I can draw image with alpha channel fine,
but can't modify alpha channel via color parameter.
Tried this:
d3dImage->Begin(D3DXSPRITE_ALPHABLEND|D3DXSPRITE_SORT_DEPTH_BACKTOFRONT|D3DXSPRITE_DO_NOT_ADDREF_TEXTURE);
I'm using sprite to render rectangle and images:
void DrawRect(float x, float y, int width, int height, DWORD color)
{
imgPosition.x = x;
imgPosition.y = y;
imgSize.left = 0;
imgSize.right = width;
imgSize.top = 0;
imgSize.bottom = height;
d3dImage->Draw(texWhite, &imgSize, NULL, &imgPosition, color);
}
Works with 8-bit textures only.
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I'm apply the concept of metaballs to a game I'm making in order to show that the player has selected a few ships, like so http://prntscr.com/klgktf
However, my goal is to keep a constant thickness of this outline, and that's not what I'm getting with the current code.
I'm using a GLSL shader to do this, and I pass to the fragmentation shader a uniform array of positions for the ships (u_metaballs).
Vertex shader:
#version 120
void main() {
gl_Position = gl_ModelViewProjectionMatrix * gl_Vertex;
}
Fragmentation shader:
#version 120
uniform vec2 u_metaballs[128];
void main() {
float intensity = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < 128 && u_metaballs[i].x != 0; i++){
float r = length(u_metaballs[i] - gl_FragCoord.xy);
intensity += 1 / r;
}
gl_FragColor = vec4(0, 0, 0, 0);
if(intensity > .2 && intensity < .21)
gl_FragColor = vec4(.5, 1, .7, .2);
}
I've tried playing around with the intensity ranges, and even changing 1 / r to 10000 / (r ^ 4) which (although it makes no sense) helps a bit, though it does not fix the problem.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
after some more taught it is doable even in single pass ... you just compute the distance to nearest metaball and if less or equal to the boundary thickness render fragment otherwise discard it ... Here example (assuming single quad <-1,+1> is rendered covering whole screen):
Vertex:
// Vertex
varying vec2 pos; // fragment position in world space
void main()
{
pos=gl_Vertex.xy;
gl_Position=ftransform();
}
Fragment:
// Fragment
#version 120
varying vec2 pos;
const float r=0.3; // metabal radius
const float w=0.02; // border line thickness
uniform vec2 u_metaballs[5]=
{
vec2(-0.25,-0.25),
vec2(+0.25,-0.25),
vec2( 0.00,+0.05),
vec2(+0.30,+0.35),
vec2(-1000.1,-1000.1), // end of metaballs
};
void main()
{
int i;
float d;
// d = min distance to any metaball
for (d=r+r+w+w,i=0;u_metaballs[i].x>-1000.0;i++)
d=min(d,length(pos-u_metaballs[i].xy));
// if outside range ignore fragment
if ((d<r)||(d>r+w)) discard;
// otherwise render it
gl_FragColor=vec4(1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0);
}
Preview:
I'm trying to figure out how to change the colors of the three ellipses gravitating around the center ellipse. At the moment they are all red, but I would like to have one be green, one be red, one be yellow for example. Can anyone think of a way to do that?
