Queries regarding Geometry Shaders

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Published on 2012-12-19T11:15:45Z Indexed on 2012/12/19 17:14 UTC
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I am dealing with geometry shaders using GL_ARB_geometry_shader4 extension.

My code goes like :

GLfloat vertices[] =
    {   
        0.5,0.25,1.0,
        0.5,0.75,1.0,
        -0.5,0.75,1.0,
        -0.5,0.25,1.0,
        0.6,0.35,1.0,
        0.6,0.85,1.0,
        -0.6,0.85,1.0,
        -0.6,0.35,1.0
    };

glProgramParameteriEXT(psId, GL_GEOMETRY_INPUT_TYPE_EXT, GL_TRIANGLES);

glProgramParameteriEXT(psId, GL_GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_TYPE_EXT, GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP);

glLinkProgram(psId);

glBindAttribLocation(psId,0,"Position");

glEnableVertexAttribArray (0);

glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, 0, 0, vertices);

glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP,0,4);

My vertex shader is :

#version 150

in vec3 Position;

void main()
{       
    gl_Position = vec4(Position,1.0);

}

Geometry shader is :

#version 150
#extension GL_EXT_geometry_shader4 : enable

in vec4 pos[3];

void main()
{
   int i;
   vec4 vertex;

    gl_Position = pos[0];
    EmitVertex();

    gl_Position = pos[1];
    EmitVertex();

    gl_Position = pos[2];
    EmitVertex();

    gl_Position = pos[0] + vec4(0.3,0.0,0.0,0.0);
    EmitVertex();

    EndPrimitive();
}

Nothing is rendered with this code. What exactly should be the mode in glDrawArrays() ? How does the GL_GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_TYPE_EXT parameter will affect glDrawArrays() ?

What I expect is 3 vertices will be passed on to Geometry Shader and using those we construct a primitive of size 4 (assuming GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP requires 4 vertices). Can somebody please throw some light on this ?

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