void DrawWorld(){ Entity* cam = mFirst(Entity); D3DVIEWPORT9 vp; //begins scene if(SUCCEEDED(Window::D3D_Device->BeginScene())){ int thisCam = 1; while(cam){ if (cam->etype == "CAMERA"){ if (thisCam == 1 ){ //set drawing modes (Set for 1st viewport only) Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_LIGHTING, World::LightEnable); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_ZENABLE, World::ZEnable); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_ZFUNC, D3DCMP_LESSEQUAL); int r = World::ambRed; int g = World::ambGreen; int b = World::ambBlue; Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_AMBIENT, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(r,g,b)); } //set camera drawing modes int fr = cam->fogRed; int fg = cam->fogGreen; int fb = cam->fogBlue; Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_FOGENABLE, cam->fogEnable); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_FOGTABLEMODE, cam->fogTableMode); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_FOGSTART, *(DWORD *) (&cam->fogStart)); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_FOGEND, *(DWORD *) (&cam->fogEnd)); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_FOGCOLOR,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(fr,fg,fb)); //create viewport settings vp.X = cam->vpLeft; vp.Y = cam->vpTop; vp.Width = cam->vpWidth; vp.Height = cam->vpHeight; vp.MinZ = cam->vpMinZ; vp.MaxZ = cam->vpMaxZ; //set the viewport Window::D3D_Device->SetViewport(&vp); int tr = cam->clsRed; int tg = cam->clsGreen; int tb = cam->clsBlue; //clear the scene Window::D3D_Device->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(tr,tg,tb), 1.0f, 0 ); //build the camera projection matrix D3DXMATRIX projMatrix; //D3DXMatrixPerspectiveFovLH(&projMatrix, D3DX_PI/4, 1.2f, 1.0, 700.0); D3DXMatrixPerspectiveFovLH(&projMatrix, cam->fovy, cam->aspect, cam->zNear, cam->zFar); //set drawing projection matrix to camera projection matrix Window::D3D_Device->SetTransform(D3DTS_PROJECTION, &projMatrix); //Build the camera view matrix D3DXMATRIX viewMatrix; BuildCamViewMatrix(&viewMatrix, cam); //set drawing view matrix to camera view matrix Window::D3D_Device->SetTransform(D3DTS_VIEW, &viewMatrix); //Draw the entities Entity* tEnt = mFirst(Entity); while(tEnt){ DrawEnt(tEnt); tEnt = mAfter(Entity, tEnt); } //Draw 2D and text (Only for first viewport) if (thisCam == 1){ //Set Drawing mode for 2D //Draw 2D Images //Draw Text TextC::DrawAllText(); } thisCam++; }//End IF cam = mAfter(Entity, cam); //Move to next camera }//End WH //End the scene Window::D3D_Device->EndScene(); } HRESULT hr; //Flip hr=Window::D3D_Device->Present(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL); //Lost Display if(hr == D3DERR_DEVICELOST) { hr = Window::D3D_Device->TestCooperativeLevel(); if(hr == D3DERR_DEVICENOTRESET) { Window::D3D_Device->Reset(&Window::d3d_pp); } } }// endfn DrawWorld

And this is the DrawEnt Function:

