Hello folks,

I tried to generate a stream output with a geometry shader.
But when I "draw" it, the window turns black.
Could someone show me some sample code on geometry shader with stream out or could someone correct my existing code?

Draw call:

bool GeometrySh::Render(ID3D11DeviceContext* deviceContext, int count)
{
	HRESULT result;
	D3D11_MAPPED_SUBRESOURCE mappedResource;
	unsigned int bufferNumber;
	BufferType* dataPtr;

	result = deviceContext->Map(m_cBuffer, 0, D3D11_MAP_WRITE_DISCARD, 0, &mappedResource);
	if(FAILED(result))
	{
		return false;
	}

	dataPtr = (BufferType*)mappedResource.pData;
	dataPtr->lightdir = D3DXVECTOR4(4.0f, 5.0f, 10.0f, 1.0f);
	deviceContext->Unmap(m_cBuffer, 0);

	bufferNumber = 0;

	deviceContext->GSSetConstantBuffers(bufferNumber, 1, &m_cBuffer);

	unsigned int stride;
	unsigned int offset;

	stride = sizeof(VertexType); 
	offset = 0;

	deviceContext->IASetPrimitiveTopology(D3D11_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY_TRIANGLELIST);

	deviceContext->IASetInputLayout(m_gslayout);

	deviceContext->SOSetTargets(1, &m_outBuffer, &offset);
	deviceContext->GSSetShader(gsshader, NULL, 0);
	deviceContext->PSSetShader(NULL, NULL, 0);
	deviceContext->VSSetShader(NULL, NULL, 0);
	
	deviceContext->DrawIndexed(count, 0, 0); // If I disable this line that bug dosen't occur
	
	deviceContext->GSSetShader(NULL, NULL, 0);
	ID3D11Buffer* pBuffer[1];
	pBuffer[0] = NULL;
	deviceContext->SOSetTargets(1, pBuffer, &offset);

	return true;
}

Shader code:

cbuffer BufferConType
{
	float4 lightdir;
}

struct GIN
{
	float4 pos : POSITION;
    float2 tex : TEXCOORD0;
    float3 normal : NORMAL;
};

struct GOUT
{
	float4 pos : POSITION;
};

[maxvertexcount(3)]
void GS(triangleadj GIN input[6], inout TriangleStream<GOUT> OutputStream)
{
        //Test geometry shader
	GOUT p;
	p.pos = input[0].pos;
	p.pos.w = 1.0f;
	OutputStream.Append(p);
	p.pos = input[2].pos;
	p.pos.w = 1.0f;
	OutputStream.Append(p);
	p.pos = input[4].pos;
	p.pos.w = 1.0f;
	OutputStream.Append(p);
	OutputStream.RestartStrip();
}

I tried to set it to D3D11_CREATE_DEVICE_DEBUG but i still get no output.

And I also set my debugtype to mixed.

Anyway thank you, this was the solution

Hi.

Is the pos member in screen space , you need a view and a projection matrix if not you may need a colour member to as well, and you need a vertex shader

a pass through type if not needed

struc vsin

{

//stuff

};

vsin VS(vsin in)

{

return in;

}

Edit: Thanks for all that help but I solved my first problem with the help MJP ^^. But......

I have a new problem. The output of my geometry shader, which should only output what it gets for input, is really wierd.

I pass 36 vertices to the shader but I get 12.

Here they are (in this format ;x;y;z;w;):

-1;-1;-1;1;

;0;0;0;0;

;0;-1;-1;1;

;1;0;0;0;

;0;0;1;-1;

;1;1;0;0;

;0;0;0;1;

;-1;-1;1;0;

;0;0;0;0;

;-1;-1;-1;1;

;0;0;0;0;

;0;1;-1;1;

As you can see, some w-values are 0.

But the values that I've send have no 0 as w-values. Here is my new geometry shader:

struct GIN
{
	float4 pos : POSITION;
};

struct GOUT
{
	float4 pos : POSITION;
};

[maxvertexcount(3)]
void GS(triangle GIN input[3], inout TriangleStream<GOUT> OutputStream)
{
//Test shader
	GOUT p;
	p.pos = input[0].pos;
	OutputStream.Append(p);
	p.pos = input[1].pos;
	OutputStream.Append(p);
	p.pos = input[2].pos;
	OutputStream.Append(p);
	OutputStream.RestartStrip();
}

It is very hard to make geometry shader with stream out work, as there is no sample code on it on the net.

Nevermind I found the solution myself. But I still don't know what the reason of this (new) problem was. I just tweaked at all settings and now it works ^^