Open GL on Mac - deprecated?

[HISEnberg]

Does Open GL still work on Mac? I am working on a project which would require a more "3D" type animation, and I think Webview or GL shaders will probably offer the best options for this. I know the two are differen (OpenGL and GLSL).

However these posts concern me:

https://forum.hise.audio/topic/10504/opengl-shader-is-not-working-in-4-0-0/12
https://forum.hise.audio/topic/2122/open-gl/18

The examples seem to work on my Mac still but I am just wondering if any other devs can shed light on this? Is it too risky or were you able to launch a product with it? Are there any other options that exist in HISE I haven't touched on here?

The docs
https://docs.hise.audio/scripting/scripting-api/scriptshader/index.html

[orange]

@HISEnberg That’s exactly what I am wondering.

[HISEnberg]

@orange @ustk and @Gabor-K , I saw you two were discussing this in another thread, would you have any recommendations about this

Part of me is constantly wondering about a higher level graphics rendering alternative, but I understand this is a limitation of JUCE, not strictly HISE.

[ustk]

@HISEnberg The fact is that I have the same questioning... I need better rendering and overall performances. I disregarded shaders, and honestly I don't really understand what settings I should use for which system.

[HISEnberg]

@ustk Okay, thanks for your input. I know this is a well-talked about topic. Webview maybe offers the best alternative for this but seems quite overwhelming at first glance.

@Christoph-Hart just fyi the gl MorphBall example no longer seems to work on Mac. It seems to open but when trying to recompile it crashes HISE. Should I avoid this altogether and do you have any alternatives to suggest?

[clevername27]

@HISEnberg OpenGL is deprecated in macOS. Avoid (unfortunately).. It's Metal or nothing. Vulkan would be our only hope.