failure to create a DirectX device and swapchain - c++

Question

I am having issues retrieving a swapchain and device from directx. further info is in the code
void GXDX::StartUp(HWND* mainWindow,int w, int h)
{
//width and height are members of GXDX
width = w; //contains the width
height = h; //contains the height
this->mainWindow = mainWindow; // Is a handle to the main window. it is usually something
//like : unusual -735313406
ID3D10Texture2D *backBufferSurface;
DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC swapChainDesc;
swapChainDesc.BufferCount = 2;
swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Numerator = 60;
swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Denominator = 1;
swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.Width = width;
swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.Height = height;
swapChainDesc.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
swapChainDesc.SampleDesc.Quality = 0;
swapChainDesc.OutputWindow = *mainWindow;
swapChainDesc.Windowed = TRUE;
D3D10_DRIVER_TYPE driverType = D3D10_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE;
HRESULT hr = D3D10CreateDeviceAndSwapChain(NULL,driverType,NULL,0,
D3D10_SDK_VERSION, &swapChainDesc,&swapChain,&dxDevice);
if(FAILED(hr))//Error is here
throw GXVideoException(L"Problems retrieving directX device");
}
Below is all the values given after the method has finished
- &dxDevice 0x00e74b04 ID3D10Device * *
- 0x00000000 ID3D10Device *
- IUnknown {...} IUnknown
__vfptr CXX0030: Error: expression cannot be evaluated
- &swapChain 0x00e74b08 IDXGISwapChain * *
- 0x00000000 IDXGISwapChain *
- IDXGIDeviceSubObject {...} IDXGIDeviceSubObject
- IDXGIObject {...} IDXGIObject
- IUnknown {...} IUnknown
__vfptr CXX0030: Error: expression cannot be evaluated
- &swapChainDesc 0x002df90c {BufferDesc={...} SampleDesc={...} BufferUsage=0xcccccccc ...} DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC *
- BufferDesc {Width=0x00000320 Height=0x00000258 RefreshRate={...} ...} DXGI_MODE_DESC
Width 800 unsigned int
Height 600 unsigned int
- RefreshRate {Numerator=60 Denominator=1 } DXGI_RATIONAL
Numerator 60 unsigned int
Denominator 1 unsigned int
Format DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM DXGI_FORMAT
ScanlineOrdering -858993460 DXGI_MODE_SCANLINE_ORDER
Scaling -858993460 DXGI_MODE_SCALING
- SampleDesc {Count=0x00000001 Quality=0x00000000 } DXGI_SAMPLE_DESC
Count 1 unsigned int
Quality 0 unsigned int
BufferUsage 3435973836 unsigned int
BufferCount 2 unsigned int
- OutputWindow 0x008b08ca {unused=-665779669 } HWND__ *
unused -665779669 int
Windowed 1 int
SwapEffect -858993460 DXGI_SWAP_EFFECT
Flags 3435973836 unsigned int
driverType D3D10_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE D3D10_DRIVER_TYPE
hr 0x887a0001 HRESULT
- this 0x00e74af0 {dxDevice=0x00000000 swapChain=0x00000000 } GXDX * const
- GXRenderer {running=true width=0x00000320 height=0x00000258 ...} GXRenderer
- __vfptr 0x013277dc const GXDX::`vftable' *
[0] 0x0132110e GXDX::Render(void) *
[0x1] 0x013211d6 GXDX::StartUp(struct HWND__ * *,int,int) *
[0x2] 0x01321041 GXDX::SetupScene(void) *
[0x3] 0x01321069 GXDX::DisplayScene(void) *
running true bool
width 0x00000320 int
height 0x00000258 int
- mainWindow 0x0132a214 struct HWND__ * GXRenderManager::mainWindow {unused=0x008b08ca } HWND__ *
unused 0x008b08ca int
- dxDevice 0x00000000 ID3D10Device *
+ IUnknown {...} IUnknown
- swapChain 0x00000000 IDXGISwapChain *
- IDXGIDeviceSubObject {...} IDXGIDeviceSubObject
- IDXGIObject {...} IDXGIObject
- IUnknown {...} IUnknown
__vfptr CXX0030: Error: expression cannot be evaluated
[EDIT]
Prior to Goz response, I checked out further debug detail and this is what was recieved
DXGI Error: IDXGIFactory::CreateSwapChain: SwapEffect is unknown.
which I am guessing I did not add the swapeffect attributes. I will do that and check it out

Answer 1

Silly me. earlier I mentioned in a comment that both books I was reading did not include a swapchain effect property. I knew something was off regardless of if I included the swap chain or not.
But I also notice that both books zeroed out the swap chain description. Making it more safe to leave out properties. So I added the following
SecureZeroMemory(&swapChainDesc, sizeof(swapChainDesc));
and everything worked. Set aside this, I should still add a swapchain effect property. But for reason's the book decided not to, i have not figured out yet.