This is my Processing code:
class OrbitalBody {
float ox, oy, x, y, m, a;
OrbitalBody(float originX, float originY, float startX, float startY, float mass, float speed) {
ox = originX;
oy = originY;
x = startX;
y = startY;
m = mass;
a = speed / 200;
}
void update() {
// creates the orbit;
float nx = (x-ox) * cos(a) - (y-oy) * sin(a),
ny = (x-ox) * sin(a) + (y-oy) * cos(a);
x = nx+ox;
y = ny+oy;
}
void draw() {
// defines the color of the ellipses, now:red;
fill(255,0,0);
ellipse(x,y,m,m);
}
}
ArrayList<OrbitalBody> bodies = new ArrayList<OrbitalBody>();
int mx, my;
void setup() {
size(420, 420);
mx = width/2;
my = height/2;
// distances([3]bodies-(mx,my) is equal. Meaning all three bodies rotate on the same orbit, value now: mx-100;
fill(0,255,0);
bodies.add(new OrbitalBody(mx, my, mx-100, my, 10, 10));
fill(0);
bodies.add(new OrbitalBody(mx, my, mx-100, my, 20, 3));
bodies.add(new OrbitalBody(mx, my, mx-100, my, 5, 13));
ellipseMode(CENTER);
}
void draw() {
// defines background color, now:white;
background(255);
noStroke();
// defines center cercle color value, now:pink;
// second value:alpha channel;
fill(#ec5b94,80);
// mx and my are the coordinates of the center pink cercle;
ellipse(mx,my,50,50);
for(OrbitalBody b: bodies) {
b.update();
b.draw();
}
}
Perhaps you could instantiate each OrbitalBody with a color parameter and then use that parameter in OrbitalBody's draw method.
Basically, the class would look something like:
class OrbitalBody {
float ox, oy, x, y, m, a;
color c;
OrbitalBody(float originX, float originY, float startX, float startY, float mass, float speed, color bodyColor) {
// Do stuff
c = bodyColor;
}
void draw() {
fill(c);
ellipse(x,y,m,m);
}
}
So I'm writing up a processing sketch to test a randomized terrain generator for a scorched earth clone I'm working on. It seems to work as intended but with one minor problem. In the code I generate 800 1 pixel wide rectangles and set the fill to brown beforehand. The combination of the rectangles should be a solid mass with a brown dirt-like color (77,0,0).
However, the combination shows up as black regardless of the rgb fill value set. I think it might have something to do with each rectangle's border being black? Does anyone know what is happening here offhand?
final int w = 800;
final int h = 480;
void setup() {
size(w, h);
fill(0,128,255);
rect(0,0,w,h);
int t[] = terrain(w,h);
fill(77,0,0);
for(int i=0; i < w; i++){
rect(i, h, 1, -1*t[i]);
}
}
void draw() {
}
int[] terrain(int w, int h){
width = w;
height = h;
//min and max bracket the freq's of the sin/cos series
//The higher the max the hillier the environment
int min = 1, max = 6;
//allocating horizon for screen width
int[] horizon = new int[width];
double[] skyline = new double[width];
//ratio of amplitude of screen height to landscape variation
double r = (int) 2.0/5.0;
//number of terms to be used in sine/cosine series
int n = 4;
int[] f = new int[n*2];
//calculating omegas for sine series
for(int i = 0; i < n*2 ; i ++){
f[i] = (int) random(max - min + 1) + min;
}
//amp is the amplitude of the series
int amp = (int) (r*height);
for(int i = 0 ; i < width; i ++){
skyline[i] = 0;
for(int j = 0; j < n; j++){
skyline[i] += ( sin( (f[j]*PI*i/height) ) + cos(f[j+n]*PI*i/height) );
}
skyline[i] *= amp/(n*2);
skyline[i] += (height/2);
skyline[i] = (int)skyline[i];
horizon[i] = (int)skyline[i];
}
return horizon;
}
I think it might have something to do with each rectangle's border being black?
I believe this is the case. In your setup() function, I added the noStroke() function before you draw the rectangles. This removes the black outline to the rectangles. Since each rectangle is only 1 pixel wide, having this black stroke (which is on by default) makes the color of each rectangle black, no matter what color you try to choose before.
Here is an updated setup() function - I now see a reddish brown terrain:
void setup() {
size(w, h);
fill(0, 128, 255);
rect(0, 0, w, h);
int t[] = terrain(w, h);
fill(77, 0, 0);
noStroke(); // here
for (int i=0; i < w; i++) {
rect(i, h, 1, -1*t[i]);
}
}
I'm learning DirectX, using the book "Sherrod A., Jones W. - Beginning DirectX 11 Game Programming - 2011" Now I'm exploring the 4th chapter about drawing text.
