Manipulating individual pixels on a directx back buffer?
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I REALLY would like to know how to do this.
You could draw a quad 1-pixel by 1-pixel but the render spead would be stupidly slow if u filled the screen.
All i really want to do is litereally alter individual pixel colour values.
Can it be done?
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ace
Use that Lock function. It returns a pointer to the buffer; I'm sure you can figure it out from there. [smile]
Also you have to remember that each row in the buffer is typically padded by some unused bytes at the end, so its size is not width x height, but 'pitch' x height. You can get the pitch from a surface description structure, I think.
Also you have to remember that each row in the buffer is typically padded by some unused bytes at the end, so its size is not width x height, but 'pitch' x height. You can get the pitch from a surface description structure, I think.
edit: same as in post above ^^^^^^^^.
it's wrong forum...
I somehow did it once for my programs but don't remember how exactly... iirc i locked the screen using some function that also returns a pointer to image data.
Google must help.
it's wrong forum...
I somehow did it once for my programs but don't remember how exactly... iirc i locked the screen using some function that also returns a pointer to image data.
Google must help.
I haven't tried this with the backbuffer, so I don't know if it will allow it, but it works with normal surfaces, so here's my guess:
Use the function IDirect3DDevice9::GetBackBuffer() to get a pointer to the IDirect3DSurface9 object that is the back buffer.
Use the function IDirect3DSurface9::LockRect() to get a pointer to the pixel data of the surface, along with the pitch.
You can now just do whatever to the pixels. The data is a 1-dimensional array. Each row is pitch bits long, so the nth row starts at byte index (n - 1) * pitch. If the size of the pixel multiplied by the width is less than the pitch, then the extra bytes are padding, as mentioned.
Call IDirect3DSurface9::UnlockRect() when done altering pixels, and then Release() the surface.
Use the function IDirect3DDevice9::GetBackBuffer() to get a pointer to the IDirect3DSurface9 object that is the back buffer.
Use the function IDirect3DSurface9::LockRect() to get a pointer to the pixel data of the surface, along with the pitch.
You can now just do whatever to the pixels. The data is a 1-dimensional array. Each row is pitch bits long, so the nth row starts at byte index (n - 1) * pitch. If the size of the pixel multiplied by the width is less than the pitch, then the extra bytes are padding, as mentioned.
Call IDirect3DSurface9::UnlockRect() when done altering pixels, and then Release() the surface.
Another thought. I don't know which is optimal (or if the above is even allowed), but you might consider making a dynamic texture, and then performing the LockRect() on that texture. Then all you need to do is draw 1 quad, and you've avoided having to mess with the back buffer altogether, which might be preferable.
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