I have created a custom allocator/presenter that works fine for playback of normal media files. However, when I use the following code to try to playback a DVD, it fails with a stack overflow exception. vmr9_ap = new vmr9ap(); HMONITOR monitor = MonitorFromWindow(hwnd, NULL); IGraphBuilder *graph; IBaseFilter *filter; IDvdGraphB...
I'm pretty familiarity with c++. I'v made a few games like tetris and solitaire with it. But what I would really like is some nice textured graphics for those games :-p GDI just isn't doing it for me anymore. Really, all I would need to know is: DX scene initialization making something simple like a round rectangle and basic shapes ab...
I've decided to start making graphical games. My language of choice is C++ and the only game I've made so far was a text based game based on Hunt the Wumpus which taught me fundamentals of game loops and robust error handling. I now think I'm going to move onto a version of Tetris. Obviously moving from text-based to graphical programmi...
Ok, so I'm trying to weigh up the pro's and con's of using various different texture compression techniques. I spend 99.999% of my time coding 2D sprite games for Windows machines using DirectX. So far I have looked at texture packing (SpriteSheets) with alpha-trimming and that seems like a decent way to get a bit more performance. Now ...
An interesting bug came up that I'm having no luck with. In a windowed Direct3D9 program using native code, I handle a device lost using something similar to the following: void MyClass::RecoverFromDeviceLost(LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 deviceToRecover, D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS devicePresentParams ) { HRESULT hr = deviceToRecover->TestCoopera...
I'm trying to debug some problems that only happen on some Windows XP machines. My development system uses Vista, and I'd like to avoid having to setup a complete development environment in XP to debug this problem. I've successfully setup remote debugging to the XP systems using VS2008, but have not been able to get DirectX to output ...
If I have the vertex normals of a normal scene showing up as colours in a texture in world space is there a way to calculate edges efficiently or is it mathematically impossible? I know it's possible to calculate edges if you have the normals in view space but I'm not sure if it is possible to do so if you have the normals in world space...
I need to generate thumbnail from video files, i m using IMediaDet to get frame from video, it not working for (*.vob) file DVD, how can i get thumbnail from DVD in C# .. ...
Hey stackoverflow Community! I learned the basics of C# (i can write some Form-Applications) and now I want to learn how to write 2d games. I don't know where to start. Is there a engine that's good for 2d games? After learning the basics of 2d I'll want to write simple games which work under windows and linux (that whould be cool, linux...
I am trying to add Direct X 9 c in the list of prerequisite of click once installer. For which i am using Bootstrap Manifest generator as i read in some article on building the Bootstrap Manifest generator. I am getting an error that says A null string was requested to be built, which is not allowed. I have my DirectX exe file ...
Given a destination rectangle and an x/y offset value, I need an image to be drawn within the confines of that destination rectangle. If the offset would push the image off the edge of the rectangle, then the part that "pushes out" should appear on the opposite side of the destination rectangle. In simplest terms, I need a scrolling back...
What is the easiest way to do accelerated 3D graphics inside a TForm in Delphi? ...
The subject speaks for itself. Does XNA effectively replace Managed DirectX? We have a few projects using managed DirectX in VB.NET. I was considering porting one over to XNA, but wonder whether it's worth the effort. Thanks in advance for your time. ...
I recently started learning DirectX/Windows, and the book I'm learning from had the code d3d = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION); if(d3d == NULL) //catch error &c. My question is: What would cause an error in this line, that is different than what would cause an error in another line (say, for example, int num = 42)? ...
I'm working on deciding between Managed DirectX (through MS API Codepack), SlimDX library (managed wrapper for DirectX), XNA (managed wrapper++ for Directx9 only), or unmanaged Directx (20%+ extra development time). So, the MS API Codepack interests me, because it has support for DirectX. However, I get a feeling that they might not su...
I am making a C++/Windows/DirectX program that requires the functions d3d = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION); and d3d->CreateDevice(...); when I run the program, these to init functions take particularily long to work (not long, but noticible). Is there any way to shorten the loading time of these? The basic structure of the prog...
I use Sprites to draw images in a D3D window. I draw an image on every sprite within a rectangle (0, 0, width, height) and use Matrix.Transformation2D to place the image in the rendered view. Example: using (Sprite s = new Sprite(device)) { s.Begin(SpriteFlags.AlphaBlend); Matrix tranz = new Matrix(); tranz = ...
I am trying to apply a DirectX gradient filter transform to the selected row in an ASP.net page gridview. In the RowDataBound() event I am applying the approprate style (whihc I know works in other situation), and the added row attributes for 'onmouseover' and 'onmouseout' to enable and disable the filter array element(s) so when the mo...
Hello, I'm trying to read 3D models which were created for a DirectX applications, which are defined in the following way : In the file header, the Flexible Vertex Format (FVF) of the mesh is given (actually, I have any combinations of D3DFVF_{XYZ,DIFFUSE,NORMAL,TEX1,TEX2} in the meshes I tested) Then, n vertices are given in a linear...
I am making a C++/Windows/DirectX program, and when it runs in windowed mode (using d3dpp.Windowed = (!FULLSCREEN); where FULLSCREEN is defined as 0), the three icons that are usually at the top of any window (minimize, maximize/restore, and close) are not there. Also, it's not like just an image with no border or anything, it looks ...