Please, help we to fix my function, that I'm using to draw a string on the screen. I've already loaded font texture and in the function I create some sprites with letters and define texture coordinates for them. This compiles correctly, but doesn't draw anything. What's wrong?
bool DirectXSpriteGame :: DrawString(char* StringToDraw, float StartX, float StartY)
{
//VAR
HRESULT D3DResult; //The result of D3D functions
int i; //Counters
const int IndexA = static_cast<char>('A'); //ASCII index of letter A
const int IndexZ = static_cast<char>('Z'); //ASCII index of letter Z
int StringLenth = strlen(StringToDraw); //Lenth of drawing string
float ScreenCharWidth = static_cast<float>(LETTER_WIDTH) / static_cast<float>(SCREEN_WIDTH); //Width of the single char on the screen(in %)
float ScreenCharHeight = static_cast<float>(LETTER_HEIGHT) / static_cast<float>(SCREEN_HEIGHT); //Height of the single char on the screen(in %)
float TexelCharWidth = 1.0f / static_cast<float>(LETTERS_NUM); //Width of the char texel(in the texture %)
float ThisStartX; //The start x of the current letter, drawingh
float ThisStartY; //The start y of the current letter, drawingh
float ThisEndX; //The end x of the current letter, drawing
float ThisEndY; //The end y of the current letter, drawing
int LetterNum; //Letter number in the loaded font
int ThisLetter; //The current letter
D3D11_MAPPED_SUBRESOURCE MapResource; //Map resource
VertexPos* ThisSprite; //Vertecies of the current sprite, drawing
//VAR
//Clamping string, if too long
if(StringLenth > LETTERS_NUM)
{
StringLenth = LETTERS_NUM;
}
//Mapping resource
D3DResult = _DeviceContext -> Map(_vertexBuffer, 0, D3D11_MAP_WRITE_DISCARD, 0, &MapResource);
if(FAILED(D3DResult))
{
throw("Failed to map resource");
}
ThisSprite = (VertexPos*)MapResource.pData;
for(i = 0; i < StringLenth; i++)
{
//Creating geometry for the letter sprite
ThisStartX = StartX + ScreenCharWidth * static_cast<float>(i);
ThisStartY = StartY;
ThisEndX = ThisStartX + ScreenCharWidth;
ThisEndY = StartY + ScreenCharHeight;
ThisSprite[0].Position = XMFLOAT3(ThisEndX, ThisEndY, 1.0f);
ThisSprite[1].Position = XMFLOAT3(ThisEndX, ThisStartY, 1.0f);
ThisSprite[2].Position = XMFLOAT3(ThisStartX, ThisStartY, 1.0f);
ThisSprite[3].Position = XMFLOAT3(ThisStartX, ThisStartY, 1.0f);
ThisSprite[4].Position = XMFLOAT3(ThisStartX, ThisEndY, 1.0f);
ThisSprite[5].Position = XMFLOAT3(ThisEndX, ThisEndY, 1.0f);
ThisLetter = static_cast<char>(StringToDraw[i]);
//Defining the letter place(number) in the font
if(ThisLetter < IndexA || ThisLetter > IndexZ)
{
//Invalid character, the last character in the font, loaded
LetterNum = IndexZ - IndexA + 1;
}
else
{
LetterNum = ThisLetter - IndexA;
}
//Unwraping texture on the geometry
ThisStartX = TexelCharWidth * static_cast<float>(LetterNum);
ThisStartY = 0.0f;
ThisEndY = 1.0f;
ThisEndX = ThisStartX + TexelCharWidth;
ThisSprite[0].TextureCoords = XMFLOAT2(ThisEndX, ThisEndY);
ThisSprite[1].TextureCoords = XMFLOAT2(ThisEndX, ThisStartY);
ThisSprite[2].TextureCoords = XMFLOAT2(ThisStartX, ThisStartY);
ThisSprite[3].TextureCoords = XMFLOAT2(ThisStartX, ThisStartY);
ThisSprite[4].TextureCoords = XMFLOAT2(ThisStartX, ThisEndY);
ThisSprite[5].TextureCoords = XMFLOAT2(ThisEndX, ThisEndY);
ThisSprite += VERTEX_IN_RECT_NUM;
}
for(i = 0; i < StringLenth; i++, ThisSprite -= VERTEX_IN_RECT_NUM);
_DeviceContext -> Unmap(_vertexBuffer, 0);
_DeviceContext -> Draw(VERTEX_IN_RECT_NUM * StringLenth, 0);
return true;
}
Although the piece of code constructing the Vertex Array seems correct to me at first glance, it seems like you are trying to Draw your vertices with a Shader which has not been set yet !
