How to set the GLFW OpenGL target?

Question

I'm programming on a Mac and I'm learning OpenGL in the library GLFW.

My problem is that my Mac supports OpenGL up to version 4.1, but when I try to compile the shaders with version 410 it says ERROR: 0:1: '' : version '410' is not supported.

How do I set the version that GLFW should use?

you can use glGetString(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION) to see which glsl versions are available to you. printf("Supported GLSL version is %s.\n", (char *)glGetString(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION)); — Senne, Dec 29 '15 at 15:10

Leonardo D. Mariscal · Answer 1 · 2022-04-21T13:38:53.840

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Changed the core profile to 3.2 by setting the window hints.

glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 2);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_FORWARD_COMPAT, GL_TRUE);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);

edited Apr 21 '22 at 13:38

answered Dec 28 '15 at 00:35

Leonardo D. Mariscal

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Kinda looks like you changed it to 3.2. – Rotem Dec 28 '15 at 07:35
Well, in my code its 4.1 haha – Leonardo D. Mariscal Dec 28 '15 at 18:32

How to set the GLFW OpenGL target?

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