Total newb directx invisable geometry question

Hey all, i was wondering if you could help me out here, I'm trying to make a simple demo that will create a triangle, but I can't seem to see my geometry,

In the main function I intialise Direct3D like this:

Code:

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//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Global variables
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
LPDIRECT3D9            g_pD3D      = NULL; // Used to create the D3DDevice
LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9      g_pd3dDevice = NULL; // Our rendering device
LPDIRECT3DVERTEXBUFFER9        g_pVertexBuffer=NULL;

Pryamid FirstCollectable; //

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name: InitD3D()
// Desc: Initializes Direct3D
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
HRESULT InitD3D( HWND hWnd )
{
    // Create the D3D object, which is needed to create the D3DDevice.
    if( NULL == ( g_pD3D = Direct3DCreate9( D3D_SDK_VERSION ) ) )
        return E_FAIL;
   
        D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp;
    ZeroMemory( &d3dpp, sizeof(d3dpp) );
    d3dpp.Windowed = TRUE;
    d3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD;
    d3dpp.BackBufferFormat = D3DFMT_UNKNOWN;

    // Create the Direct3D device   
        if( FAILED( g_pD3D->CreateDevice( D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, hWnd,
                                      D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING,
                                      &d3dpp, &g_pd3dDevice ) ) )
    {
        return E_FAIL;
    }

    // Device state would normally be set here
        g_pd3dDevice->SetRenderState( D3DRS_AMBIENT, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(255,255,255));

    // Turn off D3D lighting, since we are providing our own vertex colors
    g_pd3dDevice->SetRenderState( D3DRS_LIGHTING, TRUE );

    return S_OK;
}

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With that lot done i try to draw using this

Code:

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//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name: Render()
// Desc: Draws the scene
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
VOID Render()
{
    if( NULL == g_pd3dDevice )
        return;

    // Clear the backbuffer to a black color
    g_pd3dDevice->Clear( 0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,0), 1.0f, 0 );
   
    // Begin the scene
    if( SUCCEEDED( g_pd3dDevice->BeginScene() ) )
    {
        // Rendering of scene objects can happen here
        FirstCollectable.DrawPryamid (g_pd3dDevice);
        // End the scene
        g_pd3dDevice->EndScene();
    }

    // Present the backbuffer contents to the display
    g_pd3dDevice->Present( NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL );
}

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Once that lot is done my WinMain looks a bit like this:

Code:

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//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name: WinMain()
// Desc: The application's entry point
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
INT WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, INT )
{
    // Register the window class
    WNDCLASSEX wc = { sizeof(WNDCLASSEX), CS_CLASSDC, MsgProc, 0L, 0L,
                      GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
                      "D3D Tutorial", NULL };
    RegisterClassEx( &wc );

    // Create the application's window
    HWND hWnd = CreateWindow( "D3D Tutorial", "ICA",
                              WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 100, 100, 800, 600,
                              NULL, NULL, wc.hInstance, NULL );

    // Initialize Direct3D
    if( SUCCEEDED( InitD3D( hWnd ) ) )
    {
        // Show the window
        // Create Some Geometry
                FirstCollectable.Initialise (g_pd3dDevice, g_pD3D, g_pVertexBuffer );
               
                // Set up a camera (or matricees)
                Camera newcamera (g_pd3dDevice);

                ShowWindow( hWnd, SW_SHOWDEFAULT );
        UpdateWindow( hWnd );
        // Enter the message loop
        MSG msg;
        while( GetMessage( &msg, NULL, 0, 0 ) )
        {
            TranslateMessage( &msg );
            DispatchMessage( &msg );
        }
    }

    UnregisterClass( "D3D Tutorial", wc.hInstance );
    return 0;
}

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I have classes to initialise the triangle that go like this:

Code:

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void Pryamid::Initialise (LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 gp_D3dDevice, LPDIRECT3D9 g_pD3D, LPDIRECT3DVERTEXBUFFER9 gp_VertexBuffer)
{
VertexBuffer = gp_VertexBuffer;
gp_D3dDevice->CreateVertexBuffer( 3*sizeof(newVertex), 0, D3DFVF_CUSTOMVERTEX, D3DPOOL_MANAGED, &VertexBuffer, NULL );

VertexBuffer->Lock (0,0,(void**)&newVertex,0);

newVertex[0].FillVertex (-1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f, 0xffff0000);
newVertex[1].FillVertex ( 1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f, 0xff0000ff);
newVertex[2].FillVertex ( 0.0f,  1.0f, 0.0f, 0xffffffff);

VertexBuffer->Unlock ();
}

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Once that is initialised i use this to draw:

Code:

