Render to texture [solved]

Graphics and GPU Programming Programming

Started by bjogio August 06, 2005 05:39 AM

2 comments, last by bjogio 18 years, 8 months ago

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August 06, 2005 05:39 AM

I'm experimenting render-to-texture under dx9 (2005 update). In my initialization routine (I work in windowed mode) I've written something like:


//D3DPresentParam.BackBufferFormat = D3DFMT_UNKNOWN;
Direct3D->CreateDevice(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, CurrentWindow, D3DCREATE_HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, &D3DPresentParam, &Direct3DDevice)))
//create vertex buffer, declaration, shader (1.1) etc. no error here
Direct3DDevice->CreateTexture(WindowClientRect.right - WindowClientRect.left, WindowClientRect.bottom - WindowClientRect.top, 1, D3DUSAGE_RENDERTARGET, D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, D3DPOOL_DEFAULT, &RenderTexture, NULL);
//no error, D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 is like the back buffer
//I take the first layer
RenderTexture->GetSurfaceLevel(0, &RenderSurface);
//obviously
Direct3DDevice->GetRenderTarget(0, &BackBuffer);
//after this ->SetVertexDeclaration, ->SetVertexShader, ->SetStreamSource etc...

no error here so I continue and the render pass is:


//note this code is for testing
Direct3DDevice->SetRenderTarget(0, RenderSurface);
Direct3DDevice->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0, 255, 0), 1.0f, 0);
Direct3DDevice->BeginScene()))
Direct3DDevice->EndScene();

Direct3DDevice->SetRenderTarget(0, BackBuffer);
Direct3DDevice->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,255), 1.0f, 0);
Direct3DDevice->BeginScene();
Direct3DDevice->SetTexture(0, RenderTexture);
Direct3DDevice->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLELIST, 0, 2)))
Direct3DDevice->EndScene();

nothing wrong I think (I've omitted a lot of code in order to keep this post short. The shader used is quite simple: vs_1_1 dcl_position v0 dcl_texcoord v1 mov oPos, v0 mov oT0.xyzw, v1 but when I render in the central quad (that I render associated with the texture cleared with D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0, 255, 0) I got garbage:

as you can see background is D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,255) but the texture seems to not have been clear at all. That is very strange. If I'd use D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER (a commond mistake) this will be a normal error but now I'm a little confused [Edited by - bjogio on August 6, 2005 9:24:27 AM]

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S1CA

1,418

August 06, 2005 07:52 AM

Your Clear() calls look the wrong way round:

- the Clear() call for the render target texture (RenderSurface) has D3DCLEAR_TARGET|D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER

- the Clear() call for the back buffer (BackBuffer) has D3DCLEAR_TARGET

Since the render target texture doesn't have an attached Z buffer, the Clear() call will fail (its likely to fail silently if you're using the retail D3D runtime rather than the debug one).

Additionally, not clearing the Z buffer for the main back buffer will result in artifacts if there's anything already been rendered.

Other than that, there's nothing obvious - if the problem isn't related to your Clear() flags, could you post the part of your pixel shader (or equivilent FFP setup) where the texture is sampled when rendered onto the quad and the relevent binding between pixel shader input register and vertex shader output.

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Armadon

1,091

August 06, 2005 07:54 AM

Hi there bjogio,
How are you doing?

[The problem]
You get garbage when you render your texture that you rendered the scene to.

[Solutions]
Clear your Zbuffer
You aren't clearing your depth buffer for your color buffer (back buffer) but you are clearing the depth buffer for a non-attached ZBuffer.

[source lang = c++]//this should beDirect3DDevice->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,255), 1.0f, 0);//thisDirect3DDevice->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,255), 1.0f, 0);

Hope this helps, Keep cool and take care.

PS: Just saw S1CA beat me to it :)