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23-Jun-10 5:37

Hi
I'm creating a 3D app which the main purpose for it is to be a game engine renderer. The file format that I will use for geometry is the RAW Triangle, since it is very simple to understand. I've created a function able to read the entire 3d file and parse it to a IDirect3DVertexBuffer9. Things are going fine here, but the problem is when it becomes rendered. I'm not getting the full object rendered, it seems that file is corrupted.

El Corazon23-Jun-10 5:44

23-Jun-10 5:44

ant-damage wrote:
Things are going fine here, but the problem is when it becomes rendered. I'm not getting the full object rendered, it seems that file is corrupted.

Without seeing the code it is hard to know, but when you issue the call from your VertexBuffer are you setting the size and stride values correctly?
Tutorial on IDirect3DVertexBuffer9()[^]

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ant-damage23-Jun-10 5:55

23-Jun-10 5:55

Yes. I used that tutorial from "drunkenhyena.com" to understand more about the direct 3d
The code I'm working is huge.
Here is the whole code.

main.cpp

#include "common.h"
#pragma comment(lib, "d3d9")
#pragma comment(lib, "user32")
#pragma comment(lib, "gdi32")

extern IDirect3D9 *g_d3d9;
extern IDirect3DDevice9 *g_device;
extern D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS g_pparams;
extern const unsigned Width;
extern const unsigned Height;

extern HRESULT Init_d3d9(IDirect3D9 **d3d9);
extern void Init_pparams(HWND hwnd, D3DFORMAT format, D3DFORMAT depth, D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS *pparams);
extern HRESULT Init_device(IDirect3D9 *d3d9, HWND hwnd, D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS *pparams, IDirect3DDevice9 **device);
extern void Kill_d3d9(IDirect3D9 **d3d9, IDirect3DDevice9 **device);

HRESULT load_RAW(const char *fname, IDirect3DVertexBuffer9 **buffer, int *count)
{
	HRESULT hr = E_FAIL;
	FILE *f = fopen(fname, "r");
	if(f)
	{
		(*count) = 0;
		float tmp[3] = {0};
		while(fscanf(f, "%g %g %g", &tmp[0], &tmp[1], &tmp[2]) == 3)(*count)++;

		rewind(f);
		HUD_VERTEX vert[(*count)];
		memset(vert, 0, sizeof(vert));
		for(int i = 0; i < (*count); i++)
		{
			fscanf(f, "%g %g %g", &(vert[i].x), &(vert[i].y), &(vert[i].z));
			if(ferror(f))
			{
				fclose(f);
				return hr;
			}
		}
		fclose(f);

		int byteLen = sizeof(vert);
		hr = g_device->CreateVertexBuffer(byteLen, D3DUSAGE_WRITEONLY, HUD_VERTEX_fvf, D3DPOOL_MANAGED, buffer, NULL);
		if(FAILED(hr))return hr;

		void *ptr = NULL;
		hr = (*buffer)->Lock(0, 0, &ptr, 0);
		if(FAILED(hr))return hr;

		memcpy(ptr, vert, byteLen);
		hr = (*buffer)->Unlock();
		if(FAILED(hr))return hr;
	}
	fclose(f);
	return hr;
}

// D3D related functions
void Resources_Init()
{
}

void Resources_Free()
{
}

HRESULT Device_Render(IDirect3DVertexBuffer9 *buffer, int count)
{
	HRESULT hr = D3D_OK;
	hr = g_device->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_COLORVALUE(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0), 0.0, 0);
	if(FAILED(hr))return hr;

	hr = g_device->BeginScene();
	if(FAILED(hr))return hr;

	g_device->SetFVF(HUD_VERTEX_fvf);

	g_device->SetStreamSource(0, buffer, 0, sizeof(HUD_VERTEX));
	g_device->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP, 0, count);

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

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
	switch(message)
	{
		case WM_KEYDOWN:
		case WM_CLOSE:
		case WM_LBUTTONDOWN:
			PostQuitMessage(0);
			return 0;
		default: return DefWindowProc(hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);
	}
}

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
{
	WNDCLASS wc;
	wc.style = CS_OWNDC;
	wc.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
	wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
	wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
	wc.hInstance = hInstance;
	wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
	wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
	wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(GRAY_BRUSH);
	wc.lpszMenuName = NULL;
	wc.lpszClassName = "Render";
	RegisterClass(&wc);

	HWND hwnd = CreateWindow("Render", "Test window", WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE, 0, 0, Width, Height, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
	HRESULT hr = D3D_OK;
	hr = Init_d3d9(&g_d3d9);
	if(FAILED(hr))
	{
		LOG("Init_d3d9() failed!", hr);
		DestroyWindow(hwnd);
		return 0;
	}
	
