Device States

A Direct3D device is a state machine; applications set up the state of the lighting, rendering, and transformation modules and then pass data through them during rendering. This section describes render states, provides details about each of the render states used in Direct3D Immediate Mode, and contains information about device state blocks, which applications can use to manipulate groups of devices states in a single call. The following topics are discussed.

• Render States
• State Blocks

Note  Device states also include user-defined clip planes, transformations, and lighting states. For more information, see User-defined Clip Planes, the Geometry Pipeline, and Lighting and Materials.