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Author: TheTutor

Flexible vertex formats (FVF) on Direct3D are a good way to make custom vertex formats for displaying data. However, FVF only affords so much flexibility. For complete flexibility you have to use vertex streams. By using vertex streams you can create your own custom vertex format which can contain any data, in any order, you choose. This tutorial shows how to utilize Direct3D vertex elements and vertex declarations to make truly flexible vertex formats.

Functions/Methods Used: Direct3DCreate9(), D3DXCreateTextureFromFile(), memcpy(), assert()

IDirect3D9:: CreateDevice(), Release()

IDirect3DDevice9:: BeginScene(), EndScene(), CreateVertexBuffer(), CreateIndexBuffer(), CreateVertexDeclaration(), SetFVF(), SetTexture(), SetSamplerState(), SetVertexDeclaration(), SetStreamSource(), SetIndices(), DrawIndexedPrimitive(), Clear(), Release()

IDirect3DVertexBuffer9:: Lock(), Unlock(), Release()

IDirect3DIndexBuffer9:: Lock(), Unlock(), Release()

IDirect3DVertexDeclaration9:: Release()