Well it's something ig

project/src/Buffers/DepthBuffer.cpp

@@ -13,17 +13,18 @@ DepthBuffer::~DepthBuffer()
 
 bool DepthBuffer::Initialize()
 {
-    // Create a depth buffer
+    // Create a depth buffer with a typeless format
     D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC desc = {};
     desc.Width = m_width;
     desc.Height = m_height;
     desc.MipLevels = 1;
     desc.ArraySize = 1;
-    desc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_D32_FLOAT;
+    desc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R32_TYPELESS; // Typeless format
     desc.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
     desc.Usage = D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT;
-    desc.BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_DEPTH_STENCIL;
+    desc.BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_DEPTH_STENCIL | D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE; // Add shader resource binding
     desc.CPUAccessFlags = 0;
+    desc.MiscFlags = 0;
 
     HRESULT hr = m_device->CreateTexture2D(&desc, nullptr, &m_depthBuffer);
     if (FAILED(hr))
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@ bool DepthBuffer::Initialize()
 
     // Create DepthStencilView
     D3D11_DEPTH_STENCIL_VIEW_DESC dsvDesc = {};
-    dsvDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_D32_FLOAT;
+    dsvDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_D32_FLOAT; // Depth format
     dsvDesc.ViewDimension = D3D11_DSV_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D;
+    dsvDesc.Texture2D.MipSlice = 0;
     hr = m_device->CreateDepthStencilView(m_depthBuffer, &dsvDesc, &m_depthStencilView);
     if (FAILED(hr))
     {
@@ -42,4 +44,14 @@ bool DepthBuffer::Initialize()
     }
 
     return true;
-}
+}
+
+ID3D11Texture2D* DepthBuffer::GetDepthBuffer()
+{
+    return m_depthBuffer;
+}
+
+ID3D11DepthStencilView* DepthBuffer::GetDepthStencilView()
+{
+    return m_depthStencilView;
+}

project/src/Buffers/DepthBuffer.h

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ public:
     ID3D11Texture2D* GetDepthBuffer() const { return m_depthBuffer; }
     ID3D11DepthStencilView* GetDepthStencilView() const { return m_depthStencilView; }
 
+    ID3D11DepthStencilView *GetDepthStencilView();
+
+    ID3D11Texture2D *GetDepthBuffer();
+
 private:
     ID3D11Device* m_device;
     UINT m_width;
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ private:
 
     ID3D11Texture2D* m_depthBuffer;
     ID3D11DepthStencilView* m_depthStencilView;
+
 };
 
 

project/src/Buffers/ShadowMapBuffer.cpp

@@ -20,16 +20,22 @@ bool ShadowMapBuffer::Initialize() {
 
     // Create ShaderResourceView for the depth buffer
     D3D11_SHADER_RESOURCE_VIEW_DESC srvDesc = {};
-    srvDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R32_FLOAT;
+    srvDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R32_FLOAT; // Shader-readable format
     srvDesc.ViewDimension = D3D11_SRV_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D;
+    srvDesc.Texture2D.MipLevels = 1;
+    srvDesc.Texture2D.MostDetailedMip = 0;
+
     HRESULT hr = m_device->CreateShaderResourceView(m_depthBuffer.GetDepthBuffer(), &srvDesc, &m_shaderResourceView);
-    if (FAILED(hr)) {
+    if (FAILED(hr))
+    {
+        OutputDebugStringA("Failed to create ShaderResourceView for ShadowMapBuffer.\n");
         return false;
     }
 
     return true;
 }
 
+
 void ShadowMapBuffer::SetRenderTarget(ID3D11DeviceContext *deviceContext) {
     deviceContext->OMSetRenderTargets(0, nullptr, m_depthBuffer.GetDepthStencilView());
 }