How to configure mingw32 to cross-compile Direct3D Apps for Windows? Is there any possibility? I have actually succeeded compiling code from this tutorial: http://www.directxtutorial.com/Tutorial9/B-Direct3DBasics/dx9B4.aspx - using Code::Blocks on Kubuntu with i586-mingw32msvc-g++. I needed to add #define UNICODE
and remove the #pragma ...
parts to do this, and I used header files from /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/include and libs also from mingw package.
However I cannot compile code from this tutorial: http://www.directxtutorial.com/Tutorial9/B-Direct3DBasics/dx9B5.aspx
Mingw doesn't have d3dx9.h
file. So I've installed wine1.2-dev
package with wine versions of Windows-related header files, but now I have errors:
With #define UNICODE
:
-------------- Build: Debug in d3d ---------------
i586-mingw32msvc-g++ -Wall -g -I/usr/include/wine/windows -c /home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp -o obj/Debug/main.o
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp: In function ‘int WinMain(HINSTANCE__*, HINSTANCE__*, CHAR*, int)’:
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:50: error: invalid conversion from ‘const wchar_t*’ to ‘const WCHAR*’
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:56: error: invalid conversion from ‘const wchar_t*’ to ‘const WCHAR*’
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:56: error: initializing argument 2 of ‘HWND__* CreateWindowExW(DWORD, const WCHAR*, const WCHAR*, DWORD, INT, INT, INT, INT, HWND__*, HMENU__*, HINSTANCE__*, void*)’
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:56: error: invalid conversion from ‘const wchar_t*’ to ‘const WCHAR*’
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:56: error: initializing argument 3 of ‘HWND__* CreateWindowExW(DWORD, const WCHAR*, const WCHAR*, DWORD, INT, INT, INT, INT, HWND__*, HMENU__*, HINSTANCE__*, void*)’
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp: In function ‘void render_frame()’:
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:158: warning: taking address of temporary
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:159: warning: taking address of temporary
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:160: warning: taking address of temporary
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 0 seconds)
5 errors, 3 warnings
And without the #define
:
-------------- Build: Debug in d3d ---------------
i586-mingw32msvc-g++ -Wall -g -I/usr/include/wine/windows -c /home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp -o obj/Debug/main.o
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp: In function ‘int WinMain(HINSTANCE__*, HINSTANCE__*, CHAR*, int)’:
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:50: error: cannot convert ‘const wchar_t [12]’ to ‘const CHAR*’ in assignment
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:56: error: cannot convert ‘const wchar_t*’ to ‘const CHAR*’ for argument ‘2’ to ‘HWND__* CreateWindowExA(DWORD, const CHAR*, const CHAR*, DWORD, INT, INT, INT, INT, HWND__*, HMENU__*, HINSTANCE__*, void*)’
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp: In function ‘void render_frame()’:
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:158: warning: taking address of temporary
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:159: warning: taking address of temporary
/home/silmeth/programowanie/codeblocks/d3d/main.cpp:160: warning: taking address of temporary
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 0 seconds)
2 errors, 3 warnings
Here is the whole code I'm trying to compile:
// include the basic windows header files and the Direct3D header file
#define UNICODE //tried to comment and uncomment this
#include <windows.h>
#include <windowsx.h>
#include <d3d9.h>
#include <d3dx9.h>
// define the screen resolution
#define SCREEN_WIDTH 800
#define SCREEN_HEIGHT 600
// include the Direct3D Library files
//#pragma comment (lib, "d3d9.lib")
//#pragma comment (lib, "d3dx9.lib")
// global declarations
LPDIRECT3D9 d3d; // the pointer to our Direct3D interface
LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 d3ddev; // the pointer to the device class
LPDIRECT3DVERTEXBUFFER9 v_buffer = NULL; // the pointer to the vertex buffer
// function prototypes
void initD3D(HWND hWnd); // sets up and initializes Direct3D
void render_frame(void); // renders a single frame
void cleanD3D(void); // closes Direct3D and releases memory
void init_graphics(void); // 3D declarations
struct CUSTOMVERTEX {FLOAT X, Y, Z; DWORD COLOR;};
#define CUSTOMFVF (D3DFVF_XYZ | D3DFVF_DIFFUSE)
// the WindowProc function prototype
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
// the entry point for any Windows program
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
HWND hWnd;
WNDCLASSEX wc;
ZeroMemory(&wc, sizeof(WNDCLASSEX));
wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
wc.lpfnWndProc = WindowProc;
wc.hInstance = hInstance;
wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wc.lpszClassName = L"WindowClass";
RegisterClassEx(&wc);
hWnd = CreateWindowEx(NULL, L"WindowClass", L"Our Direct3D Program",
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 0, 0, SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT,
NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
ShowWindow(hWnd, nCmdShow);
// set up and initialize Direct3D
initD3D(hWnd);
// enter the main loop:
MSG msg;
while(TRUE)
{
while(PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
