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opengl version
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2025 5:17 pm
by naf
Hi, I am busy writing shaders. I need to check which version of openGL is available in purebasic and found no info on that at all. Can someone clarify that please?
I use PB 6.21 (x64) on linux Zorin. I need a minimum of openGL 4.5 . The hardware goes up to 4.6 .
glfw has GLFW_VERSION_MAJOR and GLFW_VERSION_MINOR, at context creation. Can we access that from PB ?
Re: opengl version
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2025 7:22 pm
by Shardik
Up to PB 6.12 it was possible to let Ogre generate a debug log and read the Ogre version from that log. I have already posted a cross-platform example
here which gets the Ogre version and displays it.
Unfortunately beginning with PB 6.20 the Ogre debug log always remains empty. I therefore have already posted
this bug report.
Re: opengl version
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2025 9:17 am
by pjay
If you're using PBs OpenGLgadget(), then you could try the code below (from Win x64, but may work in Linux):
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OpenWindow(0,0,0,640,480,"")
OpenGLGadget(0,0,0,640,480)
Define version.s, major.l, minor.l
version = PeekS(glGetString_(#GL_VERSION),-1,#PB_Ascii)
#GL_MAJOR_VERSION = $821B
#GL_MINOR_VERSION = $821C
glGetIntegerv_(#GL_MAJOR_VERSION, @major);
glGetIntegerv_(#GL_MINOR_VERSION, @minor);
Debug version
Debug major
Debug minor
Re: opengl version
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2025 10:59 am
by miso
You can use any available opengl shader version, the restriction will be on the hardware that runs it. Is it necessary to be able to execute on older cards, or you are fine with only with the latest/more recent cards.
Re: opengl version
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:47 pm
by naf
By the way, when you write a vertex- or fragment shader, the first line still must be
#version 330 compatibility
(for example, "compatibility" is rather discouraged), or
#version 450 core
. Do they prevail over minor-version and major-version? Is this a valid answer to my first question?
Re: opengl version
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 1:18 pm
by threedslider
naf wrote: Sun Nov 16, 2025 5:17 pm
I need to check which version of openGL is available in purebasic and found no info on that at all. Can someone clarify that please?
Not depend on PB but your hardware or graphic card. If your version supports to 4.6 so it works then ... Otherwise you need to 4.5 most at all.