Hi. I''m using dx''s D3DXMatrixShadow() function that projects geometry on a plane. I have two questions about the function. It accepts two parameters, a 4D vector that defines a plane (cooficients of the ax + by + cz + dw = 0 equation) and a 4D vector that describes the position of the light. My questions are the following: 1. What should I set the w cooficient in the light vector? I can''t seem to understand what it''s used for. 2. What are the a, b, c, d cooficients for the xz plane? Thanks.

w probably indicates if the light is directional or not - 0.0 would be a point light, anything else means that the light is coming from the direction indicated by the vector xyz. Either that, or it''s the other way around, with 0.0 being directional and everything else being a point light.

The formula for the xz plane would be 0.0 * x + 1.0 * y + 0.0 * z + 0.0 * w

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