{
TranslateMessage(&msg);
DispatchMessage(&msg);
}
if(msg.message == WM_QUIT)
break;
render_frame();
}
// clean up DirectX and COM
cleanD3D();
return msg.wParam;
}
// this is the main message handler for the program
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch(message)
{
case WM_DESTROY:
{
PostQuitMessage(0);
return 0;
} break;
}
return DefWindowProc (hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}
// this function initializes and prepares Direct3D for use
void initD3D(HWND hWnd)
{
d3d = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION);
D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp;
ZeroMemory(&d3dpp, sizeof(d3dpp));
d3dpp.Windowed = TRUE;
d3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD;
d3dpp.hDeviceWindow = hWnd;
d3dpp.BackBufferFormat = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8;
d3dpp.BackBufferWidth = SCREEN_WIDTH;
d3dpp.BackBufferHeight = SCREEN_HEIGHT;
// create a device class using this information and the info from the d3dpp stuct
d3d->CreateDevice(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT,
D3DDEVTYPE_HAL,
hWnd,
D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING,
&d3dpp,
&d3ddev);
init_graphics(); // call the function to initialize the triangle
d3ddev->SetRenderState(D3DRS_LIGHTING, FALSE); // turn off the 3D lighting
}
// this is the function used to render a single frame
void render_frame(void)
{
d3ddev->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0, 0, 0), 1.0f, 0);
d3ddev->BeginScene();
// select which vertex format we are using
d3ddev->SetFVF(CUSTOMFVF);
// SET UP THE PIPELINE
D3DXMATRIX matRotateY; // a matrix to store the rotation information
static float index = 0.0f; index+=0.05f; // an ever-increasing float value
// build a matrix to rotate the model based on the increasing float value
D3DXMatrixRotationY(&matRotateY, index);
// tell Direct3D about our matrix
d3ddev->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD, &matRotateY);
D3DXMATRIX matView; // the view transform matrix
D3DXMatrixLookAtLH(&matView,
&D3DXVECTOR3 (0.0f, 0.0f, 10.0f), // the camera position
&D3DXVECTOR3 (0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), // the look-at position
&D3DXVECTOR3 (0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f)); // the up direction
d3ddev->SetTransform(D3DTS_VIEW, &matView); // set the view transform to matView
D3DXMATRIX matProjection; // the projection transform matrix
D3DXMatrixPerspectiveFovLH(&matProjection,
D3DXToRadian(45), // the horizontal field of view
(FLOAT)SCREEN_WIDTH / (FLOAT)SCREEN_HEIGHT, // aspect ratio
1.0f, // the near view-plane
100.0f); // the far view-plane
d3ddev->SetTransform(D3DTS_PROJECTION, &matProjection); // set the projection
// select the vertex buffer to display
d3ddev->SetStreamSource(0, v_buffer, 0, sizeof(CUSTOMVERTEX));
// copy the vertex buffer to the back buffer
d3ddev->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLELIST, 0, 1);
d3ddev->EndScene();
d3ddev->Present(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
}
// this is the function that cleans up Direct3D and COM
void cleanD3D(void)
{
v_buffer->Release(); // close and release the vertex buffer
d3ddev->Release(); // close and release the 3D device
d3d->Release(); // close and release Direct3D
}
// this is the function that puts the 3D models into video RAM
void init_graphics(void)
{
// create the vertices using the CUSTOMVERTEX struct
CUSTOMVERTEX vertices[] =
{
{ 3.0f, -3.0f, 0.0f, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0, 0, 255), },
{ 0.0f, 3.0f, 0.0f, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0, 255, 0), },
{ -3.0f, -3.0f, 0.0f, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(255, 0, 0), },
};
// create a vertex buffer interface called v_buffer
d3ddev->CreateVertexBuffer(3*sizeof(CUSTOMVERTEX),
0,
CUSTOMFVF,
D3DPOOL_MANAGED,
&v_buffer,
NULL);
VOID* pVoid; // a void pointer
// lock v_buffer and load the vertices into it
v_buffer->Lock(0, 0, (void**)&pVoid, 0);
memcpy(pVoid, vertices, sizeof(vertices));
v_buffer->Unlock();
}
Do I have to install through wine MS DirectX SDK? Change something with the code? I'm DirectX- and Windows-related things noob but I just want to cross-compile some simple examples of D3D and check if this works.
Ok! I've finally succeeded!
Unfortunately, I needed to download Microsoft DirectX SDK (April 2007) (I couldn't install newer ones with wine).
Then I had to install MinGW using wine and also install mingw-utils 0.3 (I had to obtain reimp.exe file).
Then I set up PATH in wine's register to C:\windows;C:\windows\system;C:\MinGW\bin
Then I made wine reimp.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (April 2007)/Lib/x86/d3dx9.lib"
. This command generated d3dx9_33.a
file, I've changed it to d3dx9.a
and put it in /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/lib/
.
I have also copied all lacking header files from DirectX SDK to /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/include
.
And then... I compiled the program, linking it to libd3d9.a and libd3dx9.a, and it compiled, linked, and it WORKS!
So the good news is: one can compile Windows DirectX programs under Linux using Linux version of MinGW.
The bad news: one need to install a few MinGW utilities and whole MS DX SDK using wine.
EDIT
And one more thing: I needed to make all WCHAR*-related castings manually - mingw shouts with errors if it isn't done. Goz was helpful here.
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