Enlarging the point size
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I am using DrawPrimitive D3DPT_POINTLIST (Directx8 + vb) to draw a list of points. I want to enlarge the size of the point drawn(I mean the points drawn are very small. I want to draw a bigger dot for each point). How to do this?
You don't. The points are pixels. To draw anything larger you'll need to render a triangle list, or look into point sprites (Which require a texture).
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I understand you can't do it using D3DPT_POINTLIST. I should create say a sphere(triangles forming the sphere) and render them. Can you explain more?
Quote:Original post by spiffycronyD3DPT_POINTLIST is a list of pixels-sized points, you can't change the size of them. Rendering full spheres for each point would be pretty inefficient, you'd be better using small sprites, which are squares textured to look like spheres. The C++ interface is ID3DXSprite, I don't know about the VB one, but it'll be similarly named.
I understand you can't do it using D3DPT_POINTLIST. I should create say a sphere(triangles forming the sphere) and render them. Can you explain more?
Quote:Original post by Evil SteveQuote:Original post by spiffycronyD3DPT_POINTLIST is a list of pixels-sized points, you can't change the size of them. Rendering full spheres for each point would be pretty inefficient, you'd be better using small sprites, which are squares textured to look like spheres. The C++ interface is ID3DXSprite, I don't know about the VB one, but it'll be similarly named.
I understand you can't do it using D3DPT_POINTLIST. I should create say a sphere(triangles forming the sphere) and render them. Can you explain more?
It is my understanding that you can most certainly increase the point size with SetRenderState(D3DRS_POINTSIZE,...). Only its default setting results in pixel-sized, screen space scaled points. Also you can still use D3DPT_POINTLIST to draw the points, wheter D3DRS_POINTSPRITEENABLE is enabled or not. If it is enabled then drawing a D3DPT_POINTLIST will draw a list of point sprites. Also you can increase the point size by using a vertex format that contains a pointsize member. And, the ID3DXSprite interface is not required for any of this.
Quote:Original post by MastabaQuote:Original post by Evil SteveQuote:Original post by spiffycronyD3DPT_POINTLIST is a list of pixels-sized points, you can't change the size of them. Rendering full spheres for each point would be pretty inefficient, you'd be better using small sprites, which are squares textured to look like spheres. The C++ interface is ID3DXSprite, I don't know about the VB one, but it'll be similarly named.
I understand you can't do it using D3DPT_POINTLIST. I should create say a sphere(triangles forming the sphere) and render them. Can you explain more?
It is my understanding that you can most certainly increase the point size with SetRenderState(D3DRS_POINTSIZE,...). Only its default setting results in pixel-sized, screen scaled points. Also you can still use D3DPT_POINTLIST to draw the points, wheter D3DRS_POINTSPRITEENABLE is enabled or not. If it is enabled then drawing a D3DPT_POINTLIST will draw a list of point sprites. Also you can increase the point size by using a vertex format that contains a pointsize member. And, the ID3DXSprite interface is not required for any of this.
I think that's a DX9 feature, the OP asked about DX8.
Quote:Original post by sirob
I think that's a DX9 feature, the OP asked about DX8.
Ah, I missed that detail.
Quote:Original post by MastabaAh, my bad, I thought that was only for point sprites, not normal points.
It is my understanding that you can most certainly increase the point size with SetRenderState(D3DRS_POINTSIZE,...). Only its default setting results in pixel-sized, screen space scaled points. Also you can still use D3DPT_POINTLIST to draw the points, wheter D3DRS_POINTSPRITEENABLE is enabled or not. If it is enabled then drawing a D3DPT_POINTLIST will draw a list of point sprites. Also you can increase the point size by using a vertex format that contains a pointsize member. And, the ID3DXSprite interface is not required for any of this.
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