🔒 Locked

Line pattern

OpenGL

Started by Powerino73 Jun 16, 2010 at 12:20 AM 4 replies 1k views

Original Post

Powerino73

Jun 16, 2010 at 12:20 AM

Anyone knows how to draw line pattern in directx like OpengL?

Atrix256

120

Atrix256

Jun 16, 2010 at 12:22 AM

by line pattern do you mean stippled lines / dashes and dots and that sort of thing?

If so check this out:

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=309786

Powerino73

Author

Powerino73

Jun 16, 2010 at 12:55 AM

thanks for your reply but the links you suggest isn't so usefull!

Atrix256

120

Atrix256

Jun 16, 2010 at 1:01 AM

Basically they are saying you want to use ID3DXLine to do what you want

heres some details about that guy:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb174016%28VS.85%29.aspx

Powerino73

Author

Powerino73

Jun 16, 2010 at 1:53 AM

i read microsoft documnetation and it says that in directx 9 and above line pattern in no more supported....is it true?

Evil Steve

382

Evil Steve

Jun 16, 2010 at 3:42 AM

Quote:
Original post by Powerino73
i read microsoft documnetation and it says that in directx 9 and above line pattern in no more supported....is it true?

Well I doubt the official documentation is lying [smile]

Yes - that's why ID3DXLine exists - modern hardware deals with triangles, not lines. ID3DXLine emulates lines through triangles for you, which should give you all the features you need.

Topic Locked

This topic has been locked by a moderator. New replies are not allowed.