Direct3D Help:

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The following are referenced to Direct X C++ documentation: under:

DirectX Software Development Kit ->

DirectX Graphics->

Direct3D 9->

1. Getting started with Direct 3D9

2. Drawing primitives with Direct3D.

3. Working with Direct3D matrix processors.

4. Working with Direct3D matrix stack.

5. Working with Direct3D Textures.

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1. Getting Started with Direct 3D

• Programming Guide ->
  Getting Started ->
  Direct3D Architecture ->
  - Read this article
  
  

• Tutorials and Samples ->
  Tutorials ->
  Direct3D Tutorials ->
  - Tutorial 1: Creating a Device
  - Tutorial 2: Rendering Vertices

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2. Drawing with Direct3D:

• D3D Rendering Architecture
  Programming Guide ->
  Getting Started ->
  Direct3D Rendering->

Rendering Primitives->

Read all in this subsection

• D3D Drawing Primitives

Programming Guide ->
Getting Started ->
Direct3D Devices->

Primitives ->

Read all in this subsection

• D3D Primitives Attributes

References ->
Direct3D Reference ->

Enumerations->

D3DRENDERSTATETYPE

D3DRS_SHADEMODE

D3DRS_FILLMODE

D3DRS_POINTSIZE

Function: pd3dDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_InterestedState, (DWORD *)&StateValue);

D3DPRIMITIVETYPE

D3DFILLMODE

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3. D3D Matrix Processors:

· Programming Guide ->
Getting Started->
Transforms->
- Read all in this subsection

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4. D3D Matrix Stack Support

• Programming Guide ->
  Advanced Topics ->
  Vertex Pipeline ->
  Matrix Stacks->
  - Read all in this subsection

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5. D3D Texturing Support

• Getting Started ->
  Direct3D Textures ->
  Basic Texturing Concept->
  - Read the main section, you do not need to read the subsections

Texture Coordinates->
- Read the main section, you do not need to read the subsections

Texture Resources->
Texture Blending->
- Read all the subsections