Re: [Nel] Success w/ DirectX 9.0 SDK October 2004

[Andi [ Debug ]]

The issue is not ( how ) to make it compatible i knew how already

it is a matter of nevrax not being ready for this change i asked nicolas 
vizerie already several times
and he said not now :)





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sebastian" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 3:08 PM
Subject: [Nel] Success w/ DirectX 9.0 SDK October 2004


> Hello,
>
> I noticed a few people having problems building NeL with
> DirectX 9.0 SDK October 2004.  Some of my other projects require this
> new update rather than the 2003 one, so I looked into it and was able
> to get this working with a just few simple changes.
>
> Between 2003 and 2004, Microsoft changed ID3DXEffect::Pass to a
> ID3DXEffect::BeginPass/ID3DXEffect::EndPass matching pair.  Apparently
> they thought it was important to allow usage of the Effect::Setx
> methods during a Pass.  The new BeginPass/EndPass methods are
> explained here:
>
> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/directx9_c/directx/graphics/reference/d3dx/interfaces/id3dxeffect/BeginPass.asp>
>
> All this means for us is that we have to change any calls to
> ID3DXEffect::Pass to BeginPass/EndPass pairs.  This occurs in three
> places.  The following simple fixes make NeL compatible with DirectX
> 9.0 SDK October 2004:
>
>
> driver_direct3d.h: Line 1879:
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Change:
>     drvInfo->Effect->Pass (pass);
> To:
>     drvInfo->Effect->BeginPass (pass);
>     drvInfo->Effect->EndPass ();
>
>
> driver_direct3d_shader.cpp: Line 1124:
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Change:
>     si->Effect->Pass(k);
> To:
>     si->Effect->BeginPass(k);
>     si->Effect->EndPass();
>
>
> driver_direct3d_shader.cpp: 1149:
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Change:
>     HRESULT r = si->Effect->Pass(passIndex);
> To:
>     HRESULT r = si->Effect->BeginPass(passIndex);
>     si->Effect->EndPass();
>
>
>
> Let me know if this works or doesn't work for you.
>
> -Sebastian
>
>
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