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Started by Dovyman Apr 19, 2003 at 10:40 AM 9 replies 450+ views
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Dovyman
Dovyman
When I''m rotating a model i frequently get patches that become unlit near the edges of faces, they either turn white or black depending on the angle. I''m wondering what the source of this problem is, is it lighting or something? or did I not calculate the normals of the faces right?
Dovyman
Dovyman
*bump*



These are the problems I'm talking about, those white patches, as it rotates, they turn black, and then white again. Anybody have any idea what my problem is?


[edited by - dovyman on April 19, 2003 4:39:10 PM]
aker_jus
aker_jus
MIP.. lol

Turn off specular highlights. SetRenderState(D3DRS_SPECULARENABLE, FALSE);
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Jimfing
Jimfing
To be more precise. Your specular level is set too high. Forgot what the code is in OpenGL. Shouldn''t be too hard to find.
Dovyman
Dovyman
Thanks for the suggestion, first off I have no idea what a MIP map is.. so I'm going to venture a guess that that isn't the problem. And I turned off specular highlights, but the problem didn't go away. Also I should mention I'm using DirectX9 Any other ideas?

[edited by - dovyman on April 19, 2003 7:59:18 PM]
aker_jus
aker_jus
Didn''t? Hm... Let us see the way you create your texture.
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aker_jus
aker_jus
By the way, make sure that SetTextureStageState: D3DTSS_TEXTURETRANSFORMFLAGS is set to DISABLE.
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Dovyman
Dovyman

  
void cModel::FillBuffers(IDirect3DDevice9 *lpDevice)
{
cGeometry *tempMesh; //holds the current mesh info

tempMesh = new cGeometry; //alocate the temp mesh

tempMesh = HeadMesh;
bool IsDone = false;

//loop through all meshs and set their vertex buffers, index buffers, and materials

while(IsDone == false)
{
if(tempMesh->dwNumVerts == 0)
{
IsDone = true;
break;
}

if(UseD3DLighting == true)
ComputeMeshNormals(tempMesh->MeshVerts, tempMesh->MeshIndices, tempMesh->dwNumVerts, (tempMesh->dwNumFaces * 3)); //compute the mesh normals so that we can apply lighting


//create a new vertex buffer

if(UseD3DLighting == true)
lpDevice->CreateVertexBuffer((tempMesh->dwNumVerts * sizeof(VERTEX)), D3DUSAGE_WRITEONLY, D3DFVF_XYZ | D3DFVF_NORMAL | D3DFVF_TEX1, D3DPOOL_DEFAULT, &tempMesh->lpMeshVB, NULL);
else
lpDevice->CreateVertexBuffer((tempMesh->dwNumVerts * sizeof(VERTEX)), D3DUSAGE_WRITEONLY, D3DFVF_XYZ | D3DFVF_DIFFUSE | D3DFVF_TEX1, D3DPOOL_DEFAULT, &tempMesh->lpMeshVB, NULL);

//assign the meshs material to it

if(HeadMat != NULL)
{
cShader *tempMat;
tempMat = HeadMat;

//search for the mesh's material

for(DWORD i = 0; i < dwNumMats; i++)
{
if(strcmp(tempMesh->matName, tempMat->mName) != 0)
{
if(tempMat->Next != NULL)
tempMat = tempMat->Next;
}
else
break;
}

//if the meshs material has a texture map, load it

if(tempMat->HasTextureMap == true)
{
if(tempMat->tFileName != NULL)
{
D3DXCreateTextureFromFile(lpDevice, tempMat->tFileName, &tempMesh->lpTexture);
}
}

if(UseD3DLighting == true)
{
//if the mesh's material has material values, set them onto its d3dmaterial

if(tempMat->HasMaterial == true)
{
ZeroMemory(&tempMesh->lpMat, sizeof(D3DMATERIAL9));
tempMesh->lpMat.Ambient.r = tempMat->AmbR;
tempMesh->lpMat.Ambient.g = tempMat->AmbG;
tempMesh->lpMat.Ambient.b = tempMat->AmbB;
tempMesh->lpMat.Ambient.a = 1.0f;

tempMesh->lpMat.Diffuse.r = tempMat->DifR;
tempMesh->lpMat.Diffuse.g = tempMat->DifG;
tempMesh->lpMat.Diffuse.b = tempMat->DifB;
tempMesh->lpMat.Diffuse.a = 1.0f;

tempMesh->lpMat.Specular.r = tempMat->SpcR;
tempMesh->lpMat.Specular.g = tempMat->SpcG;
tempMesh->lpMat.Specular.b = tempMat->SpcB;
tempMesh->lpMat.Diffuse.a = 1.0f;

tempMesh->lpMat.Power = 50.0f;


tempMat = NULL;

