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TargetMap seems to be empty #422853
05/18/13 20:33 05/18/13 20:33

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The model is skinned and texture-coordinates are valid between 0 and 1. If i change in ps to

Code:

Color =  Color = float4(input.TexCoords.x,input.TexCoords.y,1,1);

i get a green/red ball. that means the texcoords are as they should be. but the tex2D returns always black.

without vertexshader it works as expected. but why? what i´m doing wrong?

Code:

#include <acknex.h>
#include <default.c>

ENTITY* eEarth;
MATERIAL* matEarth = {
	effect="Earth.fx";
}

...

void main() {
	level_load("");
	wait(2);
	
	
	eEarth = ent_create("Earth.mdl",vector(0,0,0),planet);
	eEarth.material = matEarth;
	
	
	vec_set(camera.x,vector(-7500,0,2500));
	
	camera.tilt=-20;
}

Code:

sampler2D smpScreen = sampler_state
{
	Texture = <TargetMap>;
	
	MinFilter	= linear;
	MagFilter	= linear;
	MipFilter	= linear;
	
	AddressU		= Wrap;
	AddressV		= Wrap;
};
 
 struct Out
 {
    float4 Position : POSITION;
     float4 Normal : TEXCOORD1;
     float2 TexCoords : TEXCOORD0;
 };
 
 Out vs (float4 pos : POSITION, float4 n : NORMAL, float2 tex : TEXCOORD0)
 {
 	Out output;
 	output.Position =mul(pos,matWorldViewProj);
 	output.TexCoords = tex;
 	output.Normal = n;
 	
 	return output;
 }

float4 ps(Out input) : COLOR
{
  	float4 Color;

  	Color =  tex2D(smpScreen,input.TexCoords);
  	
  	return Color;
}





technique tech_00
{
	pass pass_00
	{
		VertexShader = compile vs_3_0 vs();
		PixelShader = compile ps_3_0 ps();
	}
}

Re: TargetMap seems to be empty [Re: InfinitlyMe] #422854 05/18/13 20:44 05/18/13 20:44
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,861 Kiel (Germany) Superku Senior Expert
Superku Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,861 Kiel (Germany)	If I'm not mistaken TargetMap is a pointer that points to the render target of the previous stage in a view chain and is not suitable for object shaders. You are looking for entSkin1 (see manual). "Falls das Resultat nicht einfach nur dermassen gut aussieht, sollten Sie nochmal von vorn anfangen..." - Manual Check out my new game: Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends

Re: TargetMap seems to be empty [Re: Superku] #422886
05/19/13 17:31 05/19/13 17:31

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Oh, thank you very much. I saw Slins Shader Tutorial and he uses everytime TargetMap. But he also wrote Postprocessing-Shaders.

May i annoy with another issue? I solved, thanks to you, my problem with the object-shader, but now i try a postprocessing effect. i wrote this:

Code:

texture TargetMap;

sampler2D smpScreen = sampler_state
{
	Texture = <TargetMap>;
	
	MinFilter	= linear;
	MagFilter	= linear;
	MipFilter	= linear;
	
	AddressU		= Wrap;
	AddressV		= Wrap;
};

float4 Shader(float2 tex : TEXCOORD0) : COLOR
{
  	float4 Color=tex2D(smpScreen, tex);
  	return Color;
}



technique tech_00
{
	pass pass_00
	{
		VertexShader = null;
		PixelShader = compile ps_3_0 Shader();
	}
}

and added the effect with PP_Add (part of Slins PP_Helper.c)

Code:

MATERIAL* matBlur = {
	effect="blur.fx";
}

void main() {
...

PP_Add(matBlur,camera,NULL);
...
}

The result is that the TargetMap seems to remember the drawing of previous frames:

What is wrong (the planet and its moon moves around the sun; all of them have earth-skin yet)? I just want to have the rendered camera screen in this postprocessing shader. why it is not cleared after the last rendering?

ps: here is PP_Add, if you need it:

Code:

VIEW* PP_Add(MATERIAL* Material,VIEW* View,BMAP* bmap)
{
	//find the last view of "View"s effectchain and store its pointer
	PP_Temp_View = View;
	while(PP_Temp_View.stage != NULL)
	{
		PP_Temp_View = PP_Temp_View.stage;
	}
	
	//create a new view as the stored views stage
	PP_Temp_View.stage = view_create(0);
	set(PP_Temp_View.stage,PROCESS_TARGET);
	
	//assign "Material" to the just created view
	PP_Temp_View = PP_Temp_View.stage;
	PP_Temp_View.material = Material;
	
	//if a bmap is given, render the view into it
	if(bmap != NULL)
	{
		PP_Temp_View.bmap = bmap;
	}
	
	//return the pointer to the new view
	return(PP_Temp_View);
}

Re: TargetMap seems to be empty [Re: InfinitlyMe] #422890 05/19/13 17:57 05/19/13 17:57
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,861 Kiel (Germany) Superku Senior Expert
Superku Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,861 Kiel (Germany)	Have you set the sky_color to 0 (,0,0)? Then the background won't be cleared and the result will be what is visible in your screenshot. Set it to COLOR_BLACK (1,1,1) instead. "Falls das Resultat nicht einfach nur dermassen gut aussieht, sollten Sie nochmal von vorn anfangen..." - Manual Check out my new game: Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends

Re: TargetMap seems to be empty [Re: Superku] #422891 05/19/13 18:03 05/19/13 18:03
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InfinitlyMe OP Newbie I Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 14	yes... i did. thank you again

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