c++ OpenGL Multithreading with buffer resource

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I have an OpenGL program that needs to periodically update the textures. But at the same time I want the program to be responsive (specifically, to continue running the draw/display code) while it's updating these textures.

But this seems impossible: If I make thread1 do the draw/display code and thread2 to the texture moving, then they will conflict under the resource GL_ARRAY_BUFFER_ARB because thread2 has to keep that resource to move some textures over to a vbo. And I need GL_ARRAY_BUFFER_ARB to do the draw/display code for thread1 because that uses different vbo's.

For example this code

glBindBufferARB(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER_ARB, tVboId);
    glBufferDataARB(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER_ARB, numVertices*2*sizeof(GLfloat), texCoords, GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW_ARB);  
    glBindBufferARB(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER_ARB,0);

will move some textures over but it will take a while. During that time the display code is supposed to run many times but it will instead crash, because GL_ARRAY_BUFFER_ARB is in use.

I thought I could do something like GL_ARRAY_BUFFER_ARB2 but there is no such thing, I think.

ronag · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-26 21:09:45Z

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Use PBOs they allow you to do asynchronous transfers, read more here.

answered May 26, 2011 at 21:09

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eile · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-27 06:35:22Z

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This should help: http://hacksoflife.blogspot.com/2008/02/creating-opengl-objects-in-second.html

answered May 27, 2011 at 6:35

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