}
//if not set a default material value(white)

else
{
ZeroMemory(&tempMesh->lpMat, sizeof(D3DMATERIAL9));
tempMesh->lpMat.Ambient.r = 1.0f;
tempMesh->lpMat.Ambient.g = 1.0f;
tempMesh->lpMat.Ambient.b = 1.0f;
tempMesh->lpMat.Ambient.a = 1.0f;

tempMesh->lpMat.Diffuse.r = 1.0f;
tempMesh->lpMat.Diffuse.g = 1.0f;
tempMesh->lpMat.Diffuse.b = 1.0f;
tempMesh->lpMat.Diffuse.a = 1.0f;

tempMesh->lpMat.Specular.r = 1.0f;
tempMesh->lpMat.Specular.g = 1.0f;
tempMesh->lpMat.Specular.b = 1.0f;
tempMesh->lpMat.Diffuse.a = 1.0f;

tempMesh->lpMat.Power = 50.0f;

} //use the defualt white material

}
else
{
for(DWORD i = 0; i < tempMesh->dwNumVerts; i++)
{
tempMesh->LMeshVerts[i].dwColor = tempMat->dwColor;
}
}
}


if(UseD3DLighting == true)
{
VERTEX *v; //temp vertex

//put the mesh vertex info into its vertex buffer

tempMesh->lpMeshVB->Lock(0, 0, (VOID**)&v, 0);
for(DWORD i = 0; i < tempMesh->dwNumVerts; i++)
{

v[i].x = tempMesh->MeshVerts[i].x;
v[i].y = tempMesh->MeshVerts[i].y;
v[i].z = tempMesh->MeshVerts[i].z;

v[i].nx = tempMesh->MeshVerts[i].nx;
v[i].ny = tempMesh->MeshVerts[i].ny;
v[i].nz = tempMesh->MeshVerts[i].nz;

v[i].tu = tempMesh->MeshVerts[i].tu;
v[i].tv = tempMesh->MeshVerts[i].tv;
}
tempMesh->lpMeshVB->Unlock();
}

else
{
LVERTEX *lv; //temp vertex

//put the mesh vertex info into its vertex buffer

//NOTE: CHANGED WHILE CONVERTING TO DX9

tempMesh->lpMeshVB->Lock(0, 0, (VOID**)&lv, 0);
for(DWORD i = 0; i < tempMesh->dwNumVerts; i++)
{

lv[i].x = tempMesh->LMeshVerts[i].x;
lv[i].y = tempMesh->LMeshVerts[i].y;
lv[i].z = tempMesh->LMeshVerts[i].z;

lv[i].dwColor = tempMesh->LMeshVerts[i].dwColor;

lv[i].tu = tempMesh->LMeshVerts[i].tu;
lv[i].tv = tempMesh->LMeshVerts[i].tv;
}
tempMesh->lpMeshVB->Unlock();
}

//now put all the meshs indices into its vertex buffer

if(tempMesh->dwNumFaces > 0)
{
//NOTE: CHANGED WHILE CONVERTING TO DX9

lpDevice->CreateIndexBuffer((tempMesh->dwNumFaces * 3) * sizeof(WORD), D3DUSAGE_WRITEONLY, D3DFMT_INDEX16, D3DPOOL_DEFAULT, &tempMesh->lpMeshIB, NULL);
WORD *idx;
//NOTE: CHANGED WHILE CONVERTING TO DX9

tempMesh->lpMeshIB->Lock(0, 0, (VOID**)&idx, 0);
for(DWORD i = 0; i < (tempMesh->dwNumFaces * 3); i++)
{
idx[i] = tempMesh->MeshIndices[i];
}
tempMesh->lpMeshIB->Unlock();
}

//delete all the verts and indices since we dont need them anymore

tempMesh->MeshVerts = NULL;
tempMesh->LMeshVerts = NULL;
tempMesh->MeshIndices = NULL;


if(tempMesh->Next == NULL)
{
IsDone = true;
break;
}
else
{
tempMesh = tempMesh->Next;
}
}
}



[edited by - dovyman on April 20, 2003 8:22:04 AM]
aker_jus
aker_jus
I cant see the D3DXCreateTextureFromFile call, post that too. Its probably tehre the problem.
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Dovyman
Dovyman
Its there, heres it by itself

    
//if the meshs material has a texture map, load it

if(tempMat->HasTextureMap == true)
{
if(tempMat->tFileName != NULL) { D3DXCreateTextureFromFile(lpDevice, tempMat->tFileName, &tempMesh->lpTexture); } }




[edited by - dovyman on April 20, 2003 4:06:00 PM]

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