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  1. #1 OpenGL and OpenGLX? 
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    What is the difference between the 2? The client has support for both, but I cant seem to find any good documents about GLX.


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    same thing
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lenin View Post
    same thing
    If they were the same thing, Jagex wouldn't write a completely new toolkit for glx.


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    Pretty sure there near enough same thing
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    OpenGLX is OpenGL. It's just an interface for the X Window System. There's an interface for Windows as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iKilem View Post
    OpenGLX is OpenGL. It's just an interface for the X Window System. There's an interface for Windows as well.
    Yeah, Im reading an article right now about it that I recieved from Method, although Im slightly confused as to why Jagex would use it; This might be due to me not knowing exactly what X Window System is. Perhaps someone can shed some light upon it for me. The article I read was slightly above my knowledge level lol.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Grizzly Bear View Post
    Yeah, Im reading an article right now about it that I recieved from Method, although Im slightly confused as to why Jagex would use it; This might be due to me not knowing exactly what X Window System is. Perhaps someone can shed some light upon it for me. The article I read was slightly above my knowledge level lol.
    X Window System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    On linux, you know you have desktop environments like gnome, kde, xfce etc? They need the X Window System to function.

    Edit: tbh i don't know too much of the details. someone else will be able to give you a better explanation .
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    Quote Originally Posted by iKilem View Post
    X Window System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    On linux, you know you have desktop environments like gnome, kde, xfce etc? They need the X Window System to function.

    Edit: tbh i don't know too much of the details. someone else will be able to give you a better explanation .
    I appreciate the attempt at help though It just confuses me as to why Jagex would use that to be honest.


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    i think its so they can access the render window directly
    not too sure tho
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    Theres 2 GL toolkits, the difference is not implementation, one is a basic toolkit (extends AbstractToolkit) the other one has athmospheric effects and lighting managed in its superclass, shared with the DX toolkit only implemented as "advanced" toolkit.

    Hierarchy

    AbstractToolkit ->
    ..................|.-.OpenGLToolkit
    ..................|.-.JavaToolkit (SafeMode)
    ..................|.-.SSEToolkit (Software)
    ..................|.-.ToolkitSub3
    ..............................|.-.OpenGLToolkitSub3
    ..............................|.-.DirectXToolkitSub3
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