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• Tahoo Billboard Question

  I try to create a Billboard with a texture plus a written text. Everything works fine and see both, the texture and the text. When I move (transalte / rotate) my world the following happens: The texture remains more or less stable. If I rotate the world to the back, the billboard flips, so that I can see it from the back. The problem is, that the text moves out of the billboard. So, two questions: 1. What is wrong with the text Here is the ...Show All

• David Smith (MicroStaff IT) Mesh not appearing in the namespace

  Hi, I'm an absolute directX beginner, so bear with me. I am trying to instantiate a mesh, but I don't see it in the Direct3D namespace. I've included references to the Microsoft.DirectX and Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D components... both versioned as 1.0.2902.0 I am able to create devices, vertex buffers, and everything else in the first few tutorials in the SDK... but not the meshes. If I open the actual tutorial in the DirectX samples... it ...Show All

• Matrix_morpheus Mesh modeling tool

  Hi, I'm looking for a mesh modeling tool. I'm beginner in DX programming so I don't need a tool with thousand of functionnalities for the moment. A free or low cost modeling tool would be great ... Thanks, Steve I can vouch for Milkshape 3D, I've been using it for my personal projects for a couple years now.  It also comes with a couple of .x file exporters.  Theres a trial available and a license wil ...Show All

• AlanK Problem Installing Direct X 9c

  I have problem installing it cos it always complete straight away. i check the version its still the same. This is my Direct X log File 03/18/06 12:36:36: dsetup32: === SetupForDirectX() start === 03/18/06 12:36:36: dsetup32: Feb 3 2006 07:30:18 03/18/06 12:36:36: dsetup32: DXSetupCommand = 0. 03/18/06 12:36:36: DXSetup: DSetupCallback(): Phase = 0, Steps = 0 03/18/06 12:36:36: dsetup32: DirectXSetupIsJapanese == 0 03/18/06 12:36:36: d ...Show All

• Sinisa Can't install directx 9.0c Please help.

  Hi I am using windows xp professional with service pack 2 installed in it. As we all know that service pack 2 has built in directx 9.0b installed in it. Now if I try update directx 9.0b with directx 9.0c it wouldn’t do it. So using on of the directx uninstall software I have removed the directx 9.0b and restore the directx 8.1 from windows xp professional Service pack 1 cd. Which was successfully done. Owow. But ...Show All

• svzephyr44 Directx 9.0C issues , cant play games anymore.......

  I had a missing system DLL file in my Directx 9.0 C . I tried reinstalling 9.0C but I kept getting the same error over and over , missing system DLL file. So I decided to check with colleagues and on the Internet and Microsoft and found out that I needed to first REINSTALL the original directx 8.1 drivers from my Windows XP Home Edition cd.........but 1 needed file ( d3d8.dll) was not there which i really needed for my UNINSTALL/REINSTALL TOOL ! ...Show All

• Mike B. MDX, where do I put the symbol files?

  Sorry for the newbie question, but where do I put the Symbol files I am using April 2006 release, VS2003, MDX, x86. Thank you. Isn't it under Extras\Symbols\Debug\x86\dll directory The best way to get debug output is to go into control panel and enable the debug versions of DirectX. Crank the debug output up to full. Then set your project to 'enable unmanaged debugging' in the project settings. Then watch the output window. Thing ...Show All

• Proxymo Create Displacement from Normal Map

  This is a general graphics question. I was wondering if anyone knew a way to create a displacement map from a normal map. Any and all help would be appreciated. Thanks, Charlie In general, that can't be done, because the specific displacement is not part of the normal (the normal is normalized). You can do a crappy job by starting in one corner, and walking scanline by scanline, adding or subtracting a delta based on what the normal is d ...Show All

• badmf_ahhhhhyeah Flicker in Direct3D application ???

  Hello guys, I developed a small(very simple) 2D game last summer, and I remember I had to use a temporary output for the Drawing/Graphics, and then whole Output draw at once(like one bitmap) so that I avoided "FLICKER PROBLEM". Now, I am trying to get into 3D programming and want to ask, if there could be the same problem, because when my SpaceShip is moving I think its not so smooth as it should be and that it might be the same ...Show All

• Ian Thomas Texture in box

  Hi guys, I would like to make a world. So I made a box and my cam is in it. Now I would like to attach a texture that represent the sky in the box. How can I do that This is also refered to as sky boxes and sky domes. This is really a cool technique and allows the viewer to have this feeling of open-ness even if the viewer is in a box. What you will do is flip the faces of the box so that the faces are pointi ...Show All

• Baldrick finding a tactile device to use together with tablet to play a game

  hi, i want to develop a game that use graphical tablet to play.... but the graphical tablet does not provide the force feedback effect.... so i decide to find a tactile device that can provide the force feedback effect for the user.... and that device will use together with the tablet to play the game.... i just wondering what tactile device can give the force feedback effect for the player...... i just want output no input device.... the force ...Show All

• Georgi Vajarov Setting a custom cursor image [MDX2]

  Hello all, I'm not sure if this post landed in the right forum, I'm sorry if it didn't. I'm developing a smallish Managed DirectX (2.0) application and I would like to change the standard mouse cursor image to my own image. I've created a small 32x32 image that I would like to have instead of the normal windows cursor. I guess this would change the cursor in other windows applications aswell during the time my application is running but that is ...Show All

• woef22 Framework and DX SDK versions

  I'm trying to follow Derek Pierson's C# tank game tutorial series on Coding4Fun , but after installing the VB version of the code and trying to run it, I got 71 errors. He said, for that lesson, that he updated to the August SDK. I have the October SDK installed right now. Do I need to go back the the August update Also, is this the latest version of the framework .NET Framework 2.0 Configuration (version 2.0.50727. ...Show All

• UnquaLeX DirectPlay Alternative Example?

  I was about to get started with learning more about the Managed DirectX 9.0 framework when I learned that the feature I wanted to use most has been deprecated. I have searched for alternatives but am not having much luck finding an easy soultion. Basically what I want to create is a private voice server/client for transmitting voice over the internet to one or multiple people at the same time. So, can anyone point me to a few easy to follow t ...Show All

• Mike Awai "Ensure that DirectX SDK is correctly installed"

  I just downloaded C# Express, and then installed the DirectX SDK from February 2006, from Microsofts homepage Then I loaded the Simple2D_2005 sample (running it from the sample viewer), and it worked as it should. Then I installed the samples source code, opened it in C# Express, but when I run it, I get the following msg: "Could not find required media. Ensure that DirectX SDK is correctly installed" I have tried to uninstall DirectX ...Show All