I programmed in DX10 for quite awhile (self taught) and recently switched over to DX11 and my Device and SwapChain wont Initialize. here the relevant code bool InitDirect3D(HWND hWnd) { //driver Types const D3D_DRIVER_TYPE driverTypes[] = { D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE,D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_WARP,D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_REFERENCE}; const UINT numDriverTypes = _countof( driverTypes ); D3D_DRIVER_TYPE driverType = D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_REFERENCE; //Supperted feature levels D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL featureLevelOut; DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC swapChainDesc; ZeroMemory(&swapChainDesc, sizeof(swapChainDesc)); swapChainDesc.BufferCount = 1; swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.Width = 640; swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.Height = 480; swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM; swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Numerator = 60; swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Denominator = 1; swapChainDesc.BufferUsage = DXGI_USAGE_RENDER_TARGET_OUTPUT; swapChainDesc.OutputWindow = hWnd; swapChainDesc.SampleDesc.Count = 1; swapChainDesc.SampleDesc.Quality = 0; swapChainDesc.Windowed = TRUE; HRESULT hResult = S_OK; DeviceSettings deviceSettings; ZeroMemory(&deviceSettings, sizeof(DeviceSettings)); deviceSettings.createFlags = NULL; deviceSettings.driverType = D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_REFERENCE; deviceSettings.featureLevel = D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0; deviceSettings.swapChainDesc = swapChainDesc; D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL featureLevels = D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0; hResult = D3D11CreateDeviceAndSwapChain(NULL, D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_REFERENCE, NULL, 0, &featureLevels, 1, D3D11_SDK_VERSION, &swapChainDesc, &pSwapChain, &pDevice, &featureLevelOut, &pContext); //Check 4 errors if(hResult == D3D11_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND){MessageBox(hWnd,L"D3D11_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;} if(hResult == D3D11_ERROR_TOO_MANY_UNIQUE_STATE_OBJECTS){MessageBox(hWnd,L"D3D11_ERROR_TOO_MANY_UNIQUE_STATE_OBJECTS",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;} if(hResult == D3D11_ERROR_TOO_MANY_UNIQUE_VIEW_OBJECTS){MessageBox(hWnd,L"D3D11_ERROR_TOO_MANY_UNIQUE_VIEW_OBJECTS",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;} if(hResult == D3D11_ERROR_DEFERRED_CONTEXT_MAP_WITHOUT_INITIAL_DISCARD){MessageBox(hWnd,L"D3D11_ERROR_DEFERRED_CONTEXT_MAP_WITHOUT_INITIAL_DISCARD",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;} if(hResult == D3DERR_INVALIDCALL){MessageBox(hWnd,L"D3DERR_INVALIDCALL",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;} if(hResult == D3DERR_WASSTILLDRAWING){MessageBox(hWnd,L"D3DERR_WASSTILLDRAWING",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;} if(hResult == E_FAIL){MessageBox(hWnd,L"E_FAIL",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;} if(hResult == E_INVALIDARG){MessageBox(hWnd,L"E_INVALIDARG",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;} if(hResult == E_OUTOFMEMORY){MessageBox(hWnd,L"E_OUTOFMEMORY",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;} if(hResult == S_FALSE){MessageBox(hWnd,L"S_FALSE",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;} if(hResult == S_OK){MessageBox(hWnd,L"S_OK",L"Works",MB_OK);return false;} if(FAILED(hResult)){MessageBox(hWnd,L"Couldn't create Device and SwapChain",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;} ID3D11Texture2D* pBackBuffer = NULL; hResult = pSwapChain->GetBuffer( 0, __uuidof( *pBackBuffer ), ( LPVOID* )&pBackBuffer ); if(FAILED(hResult)) {MessageBox(hWnd,L"Couldn't create Back buffer",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;}; hResult = pDevice->CreateRenderTargetView(pBackBuffer,NULL,&pCamera); pBackBuffer->Release(); if(FAILED(hResult)) return false; pContext->OMSetRenderTargets(1,&pCamera,NULL); D3D11_VIEWPORT viewPort; viewPort.Width = (float)Width; viewPort.Height = (float)Height; viewPort.MinDepth = 0.0f; viewPort.MaxDepth = 1.0f; viewPort.TopLeftX = 0; viewPort.TopLeftY = 0; pContext->RSSetViewports(1,&viewPort); D3DXMatrixIdentity(&WorldMatrix); D3DXMatrixLookAtLH(&ViewMatrix,new D3DXVECTOR3(0.0f,96,-300.0f),new D3DXVECTOR3(0.0f,0.0f,1.0f),new D3DXVECTOR3(0.0f,1.0f,0.0f)); D3DXMatrixPerspectiveFovLH(&ProjectionMatrix,(float)D3DX_PI*0.5f,(float)Width/(float)Height,0.0f,500.0f); D3D11_RASTERIZER_DESC rasterDesc; rasterDesc.FillMode = D3D11_FILL_SOLID; rasterDesc.CullMode = D3D11_CULL_NONE; rasterDesc.DepthBias = false; rasterDesc.DepthBiasClamp = 0; rasterDesc.SlopeScaledDepthBias = 0; rasterDesc.DepthClipEnable = false; rasterDesc.ScissorEnable = false; rasterDesc.MultisampleEnable = false; rasterDesc.AntialiasedLineEnable = false; ID3D11RasterizerState *pRasterState; pDevice->CreateRasterizerState(&rasterDesc,&pRasterState); pContext->RSSetState(pRasterState); return true; } Here is the relevant Variables of the program HWND hWnd; ID3D11Device* pDevice = NULL; static IDXGISwapChain* pSwapChain = NULL; static ID3D11RenderTargetView* pCamera = NULL; static ID3D11DeviceContext* pContext = NULL; static IDXGIAdapter* pAdapter = NULL; D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL featureLevels[] = {D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0,D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1,D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0,D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3,D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2,D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1}; UINT numFeatureLevels = _countof(featureLevels); and ofcourse the relevant header info #ifndef WINDOWS_H #define WINDOWS_H #include <windows.h> #endif #ifndef DIRECTX_INCLUDE #define DIRECTX_INCLUDE #include <d3dx11.h> #include <d3d11.h> #include <d3dx9.h> #endif extern HWND hWnd; extern ID3D11Device* pDevice; extern IDXGISwapChain* pSwapChain; extern ID3D11RenderTargetView* pCamera; extern ID3D11DeviceContext* pContext; extern ID3D11Texture2D* pBackBuffer; extern D3DXMATRIX WorldMatrix; extern D3DXMATRIX ViewMatrix; extern D3DXMATRIX ProjectionMatrix; bool InitDirect3D(HWND hWnd,int Width,int Height); typedef struct DeviceSettings { UINT adapter; D3D_DRIVER_TYPE driverType; DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC swapChainDesc; UINT32 createFlags; D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL featureLevel; } DeviceSettings; Any feedback will be much apreciated I can get it to work if I use DXUT so it shouldn't be Incompatibility issue but I may be wrong.

