/// <summary>
/// Builds the star box (dome, sphere, thing)
/// </summary>
public StarBox( )
{
EffectAssetHandle effect = new EffectAssetHandle( "Effects/Planets/stars.cgfx", false );
m_Technique = new TechniqueSelector( effect, "DefaultTechnique" );
Draw.ISurface surface = Graphics.Draw.NewSurface( Graphics.Draw.NewBrush( Color.Black ), null );
surface.FaceBrush.State.CullFaces = false;
surface.FaceBrush.State.DepthWrite = false;
surface.FaceBrush.State.DepthTest = false;
Graphics.Draw.StartCache( );
Graphics.Draw.Sphere( surface, Point3.Origin, 100, 10, 10 );
m_Box = Graphics.Draw.StopCache( );
m_Texture = Graphics.Factory.CreateCubeMapTexture( );
LoadStarBoxTextures( m_Texture, "Star Fields/Default/" );
//int imageIndex = 0;
//foreach ( Bitmap bmp in m_Texture.ToBitmaps( ) )
//{
// bmp.Save( "StarBoxCubeMapFace" + imageIndex++ + ".bmp", ImageFormat.Bmp );
//}
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads star box textures from a given folder into a cube map texture
/// </summary>
private static void LoadStarBoxTextures( ICubeMapTexture texture, string path )
{
texture.Build
(
LoadCubeMapFace( path + "starBox_rt.jpg" ),
LoadCubeMapFace( path + "starBox_lf.jpg" ),
LoadCubeMapFace( path + "starBox_up.jpg" ),
LoadCubeMapFace( path + "starBox_dn.jpg" ),
LoadCubeMapFace( path + "starBox_fr.jpg" ),
LoadCubeMapFace( path + "starBox_bk.jpg" ),
true
);
}