hi there! I am trying to get the readback for a surface with format G16R16F to work... still couldnt figure out how to adjust the code properly to suit a 16bit float format. I could do readbacks for formats like A32B32G32R32F, R32F, R16F, and other 8bit formats but couldnt get the readback G16R16F to work. Below is a sample of some part of my code (which is partially wrong though)

if(format == D3DFMT_G16R16F)
{
	for(int y=0; y<desc.Height; y++)
	{
		DWORD* pPixel = (DWORD*)(((BYTE*)theRect.pBits) + (y*theRect.Pitch));
		for(int x=0; x<desc.Width; x++) 
		{
			short red = (*pPixel&0xffff);
			//short green = (*pPixel&0xffff);
                        pPixel++;
		}
	}
}

could someone enlighten me on how to do readbacks for G16R16F? thx! Edwin

I haven't tried it yet, but how about this? I'm using a "short" pointer here because they are 16-bits. That fact lets my indexing be less complicated. Once the pointer is at the appropriate location, I cast the bits to be floats.

if(format == D3DFMT_G16R16F){  for(int y = 0; y < desc.Height; y++)  {    short *pTexArray = (ushort)theRect.pBits;    DWORD dwRow = y * theRect.Pitch;    for(int x = 0; x < desc.Width; x++)     {      DWORD dwCol = x * 2      float red = (float)(pTexArray + dwRow + dwCol + 0);      float green = (float)(pTexArray + dwRow + dwCol + 1);    }  }}

Hope this helps,
neneboricua