Z Buffer Problems

Someone please? I need this one.

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Captured Reality

You should email nes8bit, he probably knows. Just kidding, is this OpenGL or Direct 3D??? Give some code that you are using.

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Direct3D

Not much to the code. It''s just setting the renderstate.

If UseZBuffer Then Direct3DDevice.SetRenderstate D3DRENDERSTATE_ZWRITEENABLE, True

''// Draw Particles Here

If UseZBuffer Then Direct3DDevice.SetRenderstate D3DRENDERSTATE_ZWRITEENABLE, False

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Captured Reality

Does pd3dDev->Clear() return ok, or does it by chance give "no z-buffer present"? (And do the z-write render state changes return ok?) What do you mean the z-buff "doesn''t go back to normal"?

I never looked into that.

After I set the renderstate to no writing to the zbuffer, it doesn''t want to go back. I''m wondering if I have to do something when I create the zbuffer surface or if it''s simply a driver problem. I will look into the zbuffer clears when I get back to my computer.

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Captured Reality

Thanks guys for trying to help, but I found out it was a driver problem. I''m still not sure if its a driver problem, but I fixed it. If you ever get this problem, follow the pseudo code.

int i;

i = D3DDev.GetRenderstate(D3DRENDERSTATE_ZWRITEENABLE)
D3DDev.SetRenderstate(D3DRENDERSTATE_ZWRITEENABLE,False)

// Do particle effects here

D3DDev.SetRenderstate(D3DRENDERSTATE_ZWRITEENABLE,i)

it''s a very simple solution



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Captured Reality

Uh, nes, that doesn''t look like a driver issue. It''s more of a logic one .

See this:

quote:

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If UseZBuffer Then Direct3DDevice.SetRenderstate D3DRENDERSTATE_ZWRITEENABLE, True

''// Draw Particles Here

If UseZBuffer Then Direct3DDevice.SetRenderstate D3DRENDERSTATE_ZWRITEENABLE, False

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Basically what your doing is turning on the Zwriting when you are drawing the particles, then turning it off as soon as your done. (You need to do the opposite )

So instead, do this:

If UseZBuffer Then Direct3DDevice.SetRenderstate D3DRENDERSTATE_ZWRITEENABLE, False

''// Draw Particles Here

If UseZBuffer Then Direct3DDevice.SetRenderstate D3DRENDERSTATE_ZWRITEENABLE, True 
 

--TheGoop

Oh silly me. I didn''t copy the code directly, but it already looks like that. Thanks anyway.

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