	Init_pparams(hwnd, D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8, D3DFMT_D24S8, &g_pparams);
	hr = Init_device(g_d3d9, hwnd, &g_pparams, &g_device);
	if(FAILED(hr))
	{
		LOG("Init_device() failed!", hr);
		Kill_d3d9(&g_d3d9, &g_device);
		DestroyWindow(hwnd);
		return 0;
	}
	
	/*HUD_VERTEX box[] = {
		{200.0, 200.0, 0.0, 0.0, D3DCOLOR_COLORVALUE(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)},
		{400.0, 200.0, 0.0, 0.0, D3DCOLOR_COLORVALUE(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)},
		{200.0, 400.0, 0.0, 0.0, D3DCOLOR_COLORVALUE(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)},
		{400.0, 400.0, 0.0, 0.0, D3DCOLOR_COLORVALUE(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)}
	};

	int vert_count = sizeof(box) / sizeof(HUD_VERTEX);
	int byte_count = vert_count * sizeof(HUD_VERTEX);
	IDirect3DVertexBuffer9 *vert_buffer = NULL;
	hr = g_device->CreateVertexBuffer(byte_count, D3DUSAGE_WRITEONLY, HUD_VERTEX_fvf, D3DPOOL_MANAGED, &vert_buffer, NULL);
	if(FAILED(hr))
	{
		LOG("CreateVertexBuffer() failed!", hr);
		Kill_d3d9(&g_d3d9, &g_device);
		DestroyWindow(hwnd);
		return 0;
	}
	void *box_ptr = NULL;
	vert_buffer->Lock(0, 0, &box_ptr, 0);
	memcpy(box_ptr, box, byte_count);
	vert_buffer->Unlock();*/
	
	int circleTriangles = 0;
	IDirect3DVertexBuffer9 *circle = NULL;
	hr = load_RAW("circle.raw", &circle, &circleTriangles);
	if(FAILED(hr))
	{
		LOG("load_RAW() failed!", hr);
		Kill_d3d9(&g_d3d9, &g_device);
		DestroyWindow(hwnd);
		return 0;
	}

	
	/*
	IDirect3DTexture9 *box_texture = NULL;
	hr = D3DXCreateTextureFromFile(g_device, "test.png", &box_texture);
	if(FAILED(hr))
	{
		LOG("D3DXCreateTextureFromFile() failed!", hr);
		Kill_d3d9(&g_d3d9, &g_device);
		DestroyWindow(hwnd);
		return 0;
	}
	
	g_device->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_COLOROP, D3DTOP_SELECTARG1);
	g_device->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_COLORARG1, D3DTA_TEXTURE);
	g_device->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_COLORARG2, D3DTA_DIFFUSE);
	g_device->SetTexture(0, box_texture);*/
	
	//HUD_VERTEX *cube = load_RAW("cube.raw");
	
	MSG msg;
	while(GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0))
	{
		hr = Device_Render(circle, circleTriangles + 1);
		if(FAILED(hr))
		{
			LOG("Device_Render() failed!", hr);
			Kill_d3d9(&g_d3d9, &g_device);
			DestroyWindow(hwnd);
			return 0;
		}

		hr = g_device->TestCooperativeLevel();
		if(FAILED(hr))
		{
			LOG("TestCooperativeLevel() failed!", hr);
			Kill_d3d9(&g_d3d9, &g_device);
			DestroyWindow(hwnd);
			return 0;
		}

		TranslateMessage(&msg);
		DispatchMessage(&msg);
	}
	Kill_d3d9(&g_d3d9, &g_device);
	DestroyWindow(hwnd);
	return msg.wParam;
}

d3d9_api.cpp

#include "common.h"

// gameEngine decls
IDirect3D9 *g_d3d9 = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION);
IDirect3DDevice9 *g_device = NULL;
D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS g_pparams = {0};
extern const unsigned Width = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
extern const unsigned Height = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);

HRESULT Init_d3d9(IDirect3D9 **d3d9)
{
	LOG(__FUNCTION__);
	(*d3d9) = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION);
	if(!(*d3d9))return E_FAIL;
	else return D3D_OK;
}

void Init_pparams(HWND hwnd, D3DFORMAT format, D3DFORMAT depth, D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS *pparams)
{
	LOG(__FUNCTION__);
	memset(pparams, 0, sizeof(D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS));
	pparams->BackBufferCount = 1;
	pparams->MultiSampleType = D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONE;
	pparams->MultiSampleQuality = 0;
	pparams->SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD;
	pparams->hDeviceWindow = hwnd;
	pparams->Flags = 0;
	pparams->FullScreen_RefreshRateInHz = D3DPRESENT_RATE_DEFAULT;
	pparams->PresentationInterval = D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_IMMEDIATE;
	pparams->BackBufferFormat = format;
	
	if(depth == D3DFMT_UNKNOWN)pparams->EnableAutoDepthStencil = false;
	else pparams->EnableAutoDepthStencil = true;
	pparams->AutoDepthStencilFormat = depth;
	
	pparams->Windowed = false;
	pparams->BackBufferWidth = Width;
	pparams->BackBufferHeight = Height;
}

