D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS pp;
ZeroMemory( &pp, sizeof(D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS) );
pp.BackBufferFormat = D3DFMT_UNKNOWN;
pp.SwapEffect       = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD;
pp.Windowed         = TRUE;

HWND focusWndHnd = GetConsoleWindow();

if ( focusWndHnd == NULL && pp.hDeviceWindow == NULL )
{
   focusWndHnd = ::GetDesktopWindow();
}


IDirect3DDevice9* pd3dDevice;

IDirect3D9* pD3D = Direct3DCreate9( D3D_SDK_VERSION );

hr = pD3D->CreateDevice( D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_NULLREF, focusWndHnd,
             D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING|D3DCREATE_FPU_PRESERVE, &pp, &pd3dDevice );