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• Toly Menn DirectInput or WndProc?

  I've noticed the in the August SDK (and previous ones) that all of the samples use a WndProc function to handle keyboard and mouse input. I assume there is a good reason that DirectInput is not being used. Could someone please enlighten me as to what it is.... Does using WndProc give better performance than DirectInput   Jason Barrett wrote: all of the samples use a WndProc function to handle k ...Show All

• HeHeHeHeHeHe 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

• dhopton MSFT 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

• saparicio Parameters for this alpha blend

  I was asking about this at the end of another thread and I think it is not read any more, so I will try in a thread which is about this subject and not something else. I want to get a blended alpha value which works like this if two surfaces are drawn on the same pixel and one has alpha=0.75 and the other has alpha=0.5 then i need the result to be 0.875. If the two alphas were 1 and 0.5, i would need it to be 1. I can see how this is ...Show All

• Big Mack Multiple configs & EULA

  Hiya, I just had a quick look at XNA Build in between waiting for builds. :) It certainly looks nice and I'm encouraged by what I've seen. I do have some questions though: I can't figure out how to handle multiple configs such as a sku or a platform, is this possible in the Designer window Assuming the above, can I specify what to include/exclude for each config Is it possible to specify what to build E.g.: a particular entity ...Show All

• Shab to David Weller and tom miller

  Hello . Please fix before xmas Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput;  Version beta 2 december 2005   no mouse or keyboard support SystemGuid.Keyboard or SystemGuid.Mouse SystemGuid is gone. We have to release a sdk for game engine cos money problem it is hard to wait 4 month with no income in the firm and 4 peoble on the payrool we have been programing for allmost 1 year now prepering for net framework 2.0 of directx and mobile directx ...Show All

• Jared Ko drawing circles

  hi guys,               could u tell me how to draw a circle  around a perticular object in the world     sorry guys , again iam asking same question because iam a 4 months buddy to directx   iam drawing a circle in the world  around a perticular object. which should be scaled  or  rotated dynamically. e.g  the circle ...Show All

• anandcbe14 Background doesn't repaint

  Hi folks! I want to create a level editor using c# and Direct3D. At the beginnning i tested my stuff rendering directly to the form. Now i render to an object derived from panel. Everything works fine, but all the form's other controls aren't repainted. the panel itself as well as the device, etc. is contained in a simple manager class. Does anybody know, if that is a common problem, or am i doing something wrong Shall i post some of m ...Show All

• UncleSam rendering meshes in c#

  hi! i've made a mesh picture_1: http://toomaniac.com/kopi/blender/object_mode _solid .gif even on actually flat faces there are a lot of triangles i.e. many different faces picture_2: http://toomaniac.com/kopi/blender/edit_mode.gif when i view the mesh in the meshview - that one that comes with the sdk - it looks like that picture_3: http://toomaniac.com/kopi/blender/directx.gif and when i load the mesh to my device it looks ...Show All

• Carlos Gonzalez Q: WGF

  I would like to ax you something about future of DX: I finally learnt DX just recently and successfully created few DX games and demos. But since DX9 is the last version and the next "big thing in graphics" will be WGF, is it wise to continue learning DX I mean, is it worth it WGF will definitely have totally different API and I will have to learn it all over again :( Im seriously thinking about OpenGL ... I have some experience in that area ...Show All

• KM2007 Theory: Multiple SDK/DirectX Installations and the C3635/C3377 problems

  First off this is what I have installed in regards to .NET, DirectX and Programming Software - all in their own directories. DirectX - October 2005 Edition DirectX - December 2005 Edition DirectX - February 2006 Edition Visual Studio 2005 Express (C#, C++ etc) - Net SDK 2.0, DX Feb2006 Visual Studio 2003 C++ - Net SDK 1.1, DX Oct/Dec and Feb (separately) Visual Studio 6 C++ (Not used since 2003 installed last year) Net S ...Show All

• BigJoe Directx and vb6 error "AUTOMATION ERROR -2146073472 DIRECTX"

  i try to make chat app with direct play 8 and when i when i connect to server in the vib chat box i get this message run time error : AUTOMATION ERROR -2146073472 (80158480); ------------------------------------------ AND I HAVE other qustion why winsock can 't connect to other machin over the internet i try it many onces and in the end i used dircet play 8 is it are good divice to creating chat room l ...Show All

• Prashant Soni new to C++ need help programming with directx

  hi first off i just want to say i am a new member and i love the site    I am a programmer learning C++ and i stumbled upon directx  i have version 9.0 with visual studio.net 2003.  Please if anyone has the time and would like to help me learn and set me off in the right direction i would be very thankful i was on this website and it was saying to learn the directx API's.  how and where are the API's located in ...Show All

• campo Reference Link To Latest DirectX Specification?

  I've been working somewhat with DirectX File Format Version 3.03 and noticed alot of graphics tool .x file exporters use the 3.02 standard, is there a link somewhere which shows the latest version See SDK docs http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ url=/library/en-us/directx9_c/dx9_graphics_reference_d3dx_x_file.asp There is also a link to 'legacy' which I assume means older versions http://msdn.microsoft ...Show All

• drewg 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