HRESULT Init_device(IDirect3D9 *d3d9, HWND hwnd, D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS *pparams, IDirect3DDevice9 **device)
{
	LOG(__FUNCTION__);
	HRESULT hr = d3d9->CreateDevice(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, hwnd, D3DCREATE_HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, pparams, device);
	return hr;
}

void Kill_d3d9(IDirect3D9 **d3d9, IDirect3DDevice9 **device)
{
	LOG(__FUNCTION__);
	if((*device))
	{
		(*device)->Release();
		(*device) = NULL;
	}
	if((*d3d9))
	{
		(*d3d9)->Release();
		(*d3d9) = NULL;
	}
}

extern void Resources_Init();
extern void Resources_Free();

HRESULT Reset_device(IDirect3DDevice9 *device, D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS *pparams, HRESULT hr)
{
	if(hr == D3DERR_DEVICELOST)
	{
		Resources_Free();
		Sleep(500);
	}
	else if(hr == D3DERR_DEVICENOTRESET)
	{
		hr = device->Reset(pparams);
		if(SUCCEEDED(hr))Resources_Init();
	}
	return hr;
}

common.h

#include <d3d9.h>
#include <stdio.h>

class gameLog
{
public:
	gameLog(const char *file = "log.log")
	{
		FILE *f = fopen(file, "w");
		fclose(f);
	}

	void operator()(const char *str, HRESULT hr = D3D_OK, const char *file = "log.log")
	{
		FILE *f = fopen(file, "a");
		if(hr != D3D_OK) fprintf(f, "%s\tHRESULT: %#x\n", str, hr);
		else fprintf(f, "%s\n", str);
		fclose(f);
	}
};

static gameLog LOG;

struct HUD_VERTEX
{
	float x, y, z, rhw;
	unsigned color;
};

const unsigned HUD_VERTEX_fvf = D3DFVF_XYZRHW | D3DFVF_DIFFUSE;

typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *D3DXCreateTextureFromFile_ENTRY)(IDirect3DDevice9 *pDevice, LPCTSTR pSrcFile, IDirect3DTexture9 **ppTexture);

inline HRESULT WINAPI D3DXCreateTextureFromFile(IDirect3DDevice9 *pDevice, LPCTSTR pSrcFile, IDirect3DTexture9 **ppTexture)
{
	HINSTANCE hlib = LoadLibrary("d3dx9.dll");
	if(hlib)
	{
#ifdef UNICODE
		D3DXCreateTextureFromFile_ENTRY func = (D3DXCreateTextureFromFile_ENTRY)GetProcAddress(hlib, "D3DXCreateTextureFromFileW");
#else
		D3DXCreateTextureFromFile_ENTRY func = (D3DXCreateTextureFromFile_ENTRY)GetProcAddress(hlib, "D3DXCreateTextureFromFileA");
#endif
		if(func)return func(pDevice, pSrcFile, ppTexture);
		else return E_FAIL;
	}
	else return E_FAIL;
}

El Corazon23-Jun-10 6:03

23-Jun-10 6:03

I did kind-of ask for that didn't I?? Okay... That's gonna take me a bit to look through.... D'Oh! | :doh:

ant-damage23-Jun-10 6:05

23-Jun-10 6:05

By the way I'm using Blender 2.49a for exporting the geometry files

Here

HRESULT load_RAW(const char *fname, IDirect3DVertexBuffer9 **buffer, int *count)
{
	HRESULT hr = E_FAIL;
	FILE *f = fopen(fname, "r");
	if(f)
	{
		(*count) = 0;
		float tmp[3] = {0};
		while(fscanf(f, "%g %g %g", &tmp[0], &tmp[1], &tmp[2]) == 3)(*count)++;

		rewind(f);
		HUD_VERTEX vert[(*count)];
		memset(vert, 0, sizeof(vert));
		for(int i = 0; i < (*count); i++)
		{
			fscanf(f, "%g %g %g", &(vert[i].x), &(vert[i].y), &(vert[i].z));
			if(ferror(f))
			{
				fclose(f);
				return hr;
			}
		}
		fclose(f);

		int byteLen = sizeof(vert);
		hr = g_device->CreateVertexBuffer(byteLen, D3DUSAGE_WRITEONLY, HUD_VERTEX_fvf, D3DPOOL_MANAGED, buffer, NULL);
		if(FAILED(hr))return hr;

		void *ptr = NULL;
		hr = (*buffer)->Lock(0, 0, &ptr, 0);
		if(FAILED(hr))return hr;

		memcpy(ptr, vert, byteLen);
		hr = (*buffer)->Unlock();
		if(FAILED(hr))return hr;
	}
	fclose(f);
	return hr;
}

