I'm trying to draw 2 rows of 4 quads, one on top of the other, using indexed triangle strips, but for some reason, it stops rendering at the 18th index, when there's supposed to be 23 indices in all.
as you can see
here.
I'm starting from the bottom left, working my way right, then placing 2 extra indices on vertex 9, to create degenerate triangles, then moving up and working right to left and stopping on vertex 10
10---11---12---13---14
5----6----7----8----9
0----1----2----3----4
I'm trying to figure out why this could be, any ideas?
Here's where I initialize the vertex and index buffers
HRESULT InitGeometry()
{
USHORT *pIndex;
// Create the vertex buffer.
if( FAILED( g_pd3dDevice->CreateVertexBuffer( NUM_VERTICES * sizeof(Vertex),
0, D3DFVF_XYZ|D3DFVF_DIFFUSE|D3DFVF_TEX1,
D3DPOOL_DEFAULT, &g_pVB, NULL ) ) )
{
return E_FAIL;
}
// Fill the vertex buffer.
Vertex* pVertices;
if( FAILED( g_pVB->Lock( 0, sizeof(Vertex) * NUM_VERTICES, (void**)&pVertices, 0 ) ) )
return E_FAIL;
//4 squares on each row
//bottom row
*pVertices++ = Vertex(-10, -5, 0, RGB(0, 230, 0));
*pVertices++ = Vertex(-5, -5, 0, RGB(0, 230, 0));
*pVertices++ = Vertex(0, -5, 0, RGB(0, 230, 0));
*pVertices++ = Vertex(5, -5, 0, RGB(0, 230, 0));
*pVertices++ = Vertex(10, -5, 0, RGB(0, 230, 0));
//middle row
for(int i=0; i < 5; i++)
*pVertices++ = Vertex(-10 + (i * 5), 0, 0, RGB(0, 120, 200));
//top row
for(int i=0; i < 5; i++)
*pVertices++ = Vertex(-10 + (i * 5), 5, 0, RGB(0, 120, 200));
g_pVB->Unlock();
//create the index buffer
if(FAILED(g_pd3dDevice->CreateIndexBuffer(sizeof(USHORT) * NUM_INDICES, D3DUSAGE_WRITEONLY, D3DFMT_INDEX16, D3DPOOL_DEFAULT, &g_pIB, NULL)))
return E_FAIL;
g_pIB->Lock(0, sizeof(USHORT) * NUM_INDICES, (void **)&pIndex, 0);
//set indices
*pIndex++ = 0;
*pIndex++ = 5;
*pIndex++ = 1;
*pIndex++ = 6;
*pIndex++ = 2;
*pIndex++ = 7;
*pIndex++ = 3;
*pIndex++ = 8;
*pIndex++ = 4;
*pIndex++ = 9;
*pIndex++ = 9;
*pIndex++ = 9;
*pIndex++ = 14;
*pIndex++ = 8;
*pIndex++ = 13;
*pIndex++ = 7;
*pIndex++ = 12;
*pIndex++ = 6;
*pIndex++ = 11;
*pIndex++ = 5;
*pIndex++ = 10;
g_pIB->Unlock();
return S_OK;
}
and here's the rendering code
VOID Render()
{
// Clear the backbuffer and the zbuffer
g_pd3dDevice->Clear( 0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET|D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER,
D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,0), 1.0f, 0 );
// Begin the scene
if( SUCCEEDED( g_pd3dDevice->BeginScene() ) )
{
// Setup the world, view, and projection matrices
SetupMatrices();
// Render the vertex buffer contents
g_pd3dDevice->SetStreamSource( 0, g_pVB, 0, sizeof(Vertex) );
g_pd3dDevice->SetFVF( FVF_CUSTOMVERTEX );
g_pd3dDevice->SetIndices(g_pIB);
g_pd3dDevice->DrawIndexedPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP, 0, 0, NUM_VERTICES, 0, 16);
// End the scene
g_pd3dDevice->EndScene();
}
// Present the backbuffer contents to the display
g_pd3dDevice->Present( NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL );
}
thanks in advance for anyone who can enlighten me on this subject.
