primitive question ><

hey having trouble, desgned a vertex for a squashed rectangle shape thing but being a newb to 3d i always stump my toe on stupid problems, the code below shows two sets of two triangle primitives exactly the same coding except the middle two coordinates have been switched, the initial non working primitives are the ones i created, and the second lot is the ones i re ordered and got to work. but the thing i dont get is when drawing the triangle i dont get why the second two points require a specific order for them to function..
BTW using trianglestrip draw mode

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//first 2 NON working primitives
{303,85,32,1,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(0,255,255,255),},
{182,144,32,1,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(0,255,255,255),}, // these rows
{455,219,32,1,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(0,255,255,255),}, // as drawn
{318,307,32,1,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(0,255,255,255),},

//second 2 working primitives
{303,85,32,1,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(0,255,255,255),},
{455,219,32,1,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(0,255,255,255),},//these rows
{182,144,32,1,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(0,255,255,255),},//switched
{318,307,32,1,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(0,255,255,255),},

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any help is much appreciated, thanx

For 2D only:

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Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_CULLMODE,D3DCULL_NONE);
Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_ZENABLE,false);

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the code works just dandy, zenable i didnt need however. as i said im a beginner at this 3d3 malarky, could you explain cull modes abit please, ive visited the online msdn but thrs no real help thr except for a two or three word answer and the book im learning from likes you to just "ACCEPT CODE" without giving an explanation of the parameters being passed,

thanx again

-----sry 2 b a pest
scrap my post found some good info on render states,

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-----sry 2 b a pest

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You are not being one. It's my pleasure to help - I only knew the solution because I ran into the same exact thing. :D

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Originally Posted by MicroFiend

the code works just dandy, zenable i didnt need however. as i said im a beginner at this 3d3 malarky, could you explain cull modes abit please, ive visited the online msdn but thrs no real help thr except for a two or three word answer and the book im learning from likes you to just "ACCEPT CODE" without giving an explanation of the parameters being passed,

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As far as I can make out from various sites and books, culling is basically a technique to hide polygons that the viewer can't see. Basically it determines which polygons to hide based on which direction the vertices are drawn - either clockwise or counter-clockwise. I have no idea which one is front and which one is back though, so check what culling mode you were using and which one was showing up and there's the answer. :D