Answer 2

The following code worked for me (I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop)
DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC swapChainDesc;
swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.Width = width;
swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.Height = height;
swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Numerator = 60;
swapChainDesc.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Denominator = 1;
swapChainDesc.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
swapChainDesc.SampleDesc.Quality = 0;
swapChainDesc.BufferUsage = DXGI_USAGE_RENDER_TARGET_OUTPUT;
swapChainDesc.BufferCount = 1;
swapChainDesc.OutputWindow = hWnd;
swapChainDesc.Windowed = true;
swapChainDesc.SwapEffect = DXGI_SWAP_EFFECT_DISCARD;
swapChainDesc.Flags = 0;
ID3D11Device *pDevice = 0;
ID3D11DeviceContext *pContext = 0;
IDXGISwapChain *pSwapChain = 0;
HRESULT result;
result = D3D11CreateDeviceAndSwapChain(NULL, driverType, NULL, D3D11_CREATE_DEVICE_SINGLETHREADED, featureLevel, totalFeatureLevel, D3D11_SDK_VERSION, &swapChainDesc, &pSwapChain, &pDevice, &currentFeatureLevel, &pContext);
So you can just try adding more attributes to the swapChainDesc.

Answer 3

Try not passing a pointer to your HWND through. You should pass an HWND as a non-pointer. Other than that I don't see anything massively wrong.
This is what DXErrorLookup says about your error:
HRESULT: 0x887a0001 (2289696769)
Name: DXGI_ERROR_INVALID_CALL
Description: The application has made an erroneous API call that it had enough
information to avoid. This error is intended to denote that the application should be
altered to avoid the error. Use of the debug version of the DXGI.DLL will provide run-
time debug output with further information.
Severity code: Failed
Facility Code: FACILITY_DXGI (2170)
Error Code: 0x0001 (1)
So have you considered using the debug version of DXGI to see what the error is?
Btw my working DX10 initialisation is as follows (Warning a LOT of code!):
HRESULT hr = S_OK;
// Wrong init params passed in.
if ( pParams->paramSize != sizeof( D3D10InitParams ) )
return false;
// Upgrade the initparams to the correct version
mInitParams = *(D3D10InitParams*)pParams;
// Create factory.
IDXGIFactory* pFactory = NULL;
if ( FAILED( CreateDXGIFactory( __uuidof( IDXGIFactory ), (void**)&pFactory ) ) )
{
return false;
}
if ( FAILED( pFactory->MakeWindowAssociation( mInitParams.hWnd, 0 ) ) )
{
return false;
}
HWND hTemp;
pFactory->GetWindowAssociation( &hTemp );
// Enumerate adapters.
unsigned int count = 0;
IDXGIAdapter * pAdapter;
std::vector<IDXGIAdapter*> vAdapters;
while( pFactory->EnumAdapters( count, &pAdapter ) != DXGI_ERROR_NOT_FOUND )
{
vAdapters.push_back( pAdapter );
count++;
}
unsigned int selectedAdapter = mInitParams.display;
if ( vAdapters.size() > 1 )
{
// Need to handle multiple available adapters.
}
// Release all other adapters.
count = 0;
unsigned int max = (unsigned int)vAdapters.size();
while( count < max )
{
if ( count != selectedAdapter )
{
vAdapters[count]->Release();
}
count++;
}
// Device should support all basic DX10 features.
// Caps does not support enough basic features.
//if ( !CheckCaps( &caps ) )
// return false;
// Create the D3D 10 device.
DXGI_MODE_DESC dxgiModeDesc;
dxgiModeDesc.Width = mInitParams.width;
