Hi there,
I can't seem to find any info on how to obtain a line in space made from a number of vertices. The line would need to be drawn from the moving character to a moving point in space (which represents the crosshair), so it'd be sort of like a ray but it'd need to be made of a number of vertices since i'd like to apply some algorithms to change the positions of those vertices with the sound of the music (using FMOD)...
I really just need to know how to put these vertices in space and connect them with a line...
Any suggestions?
Thank you very much
draw a connecting line in 3d space?
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On a similar post here someone suggested to use the following code:
but the compiler tells me that DrawPrimitive does not take 5 arguments? And it also doesn't recognise D3DTLVERTEX....
D3DTLVERTEX vertex[2];int x=5,y=6,x2=20,y2=60;vertex[0]=D3DTLVERTEX(D3DVECTOR(x,y,0.0),1.0,RGB_MAKE(255,255,255),0,0,0);vertex[1]=D3DTLVERTEX(D3DVECTOR(x2,y2,0.0),1.0,RGB_MAKE(255,255,255),0,0,0);// Then draw it with:lpD3DDevice->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_LINESTRIP,D3DFVF_TLVERTEX,&gridVertex,2,0);but the compiler tells me that DrawPrimitive does not take 5 arguments? And it also doesn't recognise D3DTLVERTEX....
Read the DX SDK documentation on DrawPrimitive. The primitive type is one of the parameters to that method, but the other parameters you pass to it do not make sense at all.
Also, you do know that in order for DrawPrimitive to actually use your vertex data, you must upload said data to the device by using vertex buffers, and set the vertex layout or the FVF of the data separately?
There is also a DrawPrimitiveUP method that can take a user memory pointer to the vertex data and upload it automatically, at the potential cost of performance in some common scenarios. However, your parameters don't fit that either.
Also, you do know that in order for DrawPrimitive to actually use your vertex data, you must upload said data to the device by using vertex buffers, and set the vertex layout or the FVF of the data separately?
There is also a DrawPrimitiveUP method that can take a user memory pointer to the vertex data and upload it automatically, at the potential cost of performance in some common scenarios. However, your parameters don't fit that either.
I'm sure he meant "DrawPrimitiveUP":
Edit @Nik02: Sorry, missed your last sentence.
Quote:
HRESULT DrawPrimitiveUP(
D3DPRIMITIVETYPE PrimitiveType,
UINT PrimitiveCount,
CONST void* pVertexStreamZeroData,
UINT VertexStreamZeroStride
);
Edit @Nik02: Sorry, missed your last sentence.
Yea, but his parameters do not make sense even if he did mean to use that method.
This is from a quick glance only.
- The DPUP takes 4 parameters, but he has 5
- The vertex data is originally written in an array variable named "vertex", but the variable passed to the method is a pointer to a variable named "gridVertex"
- If you have two vertices, you only have one primitive of a line strip
- Neither 0 nor 2 is a possible match for the vertex stride
This is from a quick glance only.
Quote:Original post by mind in a box
Edit @Nik02: Sorry, missed your last sentence.
I edited my post a little bit just after posting it. Sorry for the confusion :)
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Quote:Original post by Nik02
Yea, but his parameters do not make sense even if he did mean to use that method.
- The DPUP takes 4 parameters, but he has 5
- The vertex data is originally written in an array variable named "vertex", but the variable passed to the method is a pointer to a variable named "gridVertex"
- If you have two vertices, you only have one primitive of a line strip
- Neither 0 nor 2 is a possible match for the vertex stride
This is from a quick glance only.
Ok so I modified those lines that were suggested in the other post and changed to function to DrawPrimitiveUP
D3DXVECTOR3 vertex[2]; vertex[0]=D3DXVECTOR3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f); vertex[2]=D3DXVECTOR3(7.0f, 10.0f, 7.0f); device->DrawPrimitiveUP(D3DPT_LINESTRIP,2,&vertex,0);This one compiles ok but when I run it I get a " Stack around the variable 'vertex' was corrupted" error.... Could it be because of D3DXVECTOR3 type used? Or because I have to declare vertex as a class variable instead of calling these lines in the Render bit?
Thanks for the help
Quote:D3DXVECTOR3 vertex[2];vertex[0]=D3DXVECTOR3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);vertex[2]=D3DXVECTOR3(7.0f, 10.0f, 7.0f);//ERROR...
You have wrote beyond array bounds, try:
D3DXVECTOR3 vertex[2];vertex[0]=D3DXVECTOR3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);vertex[1]=D3DXVECTOR3(7.0f, 10.0f, 7.0f);i am suprised you are not getting any warnings from compiler?
I think you got one more error in your code:
Quote:device->DrawPrimitiveUP(D3DPT_LINESTRIP,2,&vertex,0);
try:
device->DrawPrimitiveUP(D3DPT_LINESTRIP,2,&vertex[0],0);or:
device->DrawPrimitiveUP(D3DPT_LINESTRIP,2,vertex,0);
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Quote:Original post by belfegorQuote:D3DXVECTOR3 vertex[2];vertex[0]=D3DXVECTOR3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);vertex[2]=D3DXVECTOR3(7.0f, 10.0f, 7.0f);//ERROR...
You have wrote beyond array bounds, try:D3DXVECTOR3 vertex[2];vertex[0]=D3DXVECTOR3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);vertex[1]=D3DXVECTOR3(7.0f, 10.0f, 7.0f);
i am suprised you are not getting any warnings from compiler?
I think you got one more error in your code:Quote:device->DrawPrimitiveUP(D3DPT_LINESTRIP,2,&vertex,0);
try:device->DrawPrimitiveUP(D3DPT_LINESTRIP,2,&vertex[0],0);
or:device->DrawPrimitiveUP(D3DPT_LINESTRIP,2,vertex,0);
Oh yeah, wrong array index, it runs ok now but nothing gets shown on screen...could it be because I'm using D3DXVECTOR3 instead of D3DLVERTEX like suggested in the other post?
Cos when I try and use D3DLVERTEX I keep getting an undeclared identifier error, even after including <ddraw.h> which I seem to understand is the required header...
Thanks for the help!
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Oh yeah, wrong array index, it runs ok now but nothing gets shown on screen...
Did you setup "camera" in your scene? like:
//global D3DXMATRIX world, view, proj;...//in some init functionD3DXMatrixIdentity(&world);D3DXVECTOR3 pos(0.0f, 0.0f, -100.0f);//move back a bitD3DXVECTOR3 lat = vertex[0];//look at vertex 1D3DXVECTOR3 upd(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);D3DXMatrixLookAtLH(&view, &pos, &lat, &upd);float aspect = (float)ScreenWidth / (float)ScreenHeight;float fov = D3DXToRadian(60.0f);D3DXMatrixPerspectiveFovLH(&proj, fov, aspect, 1.0f, 1000.0f);...//in some render functiondevice->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD, &world);device->SetTransform(D3DTS_VIEW, &view);device->SetTransform(D3DTS_PROJECTION, &proj);RenderLines();//function that render linesQuote:
...could it be because I'm using D3DXVECTOR3 instead of D3DLVERTEX like suggested in the...
I doubt that D3DLVERTEX is part of DX SDK it must be some custom header that you failed to include/download with that demo? but it doesnt matter if it is used only for storing position.
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