Problem: DirectXTK SpriteFont/SpriteBatch set a state I can't determine. I want to be able to reset whatever it's doing. Looking for information.

Setup: D3D11, DirectXTK, Windows 7, Windows SDK 8.1

I'm trying out the DirectXTK and using SpriteFont/SpriteBatch for text. Some state gets changed which, after googling, examining code, reading docs, etc., I haven't been able to determine.

The symptom is that meshes rendered with LH projection and rasterstate set to cull-back-face appear ... I'm guessing... maybe RH or cull-front-face.. I can't tell for sure.

Before:

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After drawing text with font/spritebatch:

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// initialization
    g_States.reset(new CommonStates(g_pd3dDevice));
    g_Sprites.reset(new SpriteBatch(g_pImmediateContext));
    g_Font.reset(new SpriteFont(g_pd3dDevice, L"c:\\visualstudio\\d11engine4\\DirectXTK\\italic.spritefont"));

    ....
// rendering
    if (bViewStats) // turns on and off text display
    {
        g_Sprites->Begin(SpriteSortMode_Deferred);
        g_Font->DrawString(g_Sprites.get(), L"DirectXTK Simple Sample", XMFLOAT2(100, 10), Colors::Yellow);
        g_Sprites->End();
    }

Yeah, I copied and pasted some code from the DirectXTK simple sample - but I have tried to find the answer. Really.

Any help?

As always, unbird, you lead me in the right direction. I created a default depth stencil state and set that state after the sprite batch call. Works like a champ.

In case anyone's interested, these are the states that are set by SpriteBatch::Begin()

    auto blendState        = mBlendState        ? mBlendState.Get()        : mDeviceResources->stateObjects.AlphaBlend();
    auto depthStencilState = mDepthStencilState ? mDepthStencilState.Get() : mDeviceResources->stateObjects.DepthNone();
    auto rasterizerState   = mRasterizerState   ? mRasterizerState.Get()   : mDeviceResources->stateObjects.CullCounterClockwise();
    auto samplerState      = mSamplerState      ? mSamplerState.Get()      : mDeviceResources->stateObjects.LinearClamp();

In my render routine, I set the appropriate rasterizer state (both fillmode and cullmode) and the blend state as needed for various draw routines. Sampler states are set in each shader. That sets all but the depthstencilstate. So I revised my render routine:

    if (bViewStats)
    {
        g_Sprites->Begin(SpriteSortMode_Deferred);
        g_Font->DrawString(g_Sprites.get(), L"DirectXTK Simple Sample", XMFLOAT2(100, 10), Colors::Yellow);
        g_Sprites->End();
        g_pImmediateContext->OMSetDepthStencilState(pDefaultDepthStencilState, D3D11_COMPARISON_LESS); // restore the default
    }

I salute you! And, if anyone cares, the pix below is a PNG frame capture showing GDI, GDI+ and DirectXTK font rendering all playing nice in the backbuffer.

I don’t know about DirectXTK, but if it is based around ID3DXSprite then it should have a flag similar to that of D3DXSPRITE_DONOTMODIFY_RENDERSTATE in Begin().
This is one of the most important flags to set as it will kill your performance otherwise (and cause bugs with more sophisticated engine wrappers which remove redundant render states, again for performance).


A quick glance at the documentation reveals they do have a way to override the states they change in Begin().
http://directxtk.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=SpriteBatch&referringTitle=DirectXTK

You should be overriding it to change only what is necessary, and instead of restoring them all only restore as needed. Render-state changes are to be avoided as much as possible.


L. Spiro

A quick glance at the documentation reveals they do have a way to override the states they change in Begin().

I don't want to override the spritebatch states. I want to restore the states it changes back to what I need for the rest of my routines.

You should be overriding it to change only what is necessary, and instead of restoring them all only restore as needed

See my post above. I stated that I change the states as needed.