Thanks for the help nik02

But it still doesn't work

I removed both featureLevels and added this to the Code

D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL featureLevels[] = {D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0};
UINT numFeatureLevels = _countof( featureLevels );

I also added Debug flags like so

#ifdef DEBUG
createDeviceFlags |= D3D11_CREATE_DEVICE_DEBUG;
#endif

and in my header

#define DEBUG

I originally planned to use the deviceSettings to initialize a device and ultimatly send it to a method that initializes it so that I can make Multiple devices a bit quicker but I commented It out for now

You also said that it should result in E_INVALIDARG but it immediately outputs the message box that it can't create swapChain and Device shouldn't

if(hResult == E_INVALIDARG){MessageBox(hWnd,L"E_INVALIDARG",L"Error",MB_OK);return false;}

pick it up.

Again thanks for the effort

I commented out my CreateDevice and SwapChain and replaced it with this.

hResult = D3D11CreateDevice( NULL,
D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_REFERENCE,
NULL,
createDeviceFlags,
&featureLevels[0],
numFeatureLevels,
D3D11_SDK_VERSION,
&pDevice,
&featureLevelOut,
&pContext);

It works and ends the method with

if(hResult == S_OK){MessageBox(hWnd,L"S_OK",L"Works",MB_OK);return false;}

otherwise it will complain about not having a swapchain.

also I also picked up a typo where a reversed height and width when creating the window.

I am not sure how to check for a invalid hWnd but I tried.So while trying I found out that the I initialize HWND in a local scope and my Global scope one which I pass it remanes unchanged.

I will quickly fix it then come post another reply

[Edited by - bushmanpaul on March 22, 2010 2:54:59 AM]

I fixed my problem and removed createdevice and uncommented my original CreateDeviceAndSwapChain and everything works.

Thanks alot would never have done it without your help Nik02.