OpenGL far clipping when using frustum

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I'm using GLFW + OpenGL to try to make the "rotating cube". Although most of it is working, I have clipping in the far plane. I've tried changing values for frustum to very large numbers but it seems to have no effect.

int main(void) {
    if (!glfwInit()) exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 2);
    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 0);
    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_SAMPLES, 4); // 4x antialiasing
    GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(640, 360, "3dTest", NULL, NULL);
    if (!window) {
        glfwTerminate();
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
    glfwSwapInterval(1);

    glClearColor(0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f);   // Grey Background
    float rotqube = 0;
    while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window)) {
        // clear color and depth buffer for new frame
        glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);

        // set up camera
        glViewport(0, 0, 640, 360);
        glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
        glLoadIdentity();
        glFrustum(-100.0, 100.0, -100.0, 100.0, 100.0, -100.0);

        // position camera
        glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, -2.0f);    // Translate Into The Screen 2.0 Units
        glRotatef(rotqube, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);   // Rotate The cube around the Y axis
        glRotatef(rotqube, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);

        glBegin(GL_QUADS);      // Draw The Cube Using quads
        glColor3f(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);    // Color Blue
        glVertex3f(1.0f, 1.0f, -1.0f);  // Top Right Of The Quad (Top)
        glVertex3f(-1.0f, 1.0f, -1.0f); // Top Left Of The Quad (Top)
        glVertex3f(-1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);  // Bottom Left Of The Quad (Top)
        glVertex3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);   // Bottom Right Of The Quad (Top)
        ...
        glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);    // Color Violet
        glVertex3f(1.0f, 1.0f, -1.0f);  // Top Right Of The Quad (Right)
        glVertex3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);   // Top Left Of The Quad (Right)
        glVertex3f(1.0f, -1.0f, 1.0f);  // Bottom Left Of The Quad (Right)
        glVertex3f(1.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f); // Bottom Right Of The Quad (Right)
        glEnd();            // End Drawing The Cube

        rotqube += 0.3f;

        //Swap buffer and check for events
        glfwSwapBuffers(window);
        glfwPollEvents();
    }

    glfwDestroyWindow(window);
    glfwTerminate;
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
    return 0;
}

This is what it looks like:

genpfault genpfault · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-02T16:52:47

glFrustum(-100.0, 100.0, -100.0, 100.0, 100.0, -100.0);
                                               ^ wat

glFrustum(GLdouble left, GLdouble right, GLdouble bottom, GLdouble top, GLdouble nearVal, GLdouble farVal):

Parameters:

left, right:

Specify the coordinates for the left and right vertical clipping planes.

bottom, top:

Specify the coordinates for the bottom and top horizontal clipping planes.

nearVal, farVal:

Specify the distances to the near and far depth clipping planes.
Both distances must be positive.

Try something like 0.1 to 100.0:

glFrustum(-100.0, 100.0, -100.0, 100.0, 0.1, 100.0);

OpenGL far clipping when using frustum

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