Interactive OpenGL Environment

Overview

The goal of this project is to create an interactive OpenGL environment where users can navigate through a virtual scene, viewing objects from any desired angle, and manipulating various parameters such as fog and light angles.

Features

• Interactive Navigation: Users can navigate the scene using keyboard controls (WASD, arrow keys) and mouse input to move the camera in 3D space and change its orientation.
• Lighting Control: Ambient light direction can be adjusted using the L and J keys, while a central light generates shadows for objects in its vicinity.
• Parameter Manipulation: Users can increase or decrease fog intensity (F and G keys), reveal shadow computation map (M key), and trigger automatic camera movement along Bezier curves (B key).
• Speed Control: Holding LSHIFT enables a "sprint" mode, greatly increasing camera navigation speed.
• Threaded Animation: Separate thread controls camera movement along spline-based curves.

Scene Description

The virtual scene includes:

• Farm area with hills and terrain variation.
• Mountains acting as borders.
• Rocky hill, rocks, trees, and fences with cows.
• Dynamic lighting and shading effects.

Code Overview

1. Model Loading and Rendering: Utilizes custom Model3D class to load and render level, trees, and skybox.
2. Shaders and Uniforms: Defines shaders for different objects and passes necessary parameters via uniforms.
3. Depth Maps and Shadow Mapping: Generates depth map texture to create shadows.
4. Scene Rendering: Renders the scene using appropriate shaders and applies shadows using light-space transformation matrix.
5. Skybox Rendering: Renders the skybox using a cubemap shader.
6. User Input Handling: Captures keyboard and mouse input for camera movement and parameter adjustments.
7. Threaded Animation: Controls camera movement along spline-based curves using a separate thread.

User Manual

• WASD: Move camera in X and Z axes.
• LCTRL/SPACEBAR: Move camera in Y axis.
• LSHIFT: Hold for increased movement speed.
• Arrow Keys: Adjust camera orientation.
• F/G: Increase/Decrease fog intensity.
• J/L: Rotate ambient light direction.
• M: Reveal shadow computation map.
• B: Trigger Bezier curve camera movement.
• Mouse: Look around the scene.

Cloning

To get a local copy of this project up and running on your machine, simply clone this repository using Git:

git clone https://github.com/AndreiE91/OpenGL_Application.git
cd OpenGL_Application

Open and build the project in Visual Studio afterwards.