Hi,

I am trying to display a DirectX 9 Sprite but I cant seem to get it to display on the screen?

All I get is a black screen and no sprite is drawn?

Code is below, any help would be appreciated - thanks!

JeZ+Lee

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void loadTexture( void )
{
    D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx(DXDevice, L"TC5-Logo.png",  D3DX_DEFAULT, D3DX_DEFAULT, D3DX_DEFAULT, 0,
		                D3DFMT_UNKNOWN, D3DPOOL_MANAGED, D3DX_DEFAULT, D3DX_DEFAULT, 0, NULL, NULL, &SpriteTexture);
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void render( void )
{
    DXDevice->Clear( 0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_COLORVALUE(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f,1.0f), 1.0f, 0 );

    D3DSURFACE_DESC textureInfo;
    SpriteTexture->GetLevelDesc(0, &textureInfo);
    RECT spriteRect;
    spriteRect.top = 0;
    spriteRect.left = 0;
    spriteRect.bottom = textureInfo.Height;
    spriteRect.right = textureInfo.Width;

    Sprite->Begin(D3DXSPRITE_ALPHABLEND);

	
    D3DXVECTOR3 spritePosition;
    spritePosition.x = 0.0f;
    spritePosition.y = 0.0f;
    spritePosition.z = 0.0f;

    Sprite->Draw(SpriteTexture, &spriteRect, NULL, &spritePosition, NULL);

    Sprite->End();

    DXDevice->Present( NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL );
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You're calling Sprite->Draw with a NULL color. I've not messed around with DirectX 9 much, but the quick searches I've done leads me to believe you should be passing "white" with maximum alpha. I'm not sure if NULL assumes white, or if it would be 'invisible'.

From MSDN:

The color and alpha channels are modulated by this value. A value of 0xFFFFFFFF maintains the original source color and alpha data. Use the D3DCOLOR_RGBA macro to help generate this color.

- Eck

You're calling Sprite->Draw with a NULL color. I've not messed around with DirectX 9 much, but the quick searches I've done leads me to believe you should be passing "white" with maximum alpha. I'm not sure if NULL assumes white, or if it would be 'invisible'.

From MSDN:

The color and alpha channels are modulated by this value. A value of 0xFFFFFFFF maintains the original source color and alpha data. Use the D3DCOLOR_RGBA macro to help generate this color.

- Eck

Hi,

Thanks for you reply, I added the color, but still no display of sprite on the screen.

Any other ideas?

Current code is below...

JeZ+Lee

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void loadTexture( void )
{
    D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx(DXDevice, L"TC5-Logo.png",  D3DX_DEFAULT, D3DX_DEFAULT, D3DX_DEFAULT, 0,
		                D3DFMT_UNKNOWN, D3DPOOL_MANAGED, D3DX_DEFAULT, D3DX_DEFAULT, 0, NULL, NULL, &SpriteTexture);
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void render( void )
{
    DXDevice->Clear( 0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_COLORVALUE(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f,1.0f), 1.0f, 0 );

    D3DSURFACE_DESC textureInfo;
    SpriteTexture->GetLevelDesc(0, &textureInfo);
    RECT spriteRect;
    spriteRect.top = 0;
    spriteRect.left = 0;
    spriteRect.bottom = textureInfo.Height;
    spriteRect.right = textureInfo.Width;

    Sprite->Begin(D3DXSPRITE_ALPHABLEND);

    D3DXVECTOR3 spritePosition;
    spritePosition.x = 0.0f;
    spritePosition.y = 0.0f;
    spritePosition.z = 0.0f;

    Sprite->Draw( SpriteTexture, &spriteRect, NULL, &spritePosition, D3DCOLOR_RGBA(255,255,255,255) );

    Sprite->End();

    DXDevice->Present( NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL );
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ID3DXSprite::Begin()/ID3DXSprite::Draw()/ID3DXSprite::End must be called inside a IDirect3DDevice9::Begin()/IDirect3DDevice9::End() Block.

Hi,

Thanks! I got it working now...

JeZ+Lee

void render( void )
{
    DXDevice->BeginScene();

    DXDevice->Clear( 0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_COLORVALUE(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f,1.0f), 1.0f, 0 );

    Sprite->Begin(D3DXSPRITE_ALPHABLEND);

    D3DSURFACE_DESC textureInfo;
    SpriteTexture->GetLevelDesc(0, &textureInfo);
    RECT spriteRect;
    spriteRect.top = 0;
    spriteRect.left = 0;
    spriteRect.bottom = textureInfo.Height;
    spriteRect.right = textureInfo.Width;

    D3DXVECTOR3 spritePosition;
    spritePosition.x = 0.0f;
    spritePosition.y = 0.0f;
    spritePosition.z = 0.0f;

    Sprite->Draw( SpriteTexture, &spriteRect, NULL, &spritePosition, D3DCOLOR_RGBA(255,255,255,255) );

    Sprite->End();

    DXDevice->EndScene();
    DXDevice->Present( NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL );
}