OpenTK

A quick test proved that it is possible to safely garbage collect OpenGL resources. The necessary hooks have been commited to SVN, and a small article describing the interaction between the GC and OpenGL has been uploaded to the manual. This feature ... [More] is completely optional: unless you use the relevant hooks, the GC will remain oblivious of your resources. It is also not 100% complete yet: X11GLContext is being updated to accomodate the necessary changes, a few locks are still missing for thread-safety, and the code is generally in an experimental stage. This experiment was inspired by a discussion on object-oriented OpenGL classes. Unfortunately I do not have the time resources to pursue this feature to its conclusion, but I will gladly accept code for garbage-collectable VertexBufferObject, Shader or Texture classes. Current work concerns context creation enhancements (Fsaa support). These features will appear on OpenTK 0.3.14, which should arrive shortly after Mono 1.2.6 is released. [Less]

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A new discussion forum has been added to help with the development of the OpenTK manual. If you have any ideas to share please post them at the Documentation forum.

The Documentation section has been updated with new content and functionality. It now forms what is known as a "collaborative book", which functions not unlike a wiki; once logged in, you can create new pages in the book, edit existing ones, or even ... [More] change the chapter layout. There isn't much content to speak of right now but new pages are slowly being added, with the intent of acting not only as a manual for OpenTK but also for 3d programming in the managed world (hey, let a man aim high!) A rough outline of the chapters: Installation [Linux, Windows, compilation instructions, starting a new project] A Simple Introduction [creating a window, drawing shapes, resizing the window, user input] Warming up [common game-related tasks like framerate independence, text rendering, mode setting, projections/math, loading resources, playing sounds] Putting it all Together [show how to create a simple game, e.g. 3d pong or something of that calibre] Advanced Topics [managed/unmanaged resource pools, interop performance, the GC, scripting on .Net] Crash-course in OpenGL OpenAL madness References Any specific topics you'd like to see discussed? Interested in helping out? Waiting for your thoughts! read more [Less]

A preview is available online at Documentation->Reference. Not 100% ready yet (contains private members, misses a stylesheet), expect regular updates. Edit: stylesheet updated.