http://takinginitiative.net Bobby Anguelov's Tech Blog - A day in the life of a game programmer Tue, 21 May 2013 20:22:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://takinginitiative.net http://takinginitiative.net/2011/12/11/directx-1011-basic-shader-reflection-automatic-input-layout-creation/ http://takinginitiative.net/2011/12/11/directx-1011-basic-shader-reflection-automatic-input-layout-creation/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:34:07 +0000 Bobby http://takinginitiative.net/?p=1192 Continue reading »]]> http://takinginitiative.net/2011/12/11/directx-1011-basic-shader-reflection-automatic-input-layout-creation/feed/ 5 Bobby http://takinginitiative.net/2011/05/25/directx10-tutorial-10-shadow-mapping-part-2/ http://takinginitiative.net/2011/05/25/directx10-tutorial-10-shadow-mapping-part-2/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 14:32:30 +0000 Bobby http://takinginitiative.net/?p=1031 Continue reading »]]> http://takinginitiative.net/2011/05/25/directx10-tutorial-10-shadow-mapping-part-2/feed/ 6 Bobby self-shadowing1 self-shadowing2 zfighting shadowmapculling shadowmapsize PCF-example pcf http://takinginitiative.net/2011/05/15/directx10-tutorial-10-shadow-mapping/ http://takinginitiative.net/2011/05/15/directx10-tutorial-10-shadow-mapping/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 19:15:48 +0000 Bobby http://takinginitiative.net/?p=996 Continue reading »]]> http://takinginitiative.net/2011/05/15/directx10-tutorial-10-shadow-mapping/feed/ 19 scene1 Bobby shadow shadow2 scene1 shadowmap1 space_conv shadowMappingFinal http://takinginitiative.net/2011/02/25/let-windowsxp-and-direct3d-9-die-already/ http://takinginitiative.net/2011/02/25/let-windowsxp-and-direct3d-9-die-already/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:22:55 +0000 Bobby http://takinginitiative.net/?p=873 Continue reading »]]> http://takinginitiative.net/2011/02/25/let-windowsxp-and-direct3d-9-die-already/feed/ 7 Bobby http://takinginitiative.net/2011/02/19/debugging-hlsl/ http://takinginitiative.net/2011/02/19/debugging-hlsl/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:57:11 +0000 Bobby http://takinginitiative.net/?p=860 Continue reading »]]> http://takinginitiative.net/2011/02/19/debugging-hlsl/feed/ 6 Bobby properties ItemType customBuildTool result http://takinginitiative.net/2011/01/12/directx10-tutorial-9-the-geometry-shader/ http://takinginitiative.net/2011/01/12/directx10-tutorial-9-the-geometry-shader/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:36:58 +0000 Bobby http://takinginitiative.net/?p=721 Continue reading »]]> http://takinginitiative.net/2011/01/12/directx10-tutorial-9-the-geometry-shader/feed/ 18 Bobby figure1 figure2 figure3 demo http://takinginitiative.net/2010/08/30/directx-10-tutorial-8-lighting-theory-and-hlsl/ http://takinginitiative.net/2010/08/30/directx-10-tutorial-8-lighting-theory-and-hlsl/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:43:00 +0000 Bobby http://takinginitiative.net/?p=680 Continue reading »]]> http://takinginitiative.net/2010/08/30/directx-10-tutorial-8-lighting-theory-and-hlsl/feed/ 6 Bobby Figure 1 - Light reflections at a surface Reflection model vectors at a point P Lit Terrain pvp ppp textured http://takinginitiative.net/2010/07/30/directx-10-tutorial-7-viewports/ http://takinginitiative.net/2010/07/30/directx-10-tutorial-7-viewports/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:18:41 +0000 Bobby http://takinginitiative.net/?p=633 Continue reading »]]> http://takinginitiative.net/2010/07/30/directx-10-tutorial-7-viewports/feed/ 8 Bobby http://takinginitiative.net/2010/06/17/colladax-progress-nearing-pre-alpha-stage/ http://takinginitiative.net/2010/06/17/colladax-progress-nearing-pre-alpha-stage/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:23:25 +0000 Bobby http://takinginitiative.wordpress.com/?p=394 Continue reading »]]> http://takinginitiative.net/2010/06/17/colladax-progress-nearing-pre-alpha-stage/feed/ 3 Bobby dragon knight pyro colladaStruct bm http://takinginitiative.net/2010/04/09/directx-10-tutorial-6-transparency-and-alpha-blending/ http://takinginitiative.net/2010/04/09/directx-10-tutorial-6-transparency-and-alpha-blending/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:27:48 +0000 Bobby http://takinginitiative.wordpress.com/?p=329 Continue reading »]]> http://takinginitiative.net/2010/04/09/directx-10-tutorial-6-transparency-and-alpha-blending/feed/ 9 Bobby blendingExmaple pipeline noblending alphalevels alphablending