void DrawEnt(Entity *ent){ D3DXMATRIX worldMat; if ( ent->etype=="MESH" || ent->etype=="TERRAIN" || ent->etype=="SPRITE"){ DWORD mtrl = 0; //Set the drawing mode Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_SHADEMODE, ent->shadeMode); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_FILLMODE, ent->fillMode); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_CULLMODE, ent->cullMode); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_ALPHABLENDENABLE, ent->blendable ); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_SRCBLEND, ent->blendSRC); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_DESTBLEND, ent->blendDEST); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_SPECULARENABLE, ent->specularable ); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_COLORVERTEX, ent->colorVex); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_AMBIENTMATERIALSOURCE, ent->ambSrc); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_DIFFUSEMATERIALSOURCE, ent->diffSrc); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_EMISSIVEMATERIALSOURCE, ent->emmiSrc); Window::D3D_Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_SPECULARMATERIALSOURCE , ent->specSrc); //Build and set world matrix BuildEntWorldMatrix(ent, &worldMat); Window::D3D_Device->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD, &worldMat); //go through each material for(mtrl=0; mtrl < ent->numMtrls; mtrl++){ for(int layer = 0; layer <= ent->TexLayers; layer++){ //Set Materials Window::D3D_Device->SetMaterial(&ent->materials[mtrl].MatD3D); //Set Textures if(ent->textures[mtrl] != NULL){ Window::D3D_Device->SetTexture(layer, ent->textures[mtrl]); for ( int I =0; I< ent->TexStage; I++){ Window::D3D_Device->SetTextureStageState( I,ent->TextureStageStateType[i][mtrl], ent->TextureBlendArg[I][mtrl] ); } } } //Window::D3D_Device->SetTextureStageState( mtrl,D3DTSS_COLORARG1, D3DTA_TEXTURE ); //Window::D3D_Device->SetTextureStageState( mtrl,D3DTSS_COLOROP, D3DTOP_MODULATE2X ); //Draw this subset ent->dxMesh->DrawSubset(mtrl); } } //Lights if (ent->etype == "LIGHT"){ if(ent->lightChange == TRUE){ Window::D3D_Device->SetLight(ent->lx, &ent->light); ent->lightChange = FALSE; } //Build and set world matrix BuildEntWorldMatrix(ent, &worldMat); Window::D3D_Device->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD, &worldMat); } }

The problem is most likely somewhere in the DrawEnt() function. Any type of help would be greatly appreciated :)

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If I were a drummer I would use a cymbal.
If I were a writer I would use a pencil.
I would use my voice if I were a singer.
No matter who or what we are we must praise.

[This message has been edited by brandon (edited May 07, 2005).]

[This message has been edited by brandon (edited May 09, 2005).]

This might sound dumb, but should I base it off of quads or tri's? I think that .obj uses both... but I'm not sure how using one or the other is better... anyways, I'm working on the mesh\entity class today... so I hope I'll have it where you can at least create your custom meshes using the function calls before the day is done... k, enough babbling... now.. back to work

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If I were a drummer I would use a cymbal.
If I were a writer I would use a pencil.
I would use my voice if I were a singer.
No matter who or what we are we must praise.

[This message has been edited by brandon (edited May 10, 2005).]

Yeah, I think I'll go with the tris instead. I've gotten textures loading, but still using the basic hardcoded style of rendering. I'm currently devising a set of classes for my mesh\entity system.

I think the part that will give me the most problems right now is thinking on how I'll use the display lists when loading the meshes. Does anyone know of any alternative to using display lists? But one that is just as fast or faster? It's cool if not, I might use display lists anyway. I guess I was just wandering if it was the normal way of doing it.

Okay, as for my mesh class I have some idea as to what I want to do. Here are some what I think that I'll need for basic mesh stuff (NOTE: this isn't final code just an overview, I'll probably add this into structs or classes once I get it all planned out right) :

int vertCount; //Total number of vertices for the model vec *vertNorms; //Normal vector for each vertex vec *vertPos; //Position of each vertex vec *vertColor; //Color of each vertex GLuint displayList; //display list storage variable

Also, ... I don't know but pointers might not be the best way to store the data for the vertNorms, vertPos, and vertColor, could get messy, but we'll see =) I'm also thinking that the display list storage variable should be a dynamic global variable instead. Sheesh... OpenGL engine programing really makes you think more than using DX enging programming does! No .X file loader!

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If I were a drummer I would use a cymbal.
If I were a writer I would use a pencil.
I would use my voice if I were a singer.
No matter who or what we are we must praise.

Triangle strips would be the fastest way to load and render a model. They also take up less hard drive space.
As for display lists, they are nice for prototyping code but you really should use vertex arrays. They are MUCH faster at rendering your model data.

Hope this helps you and Good Luck!

[This message has been edited by HeardTheWord (edited May 11, 2005).]

I haven't had time to do much within the past 24 hours! Hopefully I can get back on track later today. Anyways, I'd better get fonts working next chance that I get so I can at least show data on screen. Oh, and linked lists before I code the entity class.

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If I were a drummer I would use a cymbal.
If I were a writer I would use a pencil.
I would use my voice if I were a singer.
No matter who or what we are we must praise.