OpenGl: Stencil buffer problem (Wall + Window)?!

Question

Hey all, I want to create a wall with a window inside, using stencil buffer. My code looks like this:

glEnable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
glClearStencil(0);
glClear(GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT);
glStencilMask(1);
glStencilFunc(GL_ALWAYS, 1, 1);

glStencilOp(GL_REPLACE, GL_REPLACE, GL_REPLACE);
glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);   
glColor3f(1,1,1);

//Window
glBegin(GL_POLYGON);
glVertex3d(-5,0,-20);
glVertex3d(-5,0,40);
glVertex3d(-20,0,40);
glVertex3d(-20,0,-20);
glEnd();

glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
glStencilFunc(GL_NOTEQUAL, 1, 1);
glStencilOp(GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP);

glEnable(GL_CLIP_PLANE0);                       
glClipPlane(GL_CLIP_PLANE0, eqr);   
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,texture[1]);
glBegin(GL_POLYGON);
glNormal3f(0.0f,-1.0,0.0f);

//Wall
glTexCoord2f(0.0f, 0.0f);glVertex3d(20,0,-20);
glTexCoord2f(1.0f, 0.0f);glVertex3d(20,0,40);
glTexCoord2f(1.0f, 0.0f);glVertex3d(-20,0,40);
glTexCoord2f(1.0f, 0.0f);glVertex3d(-20,0,-20);

glEnd();
glDisable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);

But that doesn't work out, I got the whole fill wall without the window in it, any suggestions??

Answer 1

Make sure you request an OpenGL context with a stencil buffer from your windowing system. You may not get one by default unless you specifically ask for it.

Here's an example using GLUT. You'll want to look at the glutInitDisplayMode() call.

Here's another example using raw Win32. The PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR bit is the important part.

glXChooseVisual() is probably where you want to look if you're using X11.

I'd recommend SDL if you want cross-platform context management.