D3DXSHEvalSphericalLight function (D3dx9math.h)

Evaluates a spherical light and returns spectral spherical harmonic (SH) data.

Note

The D3DX (D3DX 9, D3DX 10, and D3DX 11) utility library is deprecated and is not supported for Windows Store apps.

Note

Instead of using this function, we recommend that you use the Spherical Harmonics Math library function XMSHEvalSphericalLight.

Syntax

HRESULT D3DXSHEvalSphericalLight(
  _In_        UINT        Order,
  _In_  const D3DXVECTOR3 *pPos,
  _In_        FLOAT       Radius,
  _In_        FLOAT       RIntensity,
  _In_        FLOAT       GIntensity,
  _In_        FLOAT       BIntensity,
  _Out_       FLOAT       *pROut,
  _Out_       FLOAT       *pGOut,
  _Out_       FLOAT       *pBOut
);

Parameters

Order [in]

Type: UINT

Order of the SH evaluation. Must be in the range of D3DXSH_MINORDER to D3DXSH_MAXORDER, inclusive. The evaluation generates Order² coefficients. The degree of the evaluation is Order - 1.

pPos [in]

Type: const D3DXVECTOR3*

Pointer to the light position.

Radius [in]

Type: FLOAT

Radius of spherical light source.

RIntensity [in]

Type: FLOAT

The red intensity of the light.

GIntensity [in]

Type: FLOAT

The green intensity of the light.

BIntensity [in]

Type: FLOAT

The blue intensity of the light.

pROut [out]

Type: FLOAT*

Pointer to the output SH vector for the red component.

pGOut [out]

Type: FLOAT*

Pointer to the output SH vector for the green component.

pBOut [out]

Type: FLOAT*

Pointer to the output SH vector for the blue component.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If the function succeeds, the return value is D3D_OK. If the function fails, the return value can be: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL.

Remarks

Evaluates a spherical light and returns spectral SH data. There is no normalization of the intensity of the light like there is for directional lights, so care has to be taken when specifying the intensities. This will compute three spectral samples; pROut will be returned, while pGOut and pBOut may be returned.

On the sphere with unit radius, as shown in the following illustration, direction can be specified simply with theta, the angle about the z-axis in the right-handed direction, and phi, the angle from z.

The following equations show the relationship between Cartesian (x, y, z) and spherical (theta, phi) coordinates on the unit sphere. The angle theta varies over the range of 0 to 2 pi, while phi varies from 0 to pi.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Header	D3dx9math.h
Library	D3dx9.lib

See also

Math Functions

Precomputed Radiance Transfer (Direct3D 9)