It is difficult to precisely answer you without looking at the whole code, but I can guess that you will need to do something like that :
1) Create Vertex and Pixel Shaders by compiling them first from their respective buffers
2) Create the Input Layout description, which describes the Input Buffers that will be read by the Input Assembler stage. It will have to match your VertexPos structure and your shader structure.
3) Set the Shader parameters.
4) Only now you can Set Shader rendering parameters : Set the InputLayout, as well as the Vertex and Pixel Shaders that will be used to render your triangles by something like :
_DeviceContext -> Unmap(_vertexBuffer, 0);
_DeviceContext->IASetInputLayout(myInputLayout);
_DeviceContext->VSSetShader(myVertexShader, NULL, 0); // Set Vertex shader
_DeviceContext->PSSetShader(myPixelShader, NULL, 0); // Set Pixel shader
_DeviceContext -> Draw(VERTEX_IN_RECT_NUM * StringLenth, 0);
This link should help you achieve what you want to do : http://www.rastertek.com/dx11tut12.html
Also, I recommend you to set an IndexBuffer and to use the method DrawIndexed to render your triangles for performance reasons : It will allow the graphics adapter to store vertices in a vertex cache, allowing recently-used vertex to be fetched from the cache instead of reading it from the vertex buffer.
More about this concern can be found on MSDN : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb147325(v=vs.85).aspx
Hope this helps!
P.S : Also, don't forget to release the resources after using them by calling Release().
XNA doesn't have any methods which support circle drawing.
Normally when I had to draw circle, always with the same color, I just made image with that circle and then I could display it as a sprite.
But now the color of the circle is specified during runtime, any ideas how to deal with that?
You can simply make an image of a circle with a Transparent background and the coloured part of the circle as White. Then, when it comes to drawing the circles in the Draw() method, select the tint as what you want it to be:
Texture2D circle = CreateCircle(100);
// Change Color.Red to the colour you want
spriteBatch.Draw(circle, new Vector2(30, 30), Color.Red);
Just for fun, here is the CreateCircle method:
public Texture2D CreateCircle(int radius)
{
int outerRadius = radius*2 + 2; // So circle doesn't go out of bounds
Texture2D texture = new Texture2D(GraphicsDevice, outerRadius, outerRadius);
Color[] data = new Color[outerRadius * outerRadius];
// Colour the entire texture transparent first.
for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
data[i] = Color.TransparentWhite;
// Work out the minimum step necessary using trigonometry + sine approximation.
double angleStep = 1f/radius;
for (double angle = 0; angle < Math.PI*2; angle += angleStep)
{
// Use the parametric definition of a circle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle#Cartesian_coordinates
int x = (int)Math.Round(radius + radius * Math.Cos(angle));
int y = (int)Math.Round(radius + radius * Math.Sin(angle));
data[y * outerRadius + x + 1] = Color.White;
}
texture.SetData(data);
return texture;
}