Thread: directx-how to use no texture

This (should) be fairly easy.

I've been using meshes loaded from .x files and also loading materials and textures from them. Now i want to use a custom made material without a texture (just a solid diffuse color basically), like they do here.

I can set the material correctly. I've tried resetting the texture to a default white with

Code:

d3ddev->SetTexture(0,NULL);

but all the objects then appear pure white. the diffuse and ambient colors of the amterial doesn't seem to have any effect. How to i make the colors of the object be the color of the material diffuse?

Thank you!

Also, I know the function D3DXMatrixLookAtLH can make a view translation/rotation matrix based on a position vector, look-at vector, and up direction. Is there any function that can make a translation/rotation matrix for transforming an object (not view matrix) based on its position and vectors representing its rotated local axis?
(I have a position vector and a "looking at" vector (corresponding to the z axis) which i want to use to transform objects. The up direction would remain {0,1,0}.

Originally Posted by Bubba

1. SetTexture(0,0) sets texture sampler 0 to use no texture. Make sure you have your mesh material set, make sure you have your light set and turned on and make sure you have the diffuse material source set correctly.

2. You would need an orientation class or a frame class to orient an object correctly. The frame class does essentially what the camera does for the view except the final matrix is the transpose of what the camera would compute.

I initialize the material to be red with this code:

Code:

D3DMATERIAL9 material;
ZeroMemory(&material, sizeof(D3DMATERIAL9));    
material.Diffuse = D3DXCOLOR(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);    
material.Ambient = D3DXCOLOR(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);   
material.Specular= D3DXCOLOR(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);

then use it with no texture with this code (d3ddev is the directx device):

Code:

d3ddev->SetMaterial(&material);
d3ddev->SetTexture(0,NULL);

There is no texture, but I can't get the color to to constant. It is colored by my lights (if I have lighting enabled when I'm rendering the objects), but is always white otherwise. I want to it have a constant color and not be affected by lights.

One more thing: how to I clear a std::basic_stringstream<TCHAR> so that it will have no characters in it? I've tried the clear() function and sync() but nothing works. I'm using the stream to output information like camera position and rotation, so i need to clear it every frame to fill it with new data.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Bubba

Not possible using fixed function pipeline. Colored lights always affect the color of the object. Use a pure white light if you only want the object to display it's material color. Keep in mind the specular color for the material should be white unless you want it to be something else.

I can just turn off the lights while I'm rendering objects that i don't want affected by them, or turn off lighting in general:

Code:

d3ddev->SetRenderState(D3DRS_LIGHTING, FALSE);

Are saying that with no texture and no dynamic lights affecting the object, the color will always be white, and the material diffuse has no effect?

If this is the case, could I change the color by changing the global ambient light while I'm rendering the objects?

Code:

d3ddev->SetRenderState(D3DRS_AMBIENT, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(255,0,0));//make all subsequient objects rendered with red ambien light

...code to render objects...

d3ddev->SetRenderState(D3DRS_AMBIENT, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(150,150,150));//change back to white ambient light

Would the materials "Emissive" color be any use?

Thanks again!