private bool InitializeBuffers(Device device)
{
try
{
// Set the number of the vertices and indices in the vertex and index array, accordingly.
VertexCount = 6;
IndexCount = 6;
// Create the vertex array.
var vertices = new TextureShader.Vertex[VertexCount];
// Initialize vertex array to zeroes at first.
foreach (var vertex in vertices)
vertex.SetToZero();
// Create the index array.
var indices = new int[IndexCount];
// Load the index array with data.
for (var i = 0; i < IndexCount; i++)
indices[i] = i;
// Set up the description of the static vertex buffer.
var vertexBufferDesc = new BufferDescription()
{
Usage = ResourceUsage.Dynamic,
SizeInBytes = Utilities.SizeOf<TextureShader.Vertex>() * VertexCount,
BindFlags = BindFlags.VertexBuffer,
CpuAccessFlags = CpuAccessFlags.Write,
OptionFlags = ResourceOptionFlags.None,
StructureByteStride = 0
};
// Create the vertex buffer.
VertexBuffer = Buffer.Create(device, vertices, vertexBufferDesc);
// Create the index buffer.
IndexBuffer = Buffer.Create(device, BindFlags.IndexBuffer, indices);
return true;
}
catch
{
return false;
}
}
private bool InitializeSentence(out Sentence sentence, int maxLength, Device device)
{
// Create a new sentence object.
sentence = new Sentence();
// Initialize the sentence buffers to null;
sentence.VertexBuffer = null;
sentence.IndexBuffer = null;
// Set the maximum length of the sentence.
sentence.MaxLength = maxLength;
// Set the number of vertices in vertex array.
sentence.VertexCount = 6 * maxLength;
// Set the number of vertices in the vertex array.
sentence.IndexCount = sentence.VertexCount;
// Create the vertex array.
var vertices = new TextureShader.Vertex[sentence.VertexCount];
// Create the index array.
var indices = new int[sentence.IndexCount];
// Initialize vertex array to zeros at first.
foreach (var vertex in vertices)
vertex.SetToZero();
// Initialize the index array.
for (var i=0; i < sentence.IndexCount; i++)
indices[i] = i;
// Set up the description of the dynamic vertex buffer.
var vertexBufferDesc = new BufferDescription()
{
Usage = ResourceUsage.Dynamic,
SizeInBytes = Utilities.SizeOf<TextureShader.Vertex>() * sentence.VertexCount,
BindFlags = BindFlags.VertexBuffer,
CpuAccessFlags = CpuAccessFlags.Write,
OptionFlags = ResourceOptionFlags.None,
StructureByteStride = 0
};
// Create the vertex buffer.
sentence.VertexBuffer = Buffer.Create(device, vertices, vertexBufferDesc);
// Create the index buffer.
sentence.IndexBuffer = Buffer.Create(device, BindFlags.IndexBuffer, indices);
return true;
}