dxgiModeDesc.Height = mInitParams.height;
dxgiModeDesc.RefreshRate.Numerator = (mInitParams.refreshRate == 0) ? 60 : mInitParams.refreshRate;
dxgiModeDesc.RefreshRate.Denominator = 1;
dxgiModeDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
dxgiModeDesc.ScanlineOrdering = DXGI_MODE_SCANLINE_ORDER_PROGRESSIVE;
dxgiModeDesc.Scaling = DXGI_MODE_SCALING_CENTERED;
DXGI_SAMPLE_DESC dxgiSampleDesc;
dxgiSampleDesc.Count = 1;
dxgiSampleDesc.Quality = 0;
//DXGI_USAGE dxgiUsage;
//dxgiUsage.
DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC dxgiSwapChainDesc;
dxgiSwapChainDesc.BufferDesc = dxgiModeDesc;
dxgiSwapChainDesc.SampleDesc = dxgiSampleDesc;
dxgiSwapChainDesc.BufferUsage = DXGI_USAGE_RENDER_TARGET_OUTPUT;
dxgiSwapChainDesc.BufferCount = 2;
dxgiSwapChainDesc.OutputWindow = mInitParams.hWnd;
dxgiSwapChainDesc.Windowed = mInitParams.windowed;
dxgiSwapChainDesc.SwapEffect = DXGI_SWAP_EFFECT_DISCARD;
dxgiSwapChainDesc.Flags = 0;//DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_FLAG_ALLOW_MODE_SWITCH;
// Set the device as a debug device when compiled for debug.
#ifdef _DEBUG
unsigned int flags = D3D10_CREATE_DEVICE_DEBUG;
#else
unsigned int flags = 0;
#endif
mpAdapter = vAdapters[selectedAdapter];
// Create the device and swap chain.
if ( FAILED( D3D10CreateDeviceAndSwapChain( mpAdapter, D3D10_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE, NULL, flags, D3D10_SDK_VERSION, &dxgiSwapChainDesc, &mpSwapChain, &mpDevice ) ) )
{
return false;
}
// Get the back buffer.
ID3D10Texture2D* pBuffer = NULL;
if ( FAILED( mpSwapChain->GetBuffer( 0, __uuidof( ID3D10Texture2D ), (void**)&pBuffer ) ) )
{
return false;
}
// Create the default render target view.
hr = mpDevice->CreateRenderTargetView( pBuffer, NULL, &mDefaultRenderTarget );
pBuffer->Release();
if ( FAILED( hr ) )
{
return false;
}
// Create depth stencil texture
D3D10_TEXTURE2D_DESC descDepth;
descDepth.Width = mInitParams.width;
descDepth.Height = mInitParams.height;
descDepth.MipLevels = 1;
descDepth.ArraySize = 1;
descDepth.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT;
descDepth.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
descDepth.SampleDesc.Quality = 0;
descDepth.Usage = D3D10_USAGE_DEFAULT;
descDepth.BindFlags = D3D10_BIND_DEPTH_STENCIL;
descDepth.CPUAccessFlags = 0;
descDepth.MiscFlags = 0;
if ( FAILED( mpDevice->CreateTexture2D( &descDepth, NULL, &mpDepthStencilTex ) ) )
{
return false;
}
// Create the depth stencil view
D3D10_DEPTH_STENCIL_VIEW_DESC descDSV;
descDSV.Format = descDepth.Format;
descDSV.ViewDimension = D3D10_DSV_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D;
descDSV.Texture2D.MipSlice = 0;
if ( FAILED( mpDevice->CreateDepthStencilView( mpDepthStencilTex, &descDSV, &mDefaultDepthStencilTarget ) ) )
{
return false;
}
// Set the default render targets.
mpDevice->OMSetRenderTargets( 1, &mDefaultRenderTarget, mDefaultDepthStencilTarget );
mpEffectDevice = new D3D10EffectStateDevice( GetDevice() );
// Set the default render states.
SetupRenderStates();
// Set the default viewport.
D3D10_VIEWPORT d3d10ViewPort;
d3d10ViewPort.Width = mInitParams.width;
d3d10ViewPort.Height = mInitParams.height;
d3d10ViewPort.TopLeftX = 0;
d3d10ViewPort.TopLeftY = 0;
d3d10ViewPort.MinDepth = 0.0f;
d3d10ViewPort.MaxDepth = 1.0f;
GetDevice()->RSSetViewports( 1, &d3d10ViewPort );
I hope thats some help!