enable or disable writing into the depth buffer
Signature
Parameters
| Variables | Description |
|---|---|
| flag |
Specifies whether the depth buffer is enabled for writing.
If
flag
is
GL_FALSE
,
depth buffer writing is disabled.
Otherwise, it is enabled.
Initially, depth buffer writing is enabled.
|
Description
glDepthMask
specifies whether the depth buffer is enabled for writing.
If
flag
is
GL_FALSE
,
depth buffer writing is disabled.
Otherwise, it is enabled.
Initially, depth buffer writing is enabled.
Associated Gets
glGet
with argument
GL_DEPTH_WRITEMASK
Notes
Even if the depth buffer exists and the depth mask is non-zero, the
depth buffer is not updated if the depth test is disabled. In order to
unconditionally write to the depth buffer, the depth test should be enabled
and set to
GL_ALWAYS
(see
glDepthFunc
).
See Also
Copyright
Copyright
1991-2006
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Copyright
2012
Khronos Group.
This document is licensed under the SGI
Free Software B License. For details, see
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/
.
Sample Code References
The following code samples have been found which appear to reference the functions described here. Take care that the code may be old, broken or not even use PyOpenGL.
glDepthMask
{LGPL or GPL or MPL} Kamaelia
Code/Python/Kamaelia/Kamaelia/UI/OpenGL/ProgressBar.py
Lines: 139, 175
{LGPL or GPL or MPL} Kamaelia
Sketches/CL/Topology3D/THF/Kamaelia/UI/OpenGL/ProgressBar.py
Lines: 139, 175
{LGPL or GPL or MPL} Kamaelia
Sketches/THF/Packages/Kamaelia/Community/THF/Kamaelia/UI/OpenGL/ProgressBar.py
Lines: 139, 175