Debug problem

Hi! I have a DirectX program which works correctly when I launch it, but when I debug it, it gives me error in the middle of the DirectX initalyzing function: Unhandled exception at 0x004119f8 in MyProgram.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location reading 0xcccccccc.

I think that D3DXMtrl_Buffer gives problems, but I'm not absolutely sure and I don't know how to fix it.

Here's my problematic function for initalyzing DirectX:

Code:

//Globals
LPDIRECT3D9             DirX_3D            = NULL;
LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9       DirX_Device        = NULL;
LPD3DXMESH              tiiger_mesh     = NULL;
LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9*        Tekstuur        = NULL;
D3DMATERIAL9*            D3D_Material    = NULL;
DWORD mat_nr=0L;
HRESULT hr;

void InitDirX(HWND hWnd)
{
//----------------------------------------------
//                InitDirX
//----------------------------------------------

    D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS    pp;
    LPD3DXBUFFER            D3DXMtrl_Buffer;

    //Creating Direct3D object
    if(NULL==(DirX_3D=Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION)))
        {
             //error
        }
    
    ZeroMemory(&pp, sizeof(pp));


    pp.Windowed=                TRUE;
    pp.SwapEffect=                D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD;
    pp.BackBufferFormat=        D3DFMT_UNKNOWN;
    pp.EnableAutoDepthStencil = TRUE;
    pp.AutoDepthStencilFormat = D3DFMT_D16;

    //Creating DirectX device
    hr=DirX_3D->CreateDevice(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT,
                                D3DDEVTYPE_HAL,
                                hWnd,
                                D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING,
                                &pp,
                                &DirX_Device);
        if(FAILED(hr))
            {
                //error
            }

    DirX_Device->SetRenderState( D3DRS_ZENABLE, TRUE );
    DirX_Device->SetRenderState( D3DRS_AMBIENT, 0xffffffff );

    //Loading Mesh
    hr=D3DXLoadMeshFromX("Tiger.x", D3DXMESH_SYSTEMMEM,
                                   DirX_Device, NULL,
                                   &D3DXMtrl_Buffer, NULL, &mat_nr,
                                   &tiiger_mesh);
    if(FAILED(hr))
    {
          //error
    }

    D3DXMATERIAL* D3DX_Materials = (D3DXMATERIAL*)D3DXMtrl_Buffer->GetBufferPointer(); //In this line it gives me error!!!
    D3D_Material    =    new D3DMATERIAL9[mat_nr];
    Tekstuur        =    new LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9[mat_nr];

    for( DWORD i=0; i<mat_nr; i++ )
    {

        D3D_MaterialIdea = D3DX_MaterialsIdea.MatD3D;

        D3D_MaterialIdea.Ambient = D3D_MaterialIdea.Diffuse;

        TekstuurIdea = NULL;

        //Creating texture
        hr=D3DXCreateTextureFromFile(DirX_Device,
                                  D3DX_MaterialsIdea.pTextureFilename,
                                  &TekstuurIdea);
        if(FAILED(hr))
        {
             //error
        }
    }

    D3DXMtrl_Buffer->Release();

}

What's wrong with it?

all you //error comment
Do you exit or continue excution as in the sample?

Then probably hr=D3DXLoadMeshFromX failed - but you still go father and get your crash

You should fix this...

And the reason for failure - Check the Current Directory set for the Debug session, probably it is different from the one use during run, and some files located in the directory together with the exe are not found in the debug run

Some function has thrown an exception and since it has not been handled, the program has ended. To debug, try to find where this exception has been thrown from (ie, whic function). As if anyone can tell from a small and confusing segment of your code.

Originally Posted by vart

all you //error comment
Do you exit or continue excution as in the sample?

Then probably hr=D3DXLoadMeshFromX failed - but you still go father and get your crash

You should fix this...

And the reason for failure - Check the Current Directory set for the Debug session, probably it is different from the one use during run, and some files located in the directory together with the exe are not found in the debug run

You're right. It was my mistake. I didn't know, that during debugging it tries to load files from a different folder, so it didn't find the mesh file.

How can I change that directory?

If you are using VS - Open Project properties/Debug
Set the Working directory to the correct path