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• How to detect WINDOW mode (FULLSCREEN or WINDOWED)

• Dear colleagues, I have a BIG headache when I wish to toggle window mode from fullscreen to windowed and vice-versa. I need first to know in which window mode is beeing exhibited in one session. And I do not know how to do it. Some help in language C will be appreciated. Normally It will be ...
• Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:05:00 GMT | 640 bytes | Answers (4)

• HLSL from VSH

• Any one can help with equivalent HLSL code for this VSH Code Snippet vs.1.1 dcl_position0 v0 dcl_normal0 v3 dcl_texcoord0 v6 ; Store output position m4x4 oPos, v0, c12 ;Copy tex coords mov oT0.xy, v6 ...
• Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:05:00 GMT | 392 bytes | Answers (1)

• XNA Capabilities Viewer

• If you come from DirectX to XNA you may know the CapsViewer that is part of the SDK. As the XNA framework is based on DirectX the caps are valid for XNA too. Naturally the DirectX version uses the DirectX names for everything. As many things like the surface formats are renamed for the XNA ...
• Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:05:00 GMT | 1,071 bytes | Answers (1)

• Surfaces vs Textures

• I have Cube Texture and i use it for env mapping, and i wanna draw cube object (env) with this texture.i use IDirect3DCubeTexture9::GetCubeMapSurface but i cant set this surfaceto render ( IDirect3DDevice9::SetTexture or ID3DXEffect::SetTexture ) because it need IDirect3DBaseTexture9 ...
• Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:05:00 GMT | 526 bytes | Answers (5)

• Getting rendered graphics (quickly) from the card

• I had a thread about thins some days back, but for some reason I can not write into it now. I am faced with the task of rendering some graphics with directx and then copying that graphics into another card which generates a video signal. I need to feed it a new frame 25 times a second. The size ...
• Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:05:00 GMT | 3,213 bytes | Answers (14)

• Using the framework with WinForm controls

• Anyone have any idea on how to redirect the rendering output to something like a winform Panel control, so that I could use the framework for traditional applications?...
• Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:05:00 GMT | 167 bytes | Answers (14)

• BSP Trees, Polygon Complexity (?)

• Hey all -I've been working on segmenting a polygon to some arbitrary complexity. When I first encountered this problem, I took in an array of Vector2[]'s, computed the centroid, and walked the outside, generating a list of polygons to draw triangle lines from the centroid to. ( I walked the ...
• Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:05:00 GMT | 1,061 bytes | Answers (6)

• Software renderer for Managed DX9?

• Is there a fast software renderer that is DX9 compatible? I'm looking into Pixomatic and SwiftShader, and while they are D3D9.dll replacements, I am using Managed DirectX from C#.Is is even possible to make Manged DirectX use an external D3D9.dll?If so, how would I make it work with either ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:05:00 GMT | 502 bytes | Answers (6)

• XNA Download?

• How do I get to the XNA download on Live Marketplace? I looked for quite some time. Maybe its my eyes.......
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:05:00 GMT | 112 bytes | Answers (5)

• How to do the HDR lighting in XNA?

• I am going to use hdr lighting in my scenes, I've checked all the tutorials and souce code about hdr lighting, but it's still a little confusing for me, how to do that hdr lighting in XNA, I mean how could I set the surface format, how to sample the average luminance, how to do tone mapping, ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:05:00 GMT | 467 bytes | Answers (4)

• Scaling Sprite

• i have sprite for drawing image (256x256), n i want to scale to 128x128 with this code :mySprite.Transform = Matrix.Scaling(128,128,0);mySprite.draw(textureSprite,vectorCenter,vectorPosition,Color.white);but i got nothing, the image size still 256x256, why? ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:05:00 GMT | 274 bytes | Answers (1)

• Security Problems for every project

• Hopefully someone can help me sometime soon, because I am finally out of school and will be coding for a while now. Anyway, ever since I tried to load a project off of one of my other computers on the network, all of my applications have security problems. Even now when I try to load projects ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:05:00 GMT | 562 bytes | Answers (5)

• effect compiler, december release - wrong size for array parameter

• Given the following effect (very simple soft skinning): #define JOINT_NUM 32float4x3 Joints[JOINT_NUM]; // 4th column is always (0, 0, 0, 1), so don't // waste a register for itfloat3 LightDir;struct VSInput{ float4 pos : POSITION; float3 nml : NORMAL; float3 blendWeights : BLENDWEIGHT; float4 ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:05:00 GMT | 5,583 bytes | Answers (1)

• How to change one class to another or how to include derived in base

• Hello guys, I've been making a 3D space game in DX9 and I've run to the following problem. I have base class TELESO for every object in the space and derive needed classes from it(asteroids, ships,etc)... Well, maybe you will find this solution bad, but ...its the only thing I could do...: I ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:05:00 GMT | 1,589 bytes | Answers (3)

• Picking Problem

• I am currently working on a game that uses a board similar to a checkerboard. So many squares across and so many down, except instead of 2D squares, I am using 3D cubes. This allows the map to be rotated and turned in 3d space. Later I plan on stacking the cubes and using them to create 3D ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:05:00 GMT | 800 bytes | Answers (2)

• XNA Game Studio Express. released!!!!

• There is a post about the XNA Game Studio Express was cancelled.... but the true is that it was released (just when they promise it)The download is available ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:05:00 GMT | 359 bytes

• how to copy the data to depth buffer

• Hi, i am just a beginner, so please help meActually, I try to copy the values in one ordinary texture to the depth buffer, how could I write the data into the depth buffer? I see the usage of texture has one type "D3DUSAGE_DEPTHSTENCIL", but I don't know how to use it.I really ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:05:00 GMT | 366 bytes | Answers (3)

• Drawing lines with adjustable color in Managed DirectX (C#)

• How would I go about drawing the outline of a box with Managed DirectX (C#) which I can easily change the color of? I have a vertexbuffer set up with the relevent vertex's, and can draw an outline using linestrip. However, I can't work out how to change the color. Currently it uses a texture, ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:05:00 GMT | 443 bytes | Answers (1)

• Porting ScummVM to XNA

• Hi Guys,Let me introduce myself, seems like the polite thing todo :) First off let me say that Microsoft has done a fantastic job withXNA. I'm really happy with the way it works, so simple anyone can pickit up and get something on the 360. I work as a game developer inAustralia and was one of ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:05:00 GMT | 1,616 bytes | Answers (12)

• How to detect WINDOW mode (FULLSCREEN or WINDOWED)

• Dear colleagues, I have a BIG headache when I wish to toggle window mode from fullscreen to windowed and vice-versa. I need first to know in which window mode is beeing exhibited in one session. And I do not know how to do it. Some help in language C will be appreciated. Normally It will be ...
• Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:05:00 GMT | 640 bytes | Answers (4)