Preliminary Draft
2006.36
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| Pipeline Poster (8.1 and 9.0) | |||||||||
| Front Matter & Table of Contents | |||||||||
| Part I: Preliminaries | |||||||||
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| 01 Introduction | 1.1 Overview, 1.2 Display Technology, 1.3 Gamma Correction, 1.4 Color, 1.5 Basic Mathematics, 1.6 Homogeneous Coordinates, 1.7 Vectors, 1.8 Coordinate Systems, 1.9 Matrices, 1.10 Aliasing, 1.11 Style Conventions, 1.12 COM Objects, 1.13 Code Techniques, 1.14 Previous Versions of Direct3D, 1.15 Further Reading | ||||||||
| 02 Direct3D | 2.1 Overview, 2.2 A Minimal Direct3D Application, 2.3 Direct3D Architecture, 2.4 Direct3D HRESULTs, 2.5 Windowed and Exclusive mode, 2.6 Device Types, 2.7 Resources, 2.8 IDirect3D9, 2.9 Selecting a Device, 2.10 Determining Available Resource Memory, 2.11 Device Capabilities, 2.12 Identifying a Particular Device, 2.13 Creating the Device, 2.14 Multiple Monitors, 2.15 Adapter Group Devices | ||||||||
| 03 Direct3D Devices | 3.1 Overview, 3.2 IDirect3DDevice9, 3.3 Capabilities, 3.4 Resources, 3.5 IDirect3DResource9, 3.6 Destroying a Device, 3.7 Miscellaneous Properties, 3.8 Device Queries, 3.9 Device States, 3.10 Device State Blocks, 3.11 Pure Devices | ||||||||
| 04 2D Applications | 4.1 Overview, 4.2 Pixel Surfaces, 4.3 Accessing Surface Pixel Data, 4.4 Using GDI On A Surface, 4.5 Swap Chains, 4.6 Presentation, 4.7 Lost Devices and Reset, 4.8 Video Scan Out, 4.9 2D Pixel Copies, 4.10 Filling Rectangles, 4.11 Window Messages, 4.12 rt_2DApp Sample Application | ||||||||
| Part II: Geometry Processing | |||||||||
| 05 Modeling | 5.1 Overview, 5.2 Modeling Scenes, 5.3 Visibility, 5.4 Render Targets, 5.5 Primitive Types, 5.6 Vertex Data, 5.7 Flexible Vertex Formats, 5.8 Vertex Declarations, 5.9 Vertex Buffers, 5.10 Indexed Primitives, 5.11 The Vertex Shader, 5.12 Drawing Primitives, 5.13 Vertex Data Streams, 5.14 Capabilities for Vertex Assembly, 5.15 Enhanced Primitives, 5.16 Higher Order Surfaces, 5.17 Object Approximations, 5.18 Further Reading | ||||||||
| 06 Vertex Transformations | 6.1 Overview, 6.2 Vertex Processing, 6.3 Transformation Matrices, 6.4 Order of Transformations, 6.5 World Transformation, 6.6 Transformation Hierarchy, 6.7 Vertex Blending, 6.8 Vertex Fog, 6.9 Face Culling, 6.10 Clipping, 6.11 Screen Space and the Viewport, 6.12 rt_VertexBlend Sample Application, 6.13 Further Reading | ||||||||
| 07 Viewing and Projection | 7.1 Overview, 7.2 Viewing Through a Virtual Camera, 7.3 Planar Geometric Projections, 7.4 Projection Transformation, 7.5 Further Reading, 7.6 rt_Views Sample Application | ||||||||
| 08 Lighting and Materials | 8.1 Overview, 8.2 Transformed Vertices, 8.3 Lighting Calculations, 8.4 Surface Material Properties, 8.5 Light Sources, 8.6 The Illumination Model, 8.7 rt_Lighting Sample Application | ||||||||
| 09 Vertex Shaders | 9.1 Overview, 9.2 Vertex Shader Architecture, 9.3 Vertex Shader 1.1 Architecture, 9.4 Vertex Shader 2.0 Architecture, 9.5 Vertex Shader 3.0 Architecture, 9.7 Shader Instruction Syntax, 9.8 Software Vertex Processing, 9.10 Vertex Shader 1.1 Instructions, 9.11 Vertex Shader 2.0 Instructions, 9.12 Vertex Shader 2.x Instructions, 9.13 Vertex Shader 3.0 Instructions, 9.14 Manipulating Shaders, 9.15 Drawing Multiple Instances, 9.16 Shader Design, 9.17 Common Computations, 9.18 Fixed-Function Processing, 9.19 Beyond Fixed-Function Processing, 9.20 rt_VertexShader Sample Application, 9.21 Vertex Shader SDK Samples | ||||||||
| Updated for DirectX 9.0c Awaiting Update | |||||||||
| Part III: Pixel Processing | |||||||||
| 10 Rasterization and Shading | 10.1 Overview, 10.2 Shading and Filling, 10.3 Scanline Rendering, 10.4 Source Pixel Generation, 10.5 Source Pixel Data, 10.6 rt_Rasterize Sample Application | ||||||||
| 11 Basic Texturing | 11.1 Overview, 11.2 Direct3D Multitexture Architecture, 11.3 Texture Resources, 11.4 Texture Formats, 11.5 Texture Coordinate Processing, 11.6 Texture Sampling, 11.7 Texture Stage Processing, 11.8 Examples, 11.9 Specular Addition, 11.10 Textured Primitives, 11.11 Further Reading, 11.12 Sample Applications | ||||||||
| 12. Advanced Texturing | 12.1 Overview, 12.2 Multiple Texture Stages, 12.3 Environment Mapping, 12.4 Bump Mapping Techniques, 12.5 Texturing Sample Applications | ||||||||
