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  • Compile error C4430
    by JackyLi
    4 Replies
    Last post by The ZMan
      • I am writting C++ Form Application using Visual .net 2005. I tried to use Direct3d to draw some simple 3d polygons, but i always got the following errors: Error 2 error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int c:\program files\microsoft directx sdk (february 2006)\include\d3dx9math.h 787 I include the following files: #include " d3dx9.h&quo
  • Download Manager
    by Blademasterbobo
    3 Replies
    Last post by ivanik
      • Just wondering if there's a split up version of the DirectX sdk for 56k users, or something similar. Thanks, BmB
  • Invisible Skybox
    by Zulbaric
    14 Replies
    Last post by Zulbaric
      • Hi i have used some of the code from the SkyBoxDemo tutorial to make a skybox in my game. I adapted the code to run with my game but when i debug the game i cannot see the skybox and my model following camera flips round to face the front of the model insted of the back and The Ship model turns weird colors!  
  • Post Processing
    by Ska Software
    4 Replies
    Last post by Ska Software
      • Hello Can anyone direct me to some post-processing tutorials I want to try to throw some effects on a 2-D game I'm working on. Thanks!
  • What's the competition like?
    by jay e
    7 Replies
    Last post by Jim Perry
      • Hello everyone, I was just wondering if there is a list anywhere of the people and/or teams that are competing in the Dream-Build-Play contest   Does anyone else wonder what the competition is like and what games are being worked on for this Thanks, jay e
  • Rotate and translate
    by Schnoogs
    5 Replies
    Last post by Bill Reiss
      • It must be late or something because I can't get something pretty trivial to work. I'm getting input from the XBox controller...specifically the right joystick. Any Y movement is supposed to make my model move along the Z axis. Any X movement causes the model to rotate around the Y axis. Simple enough. When I move the joystick directly forward the model moves...if I move the joystick directl
  • Models with repeating UV textures
    by AdamusTheGreat
    8 Replies
    Last post by Kyle_W
      • I used Maya 7 to create a basic model of a box and then applied a file texture to it.  I set the UV repeat settings so that it would repeat and it looks as I want when rendered in Maya.  I then exported the model to a FBX file but the texture doesn't repeat when displayed in my game, it is stretched hideously across the whole object.  Is there something I'm missing   I'm just d
  • Fading screens.
    by Douwe
    1 Replies
    Last post by Wessam Bahnassi
      • How can you make two full screen programms switch to the other but fading
  • Minimizing and Maximizing
    by A1Programmer
    12 Replies
    Last post by Richard Kain
      • I have my application set to use the full screen. If I hit alt tab, go into another app, then alt+tab back into my game, it's solid gray, and then locks up. I wrote some simple code to check the keyboard state, and close the app if I hit escape, but that doesn't even work. I just assumed that this would all be handled for me, out of the box... Do I have to write anything myself to fix this
  • Problem with creating a new font object
    by saliksyed
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    Last post by Canuck1
      • I'm trying to display the frames per second on the window So I decided to create an appStatistics object which has several methods that calculate fps, triangles etc.. here is the code for the constructor: appStatistics::appStatistics() { D3DXFONT_DESC font; font.Height = 12; font.Width = 8; font.Weight = 2; font.MipLevels = 0; font.Italic = true; font.CharSet = DEFAULT_CHAR
  • Get Semantics from a .fx file
    by Monopoli
    3 Replies
    Last post by BLANC Guillaume
      • Hi! Is there a way to get all the semantics in a .FX file I'm using DX9 this has to be possible also on X360 :) Thank you! Alex
  • DirectDraw Deprication
    by robinjam
    13 Replies
    Last post by redshock
      • What exactly do Microsoft mean by depricating DirectDraw Do they mean DirectDraw will be completely removed in the next DirectX release If so, what are the alternatives
  • Camera woes
    by TWild
    14 Replies
    Last post by Kaisor
      • Hi all. I'm having trouble with my camera class. All is well (walking, elevating, strafing) until I pitch up a bit and start yawing. What happens is, as I'm yawing, the camera seems to be rolling in the direction of the yaw on its own. This only happens when I have my camera type set to FPS, where I'm trying to limit to yawing on the world Y axis. The FREE type works as intended and yaws on it's o
  • Coding XBL Achievements into our games
    by Robert Hernandez
    5 Replies
    Last post by Jim Perry
      • I haven't found much information on how to add XBL achievement logic to our games. Is this a feature set that we will be able to utilize and if so, where do we find the documentation that explains how to implement it
  • Good place for free sprite sheets?
