Models?

What is the difference between d3d_model functions and just drawing with d3d_draw functions?

Code:

model=d3d_model_create();
d3d_model_block(model,blah....

it draws the block to the model. for some reason models are faster to draw than d3d_draw_block( so that's the difference.

Does d3d_model stuff have all the shapes that that d3d_draw has? Where do you say d3d_model_create? Is it in Draw like d3d_draw?

slayer64 wrote:

it draws the block to the model. for some reason models are faster to draw than d3d_draw_block( so that's the difference.

Speed Techniques Topic wrote:

Technique 4
Always use models. When using models Gamemaker only needs to draw them. When using d3d_draw... functions Gamemaker needs to construct the model first, and then draw it on the screen. This will cause a big loss of drawing performance. Also, keep in mind that the lesser polygons in your model, the lesser they consume.

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stewrat wrote:

Does d3d_model stuff have all the shapes that that d3d_draw has? Where do you say d3d_model_create? Is it in Draw like d3d_draw?

Ofcourse it does. Just a matter of looking it up in the GM manual? (that's your bible from now on). d3d_model_create(...) is executed in the create event and d3d_model_draw(...) in the draw event. Makes perfect sense, dont you think?

well said phantom. i create my models in the room start event.

UUUUUUUH. Well, I must not have done it right. It was really really slow. I put the d3d_model_create in the create event and the d3d_draw_model event in the draw event. Where am I supposed to actually do the drawing of the model? i.e. draw the cones and cylinders and stuff?

If you could check out the WW2 example and give me more stuff on speed.