| 13 Pixel Shaders | 13.1 Overview, 13.2 Pixel Shader Architecture, 13.3 Pixel Shader Architecture Versions, 13.4 Instruction Set, 13.5 PS 2.0 Instructions, 13.6 PS 2.x Instructions, 13.7 PS 3.0 Instructions, 13.8 Manipulating Pixel Shaders, 13.9 Texture Stage States, 13.10 Examples, 13.11 Debugging a Pixel Shader | ||||||||
| 14 Frame Buffer | 14.1 Overview, 14.2 Fog Blending, 14.3 Alpha Test, 14.4 The Z Buffer and Visibility, 14.5 Stencil Test, 14.6 Alpha Blending, 14.7 Dithering, 14.8 Multisampling, 14.9 Writing to the Render Target, 14.10 rt_FrameBuffer Sample Application | ||||||||
| Part IV: The D3DX Library | |||||||||
| 15 D3DX Utility Library | 15.1 Overview, 15.2 Headers and Libraries, 15.3 Data Types, 15.4 Helper Objects, 15.5 Meshes, 15.6 Resources, 15.7 Resource Image Information, 15.8 Resource Requirements, 15.9 Format Conversion, 15.10 Creating Texture Resources, 15.11 Loading Resources, 15.12 Saving Resources, 15.13 Filling Textures, 15.14 Filtering Textures, 15.15 Creating Normal Maps, 15.16 Miscellaneous, 15.17 Error Handling, 15.18 ID3DXBuffer, 15.19 Vertex Declarations, 15.20 Intersection Testing, 15.21 Shader Assembly, 15.22 Further Reading | ||||||||
| 16 D3DX Concrete Types | 16.1 Overview, 16.2 Colors, 16.3 Vectors, 16.4 Matrices, 16.5 Planes, 16.6 Quaternions | ||||||||
| 17 D3DX Helper Objects | 17.1 Overview, 17.2 Matrix Stacks, 17.3 Fonts, 17.4 Sprites, 17.5 Surface Rendering, 17.6 Environment Map Rendering | ||||||||
| 18. High Level Shaders and Effects | 18.1 Overview, 18.2 Visual Effects, 18.3 Sample Applications | ||||||||
| 19 D3DX Mesh Objects | 19.1 Overview, 19.2 Use of const Qualifiers, 19.3 Triangle Adjacencies, 19.4 Vertex and Triangle Remapping, 19.5 Base Mesh, 19.6 Mesh, 19.7 Progressive Mesh, 19.8 Simplification Mesh, 19.9 Skin Mesh, 19.10 rt_D3DXSphere Sample Application, 19.11 SDK Samples, 19.12 Further Reading | ||||||||
| 20. D3DX Animation Objects | 20.1 Overview | ||||||||
| Part V: The Application | |||||||||
| 21 X Files | 21.1 Overview, 21.1 X File Structure, 21.3 Text Encoding, 21.4 Binary Encoding, 21.5 Predefined Templates, 21.6 Headers, Libraries and Interfaces, 21.7 IDirectXFile, 21.8 IDirectXFileEnumObject, 21.9 IDirectXFileObject, 21.10 IDirectXFileData, 21.11 IDirectXFileBinary, 21.12 IDirectXFileDataReference, 21.13 IDirectXFileSaveObject, 21.14 Reading Scene Data, 21.15 Writing Scene Data, 21.16 Exporting and Conversion, 21.17 Example X Files, 21.18 rt_MakeScene Sample Program | ||||||||
| 22 Debugging | 22.1 Overview, 22.2 Version Control Systems, 22.3 C++ Debugging, 22.4 Debugging Windows Applications, 22.5 Debugging With Visual C++ 6, 22.6 Debugging With Direct3D, 22.7 DirectX Diagnostic Tool, 22.8 DirectX Control Panel Applet, 22.9 Getting Help, 22.10 Filing Bug Reports | ||||||||
| 23. Performance | 23.1 Overview, 23.2 Pipeline Bottlenecks, 23.3 Optimization Techniques, 23.4 Strategies, 23.5 Image Compositing, 23.6 Vertex Buffers, 23.7 Texture Map Size, 23.8 Scalable Shading, 23.9 Model Simplification, 23.10 Alpha Test, 23.11 Stencil Test, 23.12 Z Buffer Test, 23.13 Guard Band Clip | ||||||||
| 24 Installation and Setup | 24.1 Overview, 24.2 Determining the DirectX Version, 24.3 DirectSetup, 24.4 Windows Installer, 24.5 Logo Requirements, 24.6 AutoRun Enabled Installations, 24.7 Testing Installation Programs, 24.8 Sample Program | ||||||||
| Part VI: Appendices | |||||||||
| A. Guided Tour of the SDK | |||||||||
| B. D3DFrame | |||||||||
| C. Shader Tokens | |||||||||
| Index | |||||||||
Change Log
2006.35: No updates to the manuscript. Added a C++ sample project wizard for VS.NET 2003.
2006.35: No updates to the manuscript. Updated the sample code to remove "experimental" projects that aren't up to the level of being a sample. Split the C++ and .NET code into separate installers. Fixed some defects in the DirectX installer.
2006.33: Significant updates to sample code and its installer were made. The installer upgrades from drop 2006.30 and can update the DirectX runtime components from the internet. All samples should now compile without errors (although still a few warnings) and are released "as is". The samples have not been thoroughly tested. If you installed drop 2006.30, it should be upgraded to drop 2006.33 automatically during the installation process. Minor corrections made throughout the manuscript based on reader feedback.
2006.30: Significant updates to Chapter 9, corrections and enhancements throughout the remainder of the manuscript. Samples packaged as an installer.
2006.25: Initial drop.
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