    by Bill Reiss
    5 Replies
    Last post by Darkside
      • Does anyone have a good site for free 2D sprite sheets (for sprite animation) or does anyone have (or willing to create) any good sprite sheets they are willing to share I have a new project that I'm going to put on CodePlex which I think will be very useful and I need a good sprite sheet that I can include with the sample. Thanks, Bill
  • Need help running this game.
    by YellowShadow
    7 Replies
    Last post by YellowShadow
      • I have just compiled DeadJustice. It is a game using the catmother engine (http://www.sf.net/projects/catmother). From the forums I downloaded the version that supports Visual Studio 2005, once I compile and run it, it gives me an error and says that lightmap.fx is not compatible or something. I am using the version of DirectX before February 2007. Can anyone help me The shader code is below. If y
  • I cannot compile any XNA tutorials
    by ManInTheBox
    11 Replies
    Last post by ManInTheBox
      • I have Microsoft Visual C# express and XNA Game Studio Express, but when I create a new project and follow the tutorial (any tutorial) and copy and paste the code into a new project, i cannot compile because there are errors when i press F5. Example in tutorial 1: displaying a 3d model on the screen i follow all the directions and when i copy and paste the code at the end and hit f5 i get the firs
  • Skinned animation
    by Michael Nikonov
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    Last post by Michael Nikonov
      • Some news on http://www.codeplex.com/animationcomponents : - Skinned animation now works with Microsoft's FBX importer; - Skinned animation now works with Microsoft's X importer;
  • input strategy
    by Zoulz
    5 Replies
    Last post by Fluxtah
      • Is getting a input device state heavy Should I only do it once per tick and save the info to some global variables that the rest of the of the program can access. Or can I use GetState() everytime I need to check the state of a input device
  • Problem with content .x files on build.
    by Dr.9
    5 Replies
    Last post by Shawn Hargreaves - MSFT
      • I have a small xna application working. I can load an .X file, render multiple of them -great. Now adding another .X file (created identically, added the same way -[existing file, content] It throws up errors on the build. Is there some kind of caching taking place, or a pre-build action I should be doing Searching for the .x model name it shows up in both the ContentPipeline.xml file WITH TWO EN
  • Shadow Volumes on skined meshes
    by Torpedo
    5 Replies
    Last post by The ZMan
      • Hi, I have a shadow volume generation method that is up and runing nicely. The problem is that for now it is only working with static objects (when I say static, I mean objects that don't change their form, like the legs on a character that is walking). I have a question about generating the shadow volume on a skinned mesh: The mesh vertices are unstrunsformed. Do I have to actualy transform the v
  • Game Developing
    by bman34234
    5 Replies
    Last post by The ZMan
      • well i just started animating games and i was wondering how to put 3D maps and stuff into visual Basic. Also how i could do that with Google sketchup. Last i was wondering if there is a good (Cheap Prefered Free) 3d animating software Thnx, John
  • Collision Detection Cont.
    by OasisGames
    4 Replies
    Last post by OasisGames
      • Hello, as some of you may know, I'm working on a collision detection system, and thanks to PolygonSoup, I've gotten a lot further allong. In my tests, speed does not seem to be affected at all by my method of going through every triangle in the level if I base my collision on a single sphere, but I have problems with the collision itself. I used a rough (and horribly incorrect) algorithm to detect
  • Refreshing the graphics
    by Althake
    14 Replies
    Last post by Thomas Aylesworth
  • Question about 'EffectParameter' class
    by Ultrahead
    8 Replies
    Last post by Ultrahead
      • Given that the EffectParameter class is sealed I need to ask: any chance for future versions to take advantage of generics for methods like SetValue and GetValue I 'm not meaning to create a new 'EffectParameter<T>' class (what'd make it difficult for the 'EffectParameterCollection' class), but something like: GetValue<T>() or GetValue<T>(T dummy) -the latter to avoid th