Real-Time 3D Rendering with DirectX and HLSL

Dr. Paul Varcholik is a programming instructor at the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA), a graduate degree program in game development at the University of Central Florida. Before coming to FIEA, Paul was a lead software engineer at Electronic Arts, where he worked on video game titles including Madden NFL Football and Superman Returns. A 20-year software industry veteran, he has taught college courses on software and game development since 1998. Paul has written extensively on topics including robotics, 3D user interaction, and multi-touch interfaces. He is author of the OpenGL Essentials LiveLessons video series on graphics development.

Introduction   1
PART I:  AN INTRODUCTION TO 3D RENDERING   5
Chapter 1  Introducing DirectX   7
A Bit of History   8
The Direct3D 11 Graphics Pipeline   9
Summary   21
Chapter 2  A 3D/Math Primer   23
Vectors   24
Matrices   27
Transformations   31
DirectXMath   35
Summary   41
Chapter 3  Tools of the Trade   43
Microsoft Visual Studio   44
NVIDIA FX Composer   47
Visual Studio Graphics Debugger   53
Graphics Debugging Alternatives   55
Summary   56
Exercises   56

PART II:  SHADER AUTHORING WITH HLSL   57
Chapter 4  Hello, Shaders!   59
Your First Shader    60
Hello, Structs!   68
Summary   70
Exercises   71
Chapter 5  Texture Mapping   73
An Introduction to Texture Mapping   74
A Texture Mapping Effect   75
Texture Filtering   81
Texture Addressing Modes   86
Summary   89
Exercises   89
Chapter 6  Lighting Models   91
Ambient Lighting   92
Diffuse Lighting   97
Specular Highlights   105
Summary    114
Exercises   114
Chapter 7  Additional Lighting Models   115
Point Lights   116
Spotlights   124
Multiple Lights   130
Summary   139
Exercises   139
Chapter 8  Gleaming the Cube   141
Texture Cubes   142
Skyboxes   145
Environment Mapping   149
Fog   154
Color Blending   159
Summary   167
Exercises   168
Chapter 9  Normal Mapping and Displacement Mapping   169
Normal Mapping   170
Displacement Mapping   178
Summary   181
Exercises   181

PART III:  RENDERING WITH DIRECTX   183
Chapter 10  Project Setup and Window Initialization   185
A New Beginning   186
Project Setup   186
The Game Loop   195
Window Initialization   199
Summary   204
Exercise   204
Chapter 11  Direct3D Initialization    205
Initializing Direct3D   206
Putting It All Together   219
Summary   232
Exercise   232
Chapter 12  Supporting Systems   233
Game Components   234
Device Input   248
Software Services   265
Summary   268
Exercises   268
Chapter 13  Cameras   269
A Base Camera Component   270
A First-Person Camera   277
Summary   281
Exercise   281
Chapter 14  Hello, Rendering!    283
Your First Full Rendering Application   284
An Indexed Cube   306
Summary   314
Exercises   314
Chapter 15  Models   315
Motivation    316
Model File Formats 316
The Content Pipeline   317
The Open Asset Import Library   317
What’s in a Model?   318
Meshes   320
Model Materials   321
Asset Loading   323
A Model Rendering Demo   331
Texture Mapping   334
Summary   340
Exercises   340
Chapter 16  Materials   341
Motivation    342
The Effect Class   342
The Technique Class   347
The Pass Class   348
The Variable Class   350
The Material Class   352
A Basic Effect Material   357
A Skybox Material   364
Summary   369
Exercises   370
Chapter 17  Lights   371
Motivation    372
Light Data Types   372
A Diffuse Lighting Material   373
A Diffuse Lighting Demo   377
A Point Light Demo   383
A Spotlight Demo   386
Summary   387
Exercises   387

PART IV:  INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL RENDERING TOPICS   389
Chapter 18  Post-Processing   391
Render Targets   392
A Full-Screen Quad Component   396
Color Filtering   401
Gaussian Blurring   410
Bloom   419
Distortion Mapping   425
Summary   433
Exercises   433
Chapter 19  Shadow Mapping   435
Motivation    436
Projective Texture Mapping   436
Shadow Mapping   456
Summary   466
Exercises   467
Chapter 20  Skeletal Animation   469
Hierarchical Transformations   470
Skinning   472
Importing Animated Models    476
Animation Rendering   489
Summary   496
Exercises   496
Chapter 21  Geometry and Tessellation Shaders   497
Motivation: Geometry Shaders   498
Processing Primitives   498
A Point Sprite Shader   499
Primitive IDs   507
Motivation: Tessellation Shaders   508
The Hull Shader Stage   510
The Tessellation Stage   512
The Domain Shader Stage   514
A Basic Tessellation Demo   518
Displacing Tessellated Vertices   520
Dynamic Levels of Detail   524
Summary   527
Exercises   528
Chapter 22  Additional Topics in Modern Rendering   529
Rendering Optimization   530
Deferred Shading   543
Global Illumination   544
Compute Shaders   545
Data-Driven Engine Architecture   550
The End of the Beginning   553
Exercises   553
Index   555