Question about initialization in GameCode4

ReqPro · Jan 31st 2014, 4:27am

Hi everyone,

I was hoping someone could shed some light on a question I have.

I was going through the newest code from the repository and something struck me that doesn't seem to be explained in the book or anywhere else that I could find, for that matter.

Why is sdkmesh files only preloaded if the engine is in DirectX 11 mode? I've been scouring the web to find a reason as to why you'd only preload in DX11 and not in DX9, but I haven't found any that makes sense to me.

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if ( GameCodeApp::GetRendererImpl() == GameCodeApp::Renderer_D3D11 )
m_ResCache->Preload("*.sdkmesh", NULL);

Now I'm hoping one of you could shed some light on this mystery

Thanks in advance and thanks Mr.Mike and Rez for an incredible book!

mholley519 · Jan 31st 2014, 9:57am

.sdkmesh is not supported by D3D9 I guess, this is what it says in Mesh.cpp line #71

ReqPro · Jan 31st 2014, 10:11am

Well duh - I don't feel stupid at all now.

Makes perfect sense since dx9 used the .x format instead.

I can't believe that didn't occur to me - i guess it's something like not being able to spot the forest in all the trees... How embarrassing - thanks a lot, mholley

mholley519 · Jan 31st 2014, 12:08pm

No problem, and welcome to the forums, it has been slow around here lately, but feel free to ask questions as I frequent the boards still.

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