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• Klaus Leithner When I compile a DirectX SDK sample project I get an error message

  When I compile a DirectX SDK sample project I get an error message: Compiling... dxstdafx.cpp d:\wutemp\wutemp\tmp\emptyproject\common\dxstdafx.h(43) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory Build log was saved at "file://d:\WUTemp\WUTemp\tmp\EmptyProject\Debug\BuildLog.htm" EmptyProject - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ========== I down ...Show All

• Rajesh Kumar Singh directx integration with vs2005 is missing

  I have installed vs2005 on a clean system and next I installed dx9sdk 2005 october. During setup the tab with utilities could not be expanded to let me select integration with vs2005 and it did not by default install. What I am looking for is the shader debugger, which I would like to run from within the vs2005 ide through the debug/directx/start with directx debugging How do I get this integration up and running If this is the wrong "group" to ...Show All

• Shiv Kumar Texture simply duplicates the first pixel

  This is a noob question, but I wasn't sure if it belonged in the beginners or graphics forums. I'm learning DirectX and trying to get textures figured out, but when I load my texture, it just duplicates the first pixel over my entire surface. To let you know in advance, I am using the most recent SDK and Visual Studio 2005 standard edition. Here is my code. "graphics" the first parameter, is the name of my Direct3d device: ...Show All

• MatthewTK displaying jpegs

  just wanna start off by saying that im a little new to windows programming. i have a pretty good understanding of c++ and basic win32. i was wondering, how can i display a jpeg in a window. the basis behind this is that i will have a bitmap background, and then the jpeg image will be "on top" and move around the map. also, how can i move the jpeg around using the arrow keys would case wm_keydown :          ...Show All

• Bluebell Animating a leg

  hi all, I'm trying to create a simple animation of a leg. The leg would be made out of two parts and each part would be a mesh (could be just Mesh.Cylinder). I know how this should work in principle but when I have to calculate the matrices all goes wrong... Here's my idea: Given the angles of rotation for both parts rotate and position the upper part (which will maybe be someday connected to a torso) then rotate the lower part and c ...Show All

• TSCEWA Getting started with 3d game development(From basics)

  Hello all there, I am guru from India. I am interested in DirectX gamming, but i cannot find CLEAN(Straight forward) tutuorials in directX(3D ) gaming. Please help me by providing some good links. VB.net or C# tutorials will be more helpful. I also need to know how to BRING 3dsmax animated sequence(say a rolling box) into my gaming window or just a small walking character from 3dsmax. Help me! guruparan@hotmail.com ...Show All

• Orez XNA & MDX = ?

  Which role will Managed DirectX play in the XNA Unfortunately, anybody who knows the answer to that question isn't allowed to answer it in public. The XDK is separate from the DirectX SDK, though obviously they both have DirectX 9 included and several of the tools and APIs (PIX, XACT, XInput) are now becoming common. However for Managed DirectX to be a part of the XDK it would indeed require th ...Show All

• pradeepp DirectDraw Surface.Draw with aplhablending

  hi, to all. I have problem with Drawing surface(in managed DirectDraw)  not ColorKey using, since we want to use aphablending for that, how to do that We use png or tga formats for drawing durfaces. thx, for now we'll try to prepare graphics will one transparent key, then if we'll get free time, will try to recode engine to d3d sprites acutally I'd like not use any part ofd3d , I'm creating 2d game, you mean use 3d3X sprites for ...Show All

• STAN4TH Fix Found Windows XP Pro, DirectX 9c install completed ! I cant Install Directx 9.0c December 2005 dsound.inf problem

  When I try install Directx 9.0c December 2005 Redlist I Envisage with this Error : "An internal system error occurred. Please refer to DXError.log and DirectX.log in your Windows folder to derermine problem." I several time download Directx 9.0c December 2005 and November 2005 but everytime I Envisage with this error and when I go to DXError.log and DirectX.log see this Problem with dsound.inf : -------------------- [01/05/06 01 ...Show All

• galg Terrain Rendering

  I have a quick question... What are some of the best/simplest ways to render large terrains for games such as a MMO or a FPS like Far Cry I have skimmed over some LOD stuff using quadtrees and this seems to be ok but I was thinking of using an LOD technique that changes with distance from camera. I am not sure what this is called. But i was wondering if this would be a good way to go about it. Thanks in advance. thanks for the info... and ...Show All

• Bart1 Move object

  Ok, So I wanna do a 3d version of Pong ( for entertainment and practise ) going quite well ^^ Have rendered 5 white objects in a black area. (walls + paddles + ball) Is there any move function like D3DXMatrixRotY ( something like that ) so I can move the ball =D please help I would take a gander across Google, Google Newsgroups and GameDev. There should be plenty of articles on collision detection in numerous languages. On the other hand ...Show All

• techrep50 Color keying

  Hi, I'm working with C++ and DirectX 9 (2D). I'm using loading some pictures into surfaces, with D3DXLoadSurfaceFromFile, and I set the color key parameter to a color, for example green. Then, when I draw this surface on the screen with StretchRect, all that was green in the picture is now black. But I want that green is changed for transparent. How do I do that When you load an image with a color key you ...Show All

• tod hilton - MSFT Integrating Joystick w/ DirectX9.0 and VB.net

  I had successfully integrated a joystick using VB6 and DirectX8.0 ( ) a few years ago.  I wanted to do the same thing with newer technology... I recently purchased VB.NETand a joystick thinking that the taks would be a cut and paste of old code with some minor modifications.  I found that I can't download DirectX 8.0, and now I must accept 9.0.  It seems as if every thing is skewed towards C# & C++ now regarding joysticks... M ...Show All

• Traveler2 HLSL Syntax Highlighting in Visual Studio Express

  Does anybody know how I can activate syntax highlighting for fx files in Visual Studio Express Hey, anybody out there, nobody of you uses VS Express (I'm a poor student. :)) Or does the HLSL syntax highlighting workes for all of you as expected Or don't you author hlsl shaders with VS Thanks. That's really a pitty. Nico No you don't get ...Show All

• mr_snubbex Directx SDK January 2006?

  hello everyone, can anyone tell me if there is any possibility of a January version of the SDK 2006 planned to be released Thank You thanks to your question.thank you very much. As a developer, I prefer to get the latest features / bugs fixed as soon as possible :) dxfoo wrote: I agree somewhat, although I'd rather see quarter-based releases than two-months. As David Weller indicated - i ...Show All