Don't think I'm an idiot, I had this working perfectly, until I wanted to include texture data in my data files. What I had originally was this:

float polyData[MAX_TRIANGLES][3][6]; //triangle | vertex | coordinate(3)/Color(3)

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But now I want to store a texture ID with each triangle,
but not with each vertice. I did this at first:
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float polyData[MAX_TRIANGLES][3][4]; //triangle | vertex | coordinate(3)/Texture ID

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but then realized that I was allocating space for a texture
ID for each vertice, when I only need one for each triangle
Here is a sample data file and description of each piece of
data:
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//Number of textures used by object
4

//Texture filename and ID to associate it with
Data/Textures/CJH.bmp 0
Data/Textures/CJH2.bmp 1
Data/Textures/CJH3.bmp 2
Data/Textures/CJH4.bmp 3

//Polygon data. Each group of three represents a coordinate
// (distance from center) (x,y,z) and the final value on the
// line is the texture ID for the triangle (each line is
// one triangle)
0 1 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1 1
0 1 0 1 -1 -1 1 -1 1 2
0 1 0 1 -1 1 -1 -1 1 3
0 1 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1 4

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This is my loading function:
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void init()
{
numTriangles = 0;
bool end = false;
int currentTri=0, textureID;
float x,y,z;
char *filename;

ifstream getData;
getData.open(filename);

getData >> numTextures;

for(int i=0; i<numTextures; i++)
{
getData >> filename;
getData >> textureID;

LoadGLTexture(filename, textureID);
}

while(1)
{
for(int currentVert=0; currentVert<3; currentVert++)
{
x=y=z=0;
textureID=0;
getData >> x; getData >> y; getData >> z; getData >> textureID;

if(!(x==0 && y==0 && z==0 && textureID))
{
polyData[currentTri][currentVert][0]=x;
polyData[currentTri][currentVert][1]=y;
polyData[currentTri][currentVert][2]=z;
polyData[currentTri][currentVert][3]=textureID;
}
else end = true;
}

if(end==true || currentTri==MAX_TRIANGLES)break;
else {currentTri++;numTriangles++;}
}
}

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Now my drawing function
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void draw() //Draw poly *WORKING*
{
glLoadIdentity();

glTranslatef(x,y,z);
glRotatef(rotationX,1,0,0);
glRotatef(rotationY,0,1,0);
glRotatef(rotationZ,0,0,1);
glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
for(int currentTri=0;currentTri<numTriangles;currentTri++)
{
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, polyData[currentTri][0][3]);
glVertex3f(polyData[currentTri][0][0],polyData[currentTri][0][1],polyData[currentTri][0][2]);
glVertex3f(polyData[currentTri][1][0],polyData[currentTri][1][1],polyData[currentTri][1][2]);
glVertex3f(polyData[currentTri][2][0],polyData[currentTri][2][1],polyData[currentTri][2][2]);
}
glEnd();

rotationX+=rotationSpeedX;
rotationY+=rotationSpeedY;
rotationZ+=rotationSpeedZ;
}

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See, even though I am allocating more space than I need in the array, I don't use the extra values and it should still work, but it doesn't, I get a black screen. If anyone can give me a better way to arrange my array or figure out what is wrong with it currently I would appreciate it

would a struct not make a lot more sense (ie make it easier to work) in this instance?

No, because that is just a small part of a large class

structured types still make more sense than ad hoc schemes in pretty much all cases.

What do you mean by structured types? Is a class not a structured type? Are any of you even familiar with C++ or OGL?

...or do you mean to replace the array with a struct?

An array of structs makes much more sense (to me, at least) than an array of arrays in this case.

Amen to arrays of structs.

"Are any of you even familiar with C++ or OGL?"
No, every single one of us have been bullshitting ever since you arrived here. We all actually use QBasic, except for Psion, because he's really l337 and uses VB. You're so smart Hollman, oh, how I wish I could ever have such a firm grasp on C++ as you do... oh wait let me go and read your tutorial...
OH LOOK! As it turns out, I _DO_ have as firm a grasp on C++ as you do (despite whatever snide comments Psion may produce).

I thought you meant replacing the array with a struct, which made no sense, but now I understand, thanks for the help

I thought you meant replacing the class with a struct, which made no sense, but now I understand, thanks for the help

CLASS, You really should enable message editing

CodeRed, it's ironic that you say that, when it was your abuse of editing for non-moderators that forced me to remove it. You reap what you sow. Even if I were to allow it at this point, I'd feel obligated to make sure that at least _you_ couldn't edit messages.

* gian claps for Psion :-)