Our Games 2 final project, made in C++ with Direct3D 10 and using resources from Frank Luna's Introduction to 3D Game Programming with Direct3D 10.0
While in the main menu, hold down the keys D + R + B. This will put the game into Birmingham mode causing the monster to roam around passively and ignore the player.
To be able to build the project in Visual Studio 2019, the legacy DirectX 10 SDK is required, alongside the C++ tooling for VS 2019.
Before installing the DirectX SDK ensure that VS is closed. If during the installation it displays an S1023 error for the C++ runtime, you will need to uninstall Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 (x86 & x64) Redistributable then run the installer again.
From here, open the project in VS, and set the mode to Release. The project should now build succesfully.
Geometry.init now has 5 arguments, only the first two of which are required. Here is the new init signature:
init(ID3D10Device* device, std::string objFile, LPCWSTR texFile = L".\\textures\\grey.dds",
bool comp = false, LPCWSTR specFile = L".\\textures\\defaultspec.dds");the first two arguments are the D3D device and the filename of the geometry object file. To test a basic model exported without textures, all that is required is to pass in these two arguments and the model can be used in the game.
LPCWSTR texFile is the new way to set either a texture or a color. It is defaulted to a plain white color if you just want to init the object and run.
if you want to do a basic color you now need to have that color saved as a .dds file.
This is easily done using Paint.Net, just create a 256x256 image (it can probably be smaller, I just chose the default), fill it with your color, and save it as a .dds in the 'textures' folder.
Then pass it in as L".\\textures\\yourcolor.dds". Make sure to have the L before the string.
bool comp signals whether or not the model is completed. A model is imcomplete if it was not exported with textures.
This is necessary because when no textures are exported the faces are are written as f 1//1 instead of f 1/1/1,
which will screw up any untextured models. By setting it to false it compensates for the // and
adds false texture coordinates instead. Thus an incomplete model would look like this:
mBox.init(md3dDevice, L".\\geometry\\cardboardBox.geo", L".\\textures\\cardboardcolor.dds");Now, if your model is complete, IE you have a texture that correctly wraps the model and exported the texture coordinates with the model, then you simply pass the full texture and 'true' to comp, like this:
mCube.init(md3dDevice, L".\\geometry\\cube.geo", L".\\textures\\metal.dds", true);If you have a specular map for the model, you can include the file location after the bool. Leaving this empty will default to a blank specular map. Example:
mBook.init(md3dDevice, L".\\geometry\\book2.geo",L".\\textures\\book_tex.dds", true,
L".\\textures\\book_spec.dds");- Check the model
- Is the string using the right name?
- Is the file in the correct folder?
- Did you export the model using only triangulate faces, normals, and UV coordinates?
- Check texture
- Did you unpack the model from the .blend?
- Did make sure to change the extension to .dds?
- Complete model bool
- If your blender model was exported with textures, make sure to set this value to true.