@ID_AA_Carmack The appendix to the Glide 1.0 manual was titled "FAQ, or 'Why is my screen black?'"
Beginning gfx programmers take heart--even an expert can sometimes spend two hours trying to figure out WTF no triangles are being drawn.
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@GrumpyHook I thought about that while despairing...
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@ID_AA_Carmack This is why I loved the 360 version of PIX. These issues were a 2 minute job to track down. -
@ssylvan oh yes. I miss 360 pix on every other platform. - 1 more reply
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@max_mcguire@aras_p@nothings@_Humus_@ID_AA_Carmack NSIGHT OpenGL is totally useable now and improving rapidly. -
@pixelmaven My last attempt to install the Nvidia tools over my existing Android dev environment failed, but I need to try the new rev. - 3 more replies
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@ID_AA_Carmack usual list: wrong matrices, wrong culling, zero alpha, wrong FBO, camera looking away, null PS, VS transforms to zero, ...? - 4 more replies
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@ID_AA_Carmack@solid_angle every graphics program starts with a black screen. -
@jbeda Not true! On some platforms you start with garbage (need a clear to get black)
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