And here

HRESULT Device_Render(IDirect3DVertexBuffer9 *buffer, int count)
{
	HRESULT hr = D3D_OK;
	hr = g_device->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_COLORVALUE(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0), 0.0, 0);
	if(FAILED(hr))return hr;

	hr = g_device->BeginScene();
	if(FAILED(hr))return hr;

	g_device->SetFVF(HUD_VERTEX_fvf);

	g_device->SetStreamSource(0, buffer, 0, sizeof(HUD_VERTEX));
	g_device->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP, 0, count);

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

El Corazon23-Jun-10 6:45

23-Jun-10 6:45

I have never looked at the RAW output from Blender, and without compiling this only one thing "jumps" out at me....

g_device->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP, 0, count);

Are you sure that Blender is outputting a Triangle Strip or a list of triangles?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Triangle_Strip_Small.png[^]

In this example a Triangle strip would be vertexes A, B, C, D, E, F.

But a list of triangles would be:
A,B,C, C,B,D, E,C,D, F,E,D

You can see how incorrectly sending the right destination from one to the other could render with bizarre results....

ant-damage23-Jun-10 7:01

23-Jun-10 7:01

Blender is outputting a strange kind of list of triangles. For instance, a circle, it seems that Blender is outputting a triangle fan.

El Corazon23-Jun-10 7:03

23-Jun-10 7:03

ant-damage wrote:
it seems that Blender is outputting a triangle fan.

Then you will need to define this as a triangle fan for display....

ant-damage23-Jun-10 8:08

23-Jun-10 8:08

I think that I've found the solution for my problem here.

ant-damage23-Jun-10 8:16

23-Jun-10 8:16

The RAW Triangle Format is parsed by reading lines, not individual values. That was what I didn't know.

El Corazon23-Jun-10 8:21

23-Jun-10 8:21

congrats on finding it! I never worked with raw, we use other model formats.

ant-damage24-Jun-10 9:41

24-Jun-10 9:41

By the way, which formats do you use?

El Corazon24-Jun-10 10:03

Read an executable and write the data to a file.

24-Jun-10 10:03

3dStudio, OpenFlight... Mostly
basically everything supported by open scene graph.
I haven't written my own loader for years. Smile | :)

ALLERSLIT23-Jun-10 5:14

ALLERSLIT

23-Jun-10 5:14

Hey, i just wanted to ask if theres a way i can read the data of a file so i can paste it to another file?
Like i read the data of cmd.exe and paste it to whatever.exe?

Re: Read an executable and write the data to a file.

Not Active23-Jun-10 5:26

Not Active

23-Jun-10 5:26

Please be clear what you are asking.

ALLERSLIT wrote:
i can read the data of a file so i can paste it to another file?

cmd.exe is not a file to be read from, it's an executable.

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

Re: Read an executable and write the data to a file.

harold aptroot23-Jun-10 5:31

harold aptroot

23-Jun-10 5:31

Executables are files though

Re: Read an executable and write the data to a file.

Not Active23-Jun-10 6:00

Not Active

23-Jun-10 6:00

and an ice cube is water. What's your point?

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

Re: Read an executable and write the data to a file.

harold aptroot23-Jun-10 6:15

harold aptroot

23-Jun-10 6:15

That it's fine to read from cmd.exe, it's just unusual

Re: Read an executable and write the data to a file.

Code-o-mat23-Jun-10 5:28

Code-o-mat

23-Jun-10 5:28

I believe we are going to need more details about what you want to do...till now it sounds like you either want to read file data to the clipboard to paste it somewhere OR you need a filecopy method (like copy in a dos prompt).

Re: Read an executable and write the data to a file.

ALLERSLIT23-Jun-10 5:46

ALLERSLIT

23-Jun-10 5:46

I want to create a program out of a program.
We all have a cmd.exe in our windows folder, how would i be able to create the cmd.exe out of my own program?

Re: Read an executable and write the data to a file.

Code-o-mat23-Jun-10 6:38

Code-o-mat

23-Jun-10 6:38

What would your program do?

Re: Read an executable and write the data to a file.

ant-damage23-Jun-10 5:48