Spotlights, DirectX lighting woes

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3 comments, last by Gage64 15 years, 8 months ago
Hey all I'm having trouble getting the directx lighting to work in my program. Its the spotlight, and I dont see it I cant see any light. If I switch it to point light I see the light immediately so I cant tell whats wrong. Here is the code for the light:

pos.x = 0.0f;
pos.y = 0.0f;
pos.z = 1.0f;

// Set default rendering states.
g_D3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_LIGHTI... TRUE);
g_D3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_AMBIEN...
D3DCOLOR_COLORVALUE(0.3f, 0.3f, 0.3f, 1.0f));

// Setup the light source.
g_light.Type = D3DLIGHT_SPOT;
g_light.Direction = D3DXVECTOR3(-0.0f, -0.0f, 0.0f);
g_light.Diffuse.r = 1.0f;
g_light.Diffuse.g = 1.0f;
g_light.Diffuse.b = 1.0f;
g_light.Diffuse.a = 1.0f;
// g_light.Specular.r = g_light.Specular.g = 1;
//g_light.Specular.b = g_light.Specular.a = 1;

g_light.Position = pos;

g_light.Range = 1.0f;
g_light.Theta = 0.0f;
g_light.Phi = 0.0f;
g_light.Falloff = 1.0f;
g_light.Attenuation0 = 1.0f;
g_light.Attenuation1 = 1.0f;
g_light.Attenuation2 = 1.0f;

// Register the light.
g_D3DDevice->SetLight(0, &g_light);
g_D3DDevice->LightEnable(0, TRUE);

// Setup the material properties for the teapot.
ZeroMemory(&g_material, sizeof(D3DMATERIAL9));
g_material.Diffuse.r = g_material.Ambient.r = 0.6f;
g_material.Diffuse.g = g_material.Ambient.g = 0.6f;
g_material.Diffuse.b = g_material.Ambient.b = 0.7f;
g_material.Specular.r = 0.4f;
g_material.Specular.g = 0.4f;
g_material.Specular.b = 0.4f;
g_material.Power = 8.0f;

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Try this:

g_light.Range = 1000.0f;g_light.Phi = D3DX_PI;g_light.Theta = D3DX_PI / 2;


See the SDK for more info on what these members stand for.
Quote:Original post by Gage64
Try this:

g_light.Range = 1000.0f;g_light.Phi = D3DX_PI;g_light.Theta = D3DX_PI / 2;


See the SDK for more info on what these members stand for.


I did what you said but I still cant see the light. Maybe its the color that the light is im not sure how to change the color so maybe if I made it, lets say red then I would be able to see it?

Can someone tell me what variable controls the lights color?
Anyone please? There seems to be no good articles on spotlights so this is my one place for help. I appreciate any insight.
I didn't spot it the first time, but you're setting the light's direction to be the zero vector, which is not allowed (and doesn't make sense if you think about it).

This is another thing that is listed in the SDK.

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