CreateInputLayout() returns E_INVALIDARG - directx

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Shader Code
struct Light
{
float3 dir;
float4 ambient;
float4 diffuse;
};
cbuffer cbPerFrame
{
Light light;
};
cbuffer cbPerObject
{
float4x4 WVP;
float4x4 World;
};
Texture2D ObjTexture;
SamplerState ObjSamplerState;
struct VS_OUTPUT
{
float4 Pos : SV_POSITION;
float2 TexCoord : TEXCOORD;
float3 normal : NORMAL;
float4 InstancePos : INSTANCEPOS;
};
VS_OUTPUT VS(float4 inPos : POSITION, float2 inTexCoord : TEXCOORD, float3 normal : NORMAL , float4 InstancePos : INSTANCEPOS;)
{
VS_OUTPUT output;
output.Pos.x+=InstancePos.x;
output.Pos.y+=InstancePos.y;
output.Pos.z+=InstancePos.z;
output.Pos = mul(inPos, WVP);
output.TexCoord = inTexCoord;
output.normal = mul(normal, World);
output.normal = normalize(output.normal);
return output;
}
float4 PS(VS_OUTPUT input) : SV_TARGET
{
input.normal = normalize(input.normal);
float4 diffuse = ObjTexture.Sample( ObjSamplerState, input.TexCoord );
float3 finalColor;
finalColor = diffuse * light.ambient;
finalColor += saturate(dot(light.dir, input.normal) * light.diffuse * diffuse);
clip(diffuse.a - .10);
return float4(finalColor, diffuse.a);
}
//// creation
D3D11_INPUT_ELEMENT_DESC layout[] =
{
{ "POSITION", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 0, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 },
{ "TEXCOORD0", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_FLOAT, 0, 16, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 },
{ "NORMAL", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 20, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
{ "INSTANCEPOS", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 1, 0, D3D11_INPUT_PER_INSTANCE_DATA, 1}
};
hr = D3DX11CompileFromFile(L"Effects.fx", 0, 0, "VS", "vs_4_0", 0, 0, 0, &VS_Buffer, 0, 0);
hr = D3DX11CompileFromFile(L"Effects.fx", 0, 0, "PS", "ps_4_0", 0, 0, 0, &PS_Buffer, 0, 0);
//Create the Shader Objects
hr = d3d11Device->CreateVertexShader(VS_Buffer->GetBufferPointer(), VS_Buffer->GetBufferSize(), NULL, &VS);
hr = d3d11Device->CreatePixelShader(PS_Buffer->GetBufferPointer(), PS_Buffer->GetBufferSize(), NULL, &PS);
//===============Create the Input Layout==================================
hr = d3d11Device->CreateInputLayout( layout, numElements, VS_Buffer->GetBufferPointer(), VS_Buffer->GetBufferSize(), &vertLayout );
CreateInputLayout is returning E_INVALIDARG. I have tried but it's not working. I added the D3D11_INPUT_PER_INSTANCE_DATA flag since I'm working with instances, but it works fine when I remove that.

Answer 1

Are you sure the shader compile and the vs_buffer is not nil ? That semicolon should give you a compilation error : : INSTANCEPOS;)
The layout setup does not exhibit invalid values that should fail so it is the shader that is not here. Also your texcoord offset should be 12 and not 16 considering the position format, you rendering would be bogus but that technically valid.