HRESULT GenerateTexture(IDirect3DDevice8 *pD3Ddev, IDirect3DTexture8 **ppD3Dtex, DWORD colour32) 
{ 
     if( FAILED(pD3Ddev->CreateTexture(8, 8, 1, 0, D3DFMT_A4R4G4B4, D3DPOOL_MANAGED, ppD3Dtex)) ) 
          return E_FAIL; 
      
     WORD colour16 =     ((WORD)((colour32>>28)&0xF)<<12) 

   |(WORD)(((colour32>>20)&0xF)<<8) 
               |(WORD)(((colour32>>12)&0xF)<<4) 
               |(WORD)(((colour32>>4)&0xF)<<0); 
 
     D3DLOCKED_RECT d3dlr;     
     (*ppD3Dtex)->LockRect(0, &d3dlr, 0, 0); 
     WORD *pDst16 = (WORD*)d3dlr.pBits; 
 
     for(int xy=0; xy < 8*8; xy++)

		  *pDst16++ = colour16; 
 
     (*ppD3Dtex)->UnlockRect(0) ; 
 
     return S_OK;
}