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NullFunctionError opengl glutInit - hsunteik - Mar-18-2017

from OpenGL.GL import *
from OpenGL.GLUT import *
from OpenGL.GLU import *

window = 0                                             # glut window number
width, height = 500, 400                               # window size

def draw():                                            # ondraw is called all the time
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT) # clear the screen
    glLoadIdentity()                                   # reset position
    
    # ToDo draw rectangle
    
    glutSwapBuffers()                                  # important for double buffering
    

# initialization
glutInit()                                             # initialize glut
glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_RGBA | GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_ALPHA | GLUT_DEPTH)
glutInitWindowSize(width, height)                      # set window size
glutInitWindowPosition(0, 0)                           # set window position
window = glutCreateWindow("noobtuts.com")              # create window with title
glutDisplayFunc(draw)                                  # set draw function callback
glutIdleFunc(draw)                                     # draw all the time
glutMainLoop()                                         # start everything
Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):   File "graphic.py", line 47, in <module>     if __name__ == '__main__': main()   File "graphic.py", line 9, in main     glutInit(sys.argv)   File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-package s\pyopengl-3.1.1a1-py3.5.egg\OpenGL\GLUT\special.py", line 333, in glutInit     _base_glutInit( ctypes.byref(count), holder )   File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-package s\pyopengl-3.1.1a1-py3.5.egg\OpenGL\platform\baseplatform.py", line 407, in __ca ll__     self.__name__, self.__name__, OpenGL.error.NullFunctionError: Attempt to call an undefined function glutInit, check for bool(glutInit) before calling
i copied and paste this from the internet to my project,so there should not be any error.
I am only 15 years old,so please dont use too much hard to understand or mathematical term in the answer.

Why is no one answering me?


RE: NullFunctionError opengl glutInit - wavic - Mar-18-2017

Apparently, there is no glutInit in the namespace. There is a hint in the error message to check for glutInit() before calling it.
The bottom line.

"check for bool(glutInit) before calling"

You can do the same calling dir():
if 'glutInit' in dir():


RE: NullFunctionError opengl glutInit - hsunteik - Mar-18-2017

Thanks,let me try it first.
I will come back if there is still error.
I also heard from another website that glut needs to be downloaded seperately because it does not come with pypl PyOpenGL download.


RE: NullFunctionError opengl glutInit - wavic - Mar-18-2017

It's quite possible. This module is big  Smile