D3DXCreateTexture

Creates an empty texture, adjusting the calling parameters as needed.

HRESULT D3DXCreateTexture(
  LPDIRECT3DDEVICE8 pDevice,
  UINT Width,
  UINT Height,
  UINT MipLevels,
  DWORD Usage,
  D3DFORMAT Format,
  D3DPOOL Pool,
  LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE8* ppTexture
);

Parameters

pDevice

[in] Pointer to an IDirect3DDevice8 interface, representing the device to be associated with the texture.

Width

[in] Width in pixels. If this value is 0, then a value of 1 is used. See Remarks.

Height

[in] Height in pixels. If this value is 0, then a value of 1 is used. See Remarks.

MipLevels

[in] Number of mip levels requested. If this value is zero or D3DX_DEFAULT, a complete mipmap chain is created.

Usage

[in] 0, D3DUSAGE_RENDERTARGET, or D3DUSAGE_DYNAMIC. Setting this flag to D3DUSAGE_RENDERTARGET indicates that the surface is to be used as a render target. The resource can then be passed to the pNewRenderTarget parameter of the SetRenderTarget method. If either D3DUSAGE_RENDERTARGET or D3DUSAGE_DYNAMNIC is specified, the application should check that the device supports this operation by calling IDirect3D8::CheckDeviceFormat. D3DUSAGE_DYNAMIC indicates that the surface should be handled dynamically. For more information about using dynamic textures, see Using Dynamic Textures.

Format

[in] Member of the D3DFORMAT enumerated type, describing the requested pixel format for the texture. The returned texture might have a different format from that specified by Format. Applications should check the format of the returned texture.

Pool

[in] Member of the D3DPOOL enumerated type, describing the memory class into which the texture should be placed.

ppTexture

[out] Address of a pointer to an IDirect3DTexture8 interface, representing the created texture object.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is D3D_OK.

If the function fails, the return value can be one of the following values.

Remarks

Internally, D3DXCreateTexture uses D3DXCheckTextureRequirements to adjust the calling parameters. Therefore, calls to D3DXCreateTexture will often succeed where calls to IDirect3DDevice8::CreateTexture would fail.

If both Height and Width are set to D3DX_DEFAULT, a value of 256 is used for both parameters. If only Height or Width is set to D3DX_DEFAULT and the other parameter is set to a numeric value, the texture is square, with the height and width of the texture equal to the numeric value.

Requirements

  Header: Declared in D3dx8tex.h.
  Import Library: Use D3dx8.lib.