i am trying to make work on my engine to make it hybrid OGl and DirectX so..i am trying to abstract vertex buffer over both APIs i made a class called cMeshCompiler, which is a base class for cDXMeshCompiler and cGLMeshCompiler i made a pure virtual function called DestroyVertexBuffer which takes a void pointer, catsts it internally into LPDIRECT3DVERTEXBUFFER9 and releases it.. here is the function..i was still testing void ReleaseVBuffer(void* pBuffer) { LPDIRECT3DVERTEXBUFFER9 pVBuffer=(LPDIRECT3DVERTEXBUFFER9)pBuffer; pVBuffer->Release(); } this is very simple any..when i make this a virtual function... as i wanna do inside the engine.. it crashes, and its working normally while it isnt a virtual function any hints?

Perhaps the pointer to the virtual function table is incorrect, which could be possible if the object hasn't been constructed properly, such as if you try to allocate one with malloc. Other than that, it could be memory corruption in another part of the program. Do any other virtual functions fail? Are you able to reproduce the behaviour in a smaller program?

Hey flutey,

What crashes exactly in your program ? The call to the function, or the execution of the function itself ?
What I can see right now, is that if your pBuffer parameter is NULL, or corrupted, or of another type than LPDIRECT3DVERTEXBUFFER9, it has a good chance to crash during the execution of the program.
Regarding the virtual part of it, well, I would say that when you change the declaration of DestroyVertexBuffer or ReleaseVBuffer (or whatever name you gave it), maybe the (bad_pointer)->Release() does not crash --even though it is an error.
So your first question should be : What makes it crash ? The call or the execution ? Once you start narrowing down the problem, it becomes easier to tackle it.
Good luck.
StratBoy61