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Glu2d3d.dll & opengl2d3d.dll

by Scott Peal · in Torque Game Engine · 06/18/2004 (6:41 am) · 6 replies

I just purchased the "3D Game Programming All in One" book and it is great. Highly recommend it!

One question though: In the book's version of Torque it includes 2 DLLs that i do not see in the Torque Demo that I down loaded from GarageGames.

Can someone please tell me what these 2 DLLs are for and when do we need them?

glu2d3d.dll & opengl2d3d.dll

Thanks in advance
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Torque 3D Owner Scott Peal
#1
06/18/2004 (6:46 am)
Also found another DLL called OpenAL32.DLL

Torque Owner Jeff Houck
#2
06/18/2004 (7:03 am)
I've seen the first two as glu32.dll and opengl32.dll. They are the main libs for invoking OpenGL API calls on your system and are necessary if your running an OpenGL renderer
enviroment. The OpenAL32 is an audio oriented dll along the same lines.

I'm not sure why they were renamed unless it was to avoid conflicts with OpenGL and OpenAL .dll files that already may exist on your system or they were hacked for some reason. Most video card manufacturers include the OpenGL libs with their driver software. This renaming would avoid a conflict.

Associate Ben Garney
#3
06/18/2004 (8:11 am)
OpenAL32.dll provides the OpenAL sound library which Torque uses.

glu2d3d.dll and opengl2d3d.dll do what their names imply - GLU to D3D and OpenGL to D3D. They are translation layers to provide Direct3D support. They're really best avoided.

Torque 3D Owner Scott Peal
#4
06/18/2004 (8:24 am)
I re-installed the demo and they ARE there. I must of deleted them by mistake. Thanks everyone for the help.

Torque 3D Owner Howard Dortch
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#5
06/21/2004 (5:30 am)
WEll while we are on the subject, if I use only a OpenGL render can I remove the glu2d3d and opengl2d3d files completely?

Torque 3D Owner Pat Wilson
#6
06/21/2004 (12:13 pm)
Howard: Yes you can.