I just found out that D3DX_SKIP_DDS_MIP_LEVELS doesn't work while loading files without mipmap data.

when I load a file DOES contain mipmap data(like a dds file with mipmap chain) it works as expected. but for dds withou mipmap, or other format like jpg, it just creates all mipmap levels.

does it just work like this? or did I misunderstand anything?

here's my code:

HRESULT hr = D3DXCreateTextureFromFileInMemoryEx(m_device,
data,
size,
0,
0,
0,
0,
TEXTURE_DXT1,
D3DPOOL_MANAGED,
D3DX_DEFAULT,
D3DX_SKIP_DDS_MIP_LEVELS(3, D3DX_DEFAULT),
0,
NULL,
NULL,
&d3dTexture);

any comment will be appreciated.

That's just how it works. D3DX_SKIP_DDS_MIP_LEVELS only skips existing mip levels.

If you only want to load the top level of the image, you can specify 1 for the MipLevels parameter instead of 0 (Which means "Generate a full mip chain").

thanks!

is there anyway to create a specified mipmap level except for the first one from a texture file?

That's just how it works. D3DX_SKIP_DDS_MIP_LEVELS only skips existing mip levels.

If you only want to load the top level of the image, you can specify 1 for the MipLevels parameter instead of 0 (Which means "Generate a full mip chain").

thanks, but how?

D3DX_SKIP_DDS_MIP_LEVELS doesn't work for texture files that don't have mipmaps.

I believe you can use any level you want when loading from an image file, not just 0 or 1.

Moving thread to DirectX.

You can always adjust the width and height to create a texture of the size of a specific mip level, with the help of D3DXGetImageInfoFromFileInMemory().