Questions tagged [depth-map]

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What happens when GL_Depth is disabled

In my simulation I draw a bunch of rectangles with GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP inside of one draw call. What will happen if I turn off GL_DEPTH_SORT? If all of the rectangles were stacked on top of themselves in a 2D screenspace sense would they always be in…
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Do you have to clear the depth buffer each frame in OpenGL

I am trying to make it so that objects leave trails behind them and if an object is in the back and tries to draw over a previous trail it is transparent because of it. The problem is whenever I do not GL_CLEAR the depth buffer after each frame the…
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