Questions tagged [directxmath]
DirectXMath API provides common linear algebra and graphics math operations to DirectX applications
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How does planar shadow projection interact with perspective projection?
This question is about planar shadows as explained in Frank Luna's DX11 book. The author presents the 4x4 shadow matrix, whose bottom right element is n\$\cdot\$L (where n is the plane's normal and L ...
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What is wrong with my terrain lighting?
I've just implemented a simple algorithm to calculate terrain vertex normals and I'm using diffuse and ambient light currently, but for some reason the squares that make up my terrain are visible when ...
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XMMATRIX performance
Dears,
I am facing a performance problem when I try to access cell 42 and 43 in XMMATRIX define in DirectXMath.h. The frames dropped by 100 FPS.
Here is my code:
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2d Scale width and height based on distance
I'm drawing a health bar on top of each player. I transform 3d position to 2d. I would like to draw it smaller when distance increases. Any simple math for that? Let's say bar width is 30 and height ...
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how to debug calculating tangent space
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there's problem calculating tangent space and look....
it seems there is no problem with UV code and my shader is 100% no problem. I just copy and pasted tutorial code which works well..
I ...
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Is there something similar to XMFLOAT2 that has its operators overloaded?
Since XMFLOAT2 is just a structure, I'm sure it does not have operator overloading which is what I need to make things a lot simpler. Is there something like ...
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Difference between column- and row vector matrix multiplication (vector transform)
Let's say we have a 4-by-4 matrix \$A\$ which represents some transformation.
We can use this matrix to transform a vector in two ways.
\$Ax\$ by assuming \$x\$ is a 4-by-1 column vector.
\$xA\$ by ...
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How to rotate camera using mouse?
I'm looking for a basic example of rotating camera using the mouse. the only problem is I'm not sure of how to rotating the camera around it target. should i do this by an algorithm or is there a ...
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Simulating aircraft movement with DirectX 9 [closed]
How would I go about simulating a planes movement in DirectX 9 using transforms (i.e. matrices).
For example flying around an open space. When it moves it faces the direction it is going and ...
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Can I use memcpy() with XMMATRIX?
I.e. can I do this:
XMMATRIX dxMat;
Matrix myMat;
std::memcpy(&myMat, &dxMat, sizeof(XMMATRIX));
std::memcpy(&dxMat, &myMat, sizeof(XMMATRIX));
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