Can anyone show me how to create a text overlay that will display over a full-screen directx capable game
Thanks in advance!
Is there a Direct Draw or DirectX function to allow you to draw a line on the back buffer? I couldnt find one so Im currently using the LineTo() GDI function to draw straight on the screen....
Hi there, I currently am making an application to support both streaming from a DV capture source and from a video file eventually outputting the results to a D3D9 texture using the VMR9 rende...
Ok, I am just trying to get started with Managed DirectX and I have a simple question.
I am wondering how I can draw a Sphere without having to use a .x file. I see that the there is a Mes...
I am relatively new to DirectX programming (especially COM and DirectShow), so forgive any obvious mistakes.
I am trying to combine two previously written applications that work great indep...
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I'm fairly irrelevant to game graphics, but I do have a question that perfectly fits here. I want a function that given an Image and a trapezoid defined by a four points array (or...
I need an example of how to access the R,G, B, and A pixels in a surface after locking the surface. I need to be able to read and write them as quickly as possible.
I have tried
surfaceOl...
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I didn't get much luck with my last question so am re-wording it as I am closing in on the project deadline.
I have several objects (PrimitiveType.TriangleStrip) and have a cursor wh...
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I am a newbie to DirectX. I installed the latest SDK, and mostly learnt from examples I found online.
I am trying to render to multiple windows. Basically it is a flight simulato...
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I have got the following code off microsoft, all i want to do is have more than one triangle in 2d. I have tryed putting in more verts but it only show the first triangle. What am i doing...
I have a Dell Inspiron 9400 running Win XP SP2. Suddenly Nero ShowTime has started reporting that there is no Direct Draw support and running DXdiag on the Display tab shows that Driect Draw ...
I want to start coding applications that make use of DirectX (Direct3D and DirectInput in particular) however, have no idea where to begin.
If anyone could suggest some good books, articl...
I have been struggling with a bug in a Direct3D-based application for a very long time now, but I have been unable to find the cause. For some reason, even though lights are set up properly an...
In triangle list, for a triangle, I know how to calculate this normal and then assign it to its three vertices...but when I use triangle strip...as you know...one vertex belongs to two triangl...
I have an NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 graphics card, and I decided to play Half-Life 2 with the original microsoft drivers installed (not a smart idea) anyways after that failed miserably I chec...
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I understand I can set vSync usage (on/off) by DirectX when creating the device (e.g., IDirect3D9::CreateDevice, Parameter D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS). But this would be overwritten by dr...
Ok, I have looked everywhere to try and fix my problem but to no avail. I have just decided to start learning games development (I am a web developer), my problem is I have been using Dev C++...
I can't figure out what is happening with the function D3DXVec3TransformCoord, can someone please explain it well?
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I want to know which is the best Video Decoder Filter for Mpeg-I/II which are compatible with DirectShow and can be successfully used in the applications.
Thanks in advance !!
Bes...
If someone knows,
how to access a thread's (program's) (secondary) surfaces from another thread (program).
I think the DirectX surface capturing is a well kept secret. /at least i could no...
This hp desktop computer is recieving the can't install directx drivers so the game will not install, the os is xp pro and the game has the xp safe logo. the info I have is limited right now b...
hi everyone, really need some help here. i'm using windows xp but can't run directx 8.1. when i checked it out, i learned that the direct 3d acceleration is unavailable. i tried downloading di...
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I'm Antoine Vromen from the Netherlands and I'm having a problem with directx diagnostics and some 3D games (not all).
When I start up dxdiag, I get get the error message
"A fatal ...
Does anybody know how to prevent the screensaver and monitor poweroff during fullscreen video playback in directshow (using delphi)?
While my application has the focus it is no problem to i...
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I am making a 2d game with directdraw. Last time I wanted to make a filter for my directdrawsurfaces. For this I need to get individual pixel values, manipulate them and send them back ...
