Hi all,
I''ve got a heightmapped terrain that I''m trying to get up and running quickly. I used the D3D AppWizard in VC++ to get some skeleton code, and take care of initialization and all that. Now my question:
The skeleton code uses D3DXmesh to render a teapot, and the render() code is like this :
HRESULT CMyD3DApplication::Render()
{
// Clear the viewport
m_pd3dDevice->Clear( 0L, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET|D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER,
0x000000ff, 1.0f, 0L );
// Begin the scene
if( SUCCEEDED( m_pd3dDevice->BeginScene() ) )
{
// TODO: render world
// Render the teapot mesh
m_pD3DXMesh->DrawSubset(0);
// Render stats and help text
RenderText();
// End the scene.
m_pd3dDevice->EndScene();
}
return S_OK;
}
So, I''m assuming the mesh switches streams, and then draws whatever is in its local VB, since there''s no VB initialization or stream switching higher up the call stack.
Now, all I do is add a call
m_dunceMap.draw()
instead of the call to render the teapot. This function just swaps streams, and calls renderPrimitive:
void dunceMap::draw(){
//set the proper vertex buffer and shader
m_pd3dDevice->SetStreamSource( 0, m_pVB, sizeof(struct dunce_mapVertex) );
m_pd3dDevice->SetVertexShader( MAPVERTEX );
m_pd3dDevice->DrawPrimitive( D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP, 0, SQUAREMAPSIZE);
}
The verts are stuck in the buffer at initialization as follows:
if (FAILED ( m_pVB->Lock ( 0, size*SQUAREMAPSIZE*SQUAREMAPSIZE, &data, 0) ) )
return NULL;
curr = (mapVertex *)data;
for (int i=0; i < SQUAREMAPSIZE; i+=2){
for (int j; j < SQUAREMAPSIZE; j++){
curr->x = (i+1)*VERT_SPACING;
curr->y = j*VERT_SPACING;
curr->z = map[i+1][j];
curr->color = D3DCOLOR_ARGB (255, 255, 0, 0);
curr->x = i*VERT_SPACING;
curr->y = j*VERT_SPACING;
curr->z = map[i][j];
curr->color = D3DCOLOR_ARGB (255, 255, 0, 0);
}
}
m_pVB->Unlock();
The problem is that it doesn''t display.
So, I''m curious as to whether i''m ordering my vertices properly, or if I''m not going about this the right way at all ( I know switching streams isn''t the best idea, but I''m just trying to get things up on screen). Maybe I''m missing a niggling init-type call in there somewhere.
If the last thing you want to do is sort through my code, it''s cool, but any help would be greatly appreciated.