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void Pryamid::DrawPryamid (LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 gp_D3dDevice)
{
        // To draw we pass the vertices down a stream. We set the source as our vertex buffer       
        gp_D3dDevice->SetStreamSource(0,VertexBuffer,0,sizeof(newVertex));
        //gp_D3dDevice
        // We then tell Direct3D the make up of the vertices
        gp_D3dDevice->SetFVF(D3DFVF_CUSTOMVERTEX);

        // Now draw our one triangle
        gp_D3dDevice->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLELIST,0,1);
}

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I guess you might want to see the pryamid.h file :):

Code:

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#define D3DFVF_CUSTOMVERTEX (D3DFVF_XYZ|D3DFVF_DIFFUSE)

class Pryamid
{
public:
        Pryamid(void);
        void DrawPryamid (LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9);
        void Initialise (LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9, LPDIRECT3D9, LPDIRECT3DVERTEXBUFFER9);
        LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 m_Direct3DDevice;
        LPDIRECT3DVERTEXBUFFER9 VertexBuffer;
        Vertex newVertex [3];

public:
        ~Pryamid(void);
};

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and finally i have a camera class that i use to setup all my matricees:

Code:

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#include "Camera.h"


Camera::Camera(LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 gp_D3dDevice)
{
D3DXMATRIX matProj;
        FLOAT fAspect=((FLOAT)800)/600;
        D3DXMatrixPerspectiveFovLH(&matProj,D3DX_PI/4,fAspect,1.0f,100.0f);
        gp_D3dDevice->SetTransform(D3DTS_PROJECTION,&matProj);

        // View Matrix
        // Set the camera back a bit along the Z axis and looking down Z       
        D3DXMATRIX matView;       
        D3DXVECTOR3 vEyePt(0.0f,1.0f,-3.0f );
        D3DXVECTOR3 vLookatPt(0.0f,0.0f,1.0f );
        D3DXVECTOR3 vUpVec(0.0f,1.0f,0.0f );               
        D3DXMatrixLookAtLH(&matView,&vEyePt,&vLookatPt,&vUpVec );
        gp_D3dDevice->SetTransform(D3DTS_VIEW,&matView );

        // World Matrix
        // Just using identity (so triangle is at origin of world)
        D3DXMATRIX matWorld;
        D3DXMatrixIdentity(&matWorld);
        gp_D3dDevice->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD, &matWorld );
}

Camera::~Camera(void)
{
}

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Well thats about it, all i get is a black screen with nothing showing at all. If there was anything else that you think you need to tell me whats going on please let me know.

Oh and I'm sorry to be begging for help, but I'm a total newb at doing anything much with directx and well i didn't really know what else i should do :(

Common mistakes:

• Turning lighting on yet not specifying a light source. Since black is the absence of light, if you clear the screen to black and draw...no object.
• Not setting the projection matrix
• Not setting the view matrix
• Not translating the object to the correct world space
• Generating an incorrect camera view matrix
• Turning lighting off, thus using pre-lit vertices, but not specifying a diffuse color for the vertices
• Not using the correct flexible vertex format flags
• Not using the flexible vertex format flags in the order they appear in the vertex structure.
• Setting a 360 degree projection matrix - this results in very small objects and odd renders.
• Using vertex buffers yet not specifying the stream source
• Using index buffers yet not specifying the index source
• Using vertex buffers but not specifying the flexible vertex format for them.
• Specifying an incorrect vertex stride length in SetStreamSource()

I'm betting it's one of those. W/o more code it's impossible to tell you what it is. Show me the setup for this scene.

Not to sound too stupid or anything, but where do you call Render()? I don't see it in the Main function. :p

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Originally Posted by Frobozz

Not to sound too stupid or anything, but where do you call Render()? I don't see it in the Main function. :p

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Its in my MsgProc () function, since i thought that would be best place for it.

Anyhow, i have uploaded the code onto my webspace download it here its built for visual studio 2005 rather than 2003 (i dunno how many people still us that)

i wish i knew what was wrong with this, I think that I've got everything in there and it matches up pretty much perfectly with the demos from microsoft.

For DX the diff between 2003 and 2005 will be next to nothing. The only thing that might flag a warning is if you use the C standard library functions which Microsoft has taken it upon themselves to declare deprecated - which it IS NOT DEPRECATED and is still part of the ISO standard.

To remove deprecation use _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE in your project options under pre-processor. This will remove those non-standard warnings. Again the only thing non-standard and deprecated here is MS's attempt to hijack the language.

I don't think its really made much difference, i don't get any problems or errors (none that cause any compiler errors anyway) but i don't actually have 2003 to make a new solution.