CreateImageSurface vs RenderTarget

Hi - have you considered using Direct3DTexture8.GetSurfaceLevel to access the surface (or surfaces) associated with a texture? You can this lock this surface and access its pixels.

Hope this helps-

BM

No I didn''t. Thanks

But I have several problems with this GetSurfaceLevel.
I want to do RenderToTexture in a different part of my app also.

Are there any good tutorials ?
Are there any boobytraps to watch for when setting the renderstages !?

Regards,
Tim

I struggled a bit with this too when working in C#/Dx9. For that case here is how you can create a texture and get direct access to the bits. I am currently using it for real-time light maps.

m_txrLightMapTexture = new Texture(m_d3dDevice, 256, 256, 1, 0, Format.A8R8G8B8, Pool.Managed);

uint[,] lm = (uint[,])m_txrLightMapTexture.LockRectangle(typeof(uint), 0, 0, 256, 256);

twiddle bits...

m_txrLightMapTexture.UnlockRectange(0);

This can be sped up I heard by changing to a 1d array, or using unsafe code and pointers.

Thanks,
I see it can be done in an easy way by locking the surface.

Regards,
Tim