Strange holes/etc appearing in model when lighting

Hi all. I’m new to OpenGL ES development, and I’m having some serious issues getting what I would assume to be a relatively simple task completed. I’m attempting to render a “coin” and make it spin. The issue comes about when I add lighting(or a texture) to the model, at certain perspectives it has enormous errors in the model, and almost appears that the front faces are dissappearing/reappering allowing the back faces to “shine through”.

Example:
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Here’s the code(this is on an iPhone, so opengl ES 1.1), the snippet is from my run loop(gets called ~60 times per second)


	[EAGLContext setCurrentContext:context];
	
	glBindFramebufferOES(GL_FRAMEBUFFER_OES, viewFramebuffer);
	glViewport(0, 0, backingWidth, backingHeight);
	
	static GLfloat VertexData[] = {
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		0.866025f, 0.000000f, -0.500000f, 0.866025f, 0.100000f, -0.500000f, 
		0.866025f, 0.100000f, -0.500000f, 0.866026f, 0.000000f, 0.500000f, 
		0.866026f, 0.000000f, 0.500000f, 0.866026f, 0.100000f, 0.500000f, 
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		0.965926f, 0.100000f, -0.258819f, 0.965926f, 0.000000f, 0.258819f, 
		0.965926f, 0.000000f, 0.258819f, 0.965926f, 0.100000f, 0.258819f, 
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		1.00000f, 0.100000f, -1.74846e-007f, 1.00000f, 0.100000f, -1.74846e-007f, 
		1.00000f, 0.100000f, -1.74846e-007f
	};
	static GLfloat NormalData[] = {
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	static GLfloat TexCoordData[] = {
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		0.500000f, 1.00000f, 0.000000f, 0.000000f, 
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	static GLint Indices[] = {
		93, 95, 105, 93, 105, 102, 92, 101, 50, 104, 94, 53, 85, 87, 95, 85, 
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	};
	
	glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
	glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);

	
	glEnableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
	glTexCoordPointer(2, GL_FLOAT, 0, TexCoordData);
	glEnableClientState(GL_NORMAL_ARRAY);
	glNormalPointer(GL_FLOAT, 0, NormalData);
	glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
	glVertexPointer(3, GL_FLOAT, 0, VertexData);
	
	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
	
	glRotatef(1.5f, 0.1f, 0.1f, 0.0f);

       for(int i = 0; i < sizeof(Indices) / sizeof(GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT); i += 3)
	{
		glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, 3, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, &Indices[i]);
	}

	glBindRenderbufferOES(GL_RENDERBUFFER_OES, viewRenderbuffer);
	[context presentRenderbuffer:GL_RENDERBUFFER_OES];


in my setup function i configure lighting with:



		const GLfloat			lightAmbient[] = {0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 1.0};
		const GLfloat			lightDiffuse[] = {1.0, 0.6, 0.0, 1.0};
		const GLfloat			matAmbient[] = {0.6, 0.6, 0.6, 1.0};
		const GLfloat			matDiffuse[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};	
		const GLfloat			matSpecular[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
		const GLfloat			lightPosition[] = {0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0}; 
		const GLfloat			lightShininess = 100.0;
		
		//Configure OpenGL lighting
		glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);
		glEnable(GL_LIGHT0);
		glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_AMBIENT, matAmbient);
		glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_DIFFUSE, matDiffuse);
		glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_SPECULAR, matSpecular);
		glMaterialf(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_SHININESS, lightShininess);
		glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_AMBIENT, lightAmbient);
		glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_DIFFUSE, lightDiffuse);
		glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_POSITION, lightPosition); 			
		glShadeModel(GL_SMOOTH);
		glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);


any help, or hints, or berating for me for being a complete moron would be much appreciated :slight_smile:

-pete

Check in the view, if #define USE_DEPTH_BUFFER 1. The default is O when generating a new OpenGL ES Application project from Xcode.

If it’s not a depth buffer problem, it could be a face culling problem. Is GL_CULL_FACE enabled? If so are all your polygons facing the right way? Could also be a clipping problem. How are you setting up your projection matrix? Do you still see the problem when setting your projection matrix using glOrtho?

If it is not one of the previously mentioned things then it may be that the z value of the front and back is too close together. This is likely the cause if it looks right in some orientations but not in others.

Things you can do to fix this:

  1. When you set up your projection matrix (with glPerspective or glFrustum or glOrtho) make the near value larger (farther from 0) and/or the far value smaller (closer to zero). Note that far must be larger (farther from 0) than near, and the z values of your object must lie between near and far.

  2. Ensure that your faces are all facing the same way, and turn on face culling. This will avoid drawing the parts that face away from you. In a solid opaque object you never see those anyway.

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