Hi! I'm basicly new in programming, just cutting code slices over the internet.

Basicly: Now I'd like to render a cube on the shortest way. I have some problem with the following code:

void D3DManage::Cube(potential variable trans, float x, float y, float z)
{
D3DXMATRIX trans;
D3DXMatrixTranslation(&trans, x, y, z);
device->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD, &(trans));

for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
device->DrawIndexedPrimitive(
D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP,
0,
0,
8,
i*4,
2);
}
}

with this method, I can draw cubes in my render function like this:

d3dManager->Cube(first, 2.0f, 1.0f, 5.0f);
d3dManager->Cube(second, 4.0f, 1.0f, 6.0f);

I need your help to find the correct variable type to do the "trans" step

This post was edited by lowxair on Jun 9 2013 10:21am

well you have 2 variables called "trans"

the one inside the function overwrites the trans from the parameters

edit: maybe your code works if you delete the second one.

This post was edited by Richter on Jun 9 2013 11:04am

yes it works once, but if I'd like to draw another cube with a variable D3DMATRIX I need a new D3DMATRIX

MAYBE a solution

1. I make a class and try to draw them this way

cube1 = new Cube (D3DMATRIX, float, float, float);

cube2 = new Cube (D3DMATRIX, float, float, float);

2. Make an array:

void D3DManage::Cube(int i, float x, float y, float z)
{
D3DMATRIX trans[i];
D3DXMatrixTranslation(&trans[i], x, y, z);
device->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD, &(trans[i]));

This post was edited by lowxair on Jun 9 2013 11:13am

are you sure, that "first" is a D3DXMATRIX ?

d3dManager->Cube(first, 2.0f, 1.0f, 5.0f);

we don't have enough code to tell where the problem is
...and your solutions are crappy xD