HRESULT CMyMesh::LoadMeshData( IDirect3DDevice9 *pd3dDevice)
{
    LPD3DXBUFFER pD3DXMtrlBuffer;

    // Load the mesh from the specified file
    if( FAILED( D3DXLoadMeshFromX( "captain.x", D3DXMESH_SYSTEMMEM, 
                                   pd3dDevice, NULL, 
                                   &pD3DXMtrlBuffer, NULL, &m_dwNumMaterials, 
                                   &m_pMesh ) ) )
    {
       
        //MessageBox(NULL, "Could not find the mesh", "Meshes.exe", MB_OK);
        return FALSE;

    }

	// Extracting infomation used later to mod the mesh
	m_dwNumVertices	= m_pMesh->GetNumVertices();
	m_dwDataSize	= m_pMesh->GetNumBytesPerVertex();
	m_dwFVF			= m_pMesh->GetFVF();

    // We need to extract the material properties and texture names from the 
    // pD3DXMtrlBuffer
    D3DXMATERIAL* d3dxMaterials = (D3DXMATERIAL*)pD3DXMtrlBuffer->GetBufferPointer();
    m_pMeshMaterials = new D3DMATERIAL9[m_dwNumMaterials];
    m_pMeshTextures  = new LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9[m_dwNumMaterials];

    for( DWORD i=0; i<m_dwNumMaterials; i++ )
    {
        // Copy the material
        m_pMeshMaterials = d3dxMaterials.MatD3D;

        // Set the ambient color for the material (D3DX does not do this)
        m_pMeshMaterials.Ambient = m_pMeshMaterials.Diffuse;

        m_pMeshTextures = NULL;
        if( d3dxMaterials.pTextureFilename != NULL && 
            lstrlen(d3dxMaterials.pTextureFilename) > 0 )
        {
            // Create the texture
            if( FAILED( D3DXCreateTextureFromFile( pd3dDevice, 
                                                d3dxMaterials.pTextureFilename, 
                                                &m_pMeshTextures ) ) )
            {
                // If texture is not in current folder, try parent folder
                const TCHAR* strPrefix = TEXT("..\\");
                const int lenPrefix = lstrlen( strPrefix );
                TCHAR strTexture[MAX_PATH];
                lstrcpyn( strTexture, strPrefix, MAX_PATH );
                lstrcpyn( strTexture + lenPrefix, d3dxMaterials.pTextureFilename, MAX_PATH - lenPrefix );
                // If texture is not in current folder, try parent folder
                if( FAILED( D3DXCreateTextureFromFile( pd3dDevice, 
                                                    strTexture, 
                                                    &m_pMeshTextures ) ) )
                {
                    MessageBox(NULL, "Could not find texture map", "Meshes.exe", MB_OK);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // Done with the material buffer
    pD3DXMtrlBuffer->Release();
}