IDirect3DDevice9Ex::GetNPatchMode
DX9 vtable[80] → float
IDirect3DDevice9Ex::GetNPatchMode is a method of the COM interface IDirect3DDevice9Ex in Direct3D 9. Its function pointer sits at vtable index 80 — the zero-based slot in that interface's virtual method table, counted from QueryInterface and including every entry inherited from a base interface. It takes no parameters and returns float.
COM methods are reached through that table rather than by an exported name, so the slot index is what a wrapper, an interface hook or a disassembly listing has to resolve against.