​Chap 2/100: Detect HW and Initializing DX11
What I will Learn here? ​
We will learn how to detect the HW configuration and start the DX11 Engine
​Note:
As you can see on this image we have the Dx11 Initializated and configured to work with shader v5.0
(main.h) - CHANGES
- Set for Chapter 2
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(system/dx11Class.*) - This is our first simple version.
- We will detect the Card the monitor, the monitor/card refresh rate: getRefreshRate
- Create the Dx 11 device: createSwapChainDX11device
- Get the Shader Version: setBestShaderAvailabel
- We will create 6 Rasterizer State:
m_rasterStateCullBack Hide the back of Poligon, used almost for all.
m_rasterStateCullFront Hide the front of Poligon, for sky boxes for example, once we are inside!
m_rasterStateCullNone Show both faces, for debug proposes and special cases, we will see later.
(Solid and Wired State for all 3)
- Create the Viewport: Define the area that will be rendered in our window
- Create the Depth Stencil "View": The 2D map of our screen that represent the Z coord. of all pixels on screen,
used to decide which pixel should be rendered the closest one, sure!
- Create and set the BackBuffer: 2D memory image that will become a frame in our monitor.
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(system/SystemClass.*) - CHANGES
- DirectX 11 will be initialized for the first time.
- Check the new message on the Title Bar with the version number of your Graphic Card Shader.
- ALT + ENTER : now work as a default behavior on DX 11, we will return to this subject later.
(system/xml_loader.*) - CHANGES​
- Default Dx Settings will be defined here once we don't have yet a xml file.
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​SRC/system/SystemClass.cpp​
​​SRC/system/xml_loader.h​
​SRC/system/xml_loader.cpp​
​​SRC/system/dx11Class.h​​
​SRC/system/dx11Class.cpp​
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​Project Code:
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What's next? ​An engine need an Application frame to render images, let's go!
