• ▼Microsoft DirectX 7.0
  • Legal Information
  • ▶Introducing DirectX Foundation
  • ▼Direct3D
    • ▼Direct3D Immediate Mode
      • About Direct3D Immediate Mode
      • Why Use Direct3D Immediate Mode?
      • ▶Getting Started with Immediate Mode
      • ▶Direct3D Immediate Mode Architecture
      • ▼Direct3D Immediate Mode Essentials
        • Immediate Mode Changes for DirectX 7.0
        • ▶Direct3D and DirectDraw
        • ▶Direct3D Devices
        • ▶Geometry Pipeline
        • ▶Lighting and Materials
        • ▶Vertex Formats
        • ▶Textures
        • ▶Depth Buffers
        • ▶Stencil Buffers
        • ▶Vertex Buffers
        • ▼Common Techniques and Special Effects
          • ▶Fog
          • ▶Geometry Blending
          • ▶User-defined Clip Planes
          • ▼Environment Mapping
            • What Is Environment Mapping?
            • ▼Cubic Environment Mapping
              • What Are Cubic Environment Maps?
              • Creating Cubic-Environment Map Surfaces
              • Accessing Cubic Environment Map Faces
              • Mipmapped Cubic Environment Maps
              • Rendering to Cubic Environment Maps
              • Texture Coordinates for Cubic Environment Maps
            • ▶Spherical Environment Mapping
          • ▶Bump Mapping
          • Billboarding
          • Clouds, Smoke, and Vapor Trails
          • Fire, Flares, Explosions, and More
          • Motion Blur
          • ▶Stencil Buffer Techniques
          • Colored Lights
          • ▶Antialiasing
        • GUIDs
        • ▶Performance Optimization
        • ▶Troubleshooting
      • ▶Direct3D Immediate Mode Tutorials
      • ▶Direct3D Immediate Mode Reference
      • ▶Direct3D Immediate Mode Tools and Samples
    • ▶Direct3DX Utility Library [C++]
    • Direct3D Retained Mode Documentation
  • ▶DirectDraw
  • ▶DirectInput
  • ▶DirectMusic
  • ▶DirectPlay
  • ▶DirectSetup
  • ▶DirectSound
  • ▶Glossary
  • ▶Appendix