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What is instancing, and how can I update my graphics code to do it?

This question directly follows on from this one: How can I implement a renderer that can draw many kinds of primitives? I have a small amount of drawing code structured in the following way: A mesh ...
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How can I implement a renderer that can draw many kinds of primitives?

This is somewhat linked to a question I previously asked concerning the drawing of indexed primitives. My problem was that I was only drawing one cube when I wanted to draw many. I was told that the ...
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How can I draw many objects on screen instead of just one?

Like many beginner graphics programmers I followed a tutorial which showed me how to set up buffer descriptions and fill out the vertex buffer etc... - the steps involved in drawing a simple indexed ...
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Material vs Material Pass

I am trying to figure out the difference between a "Material" and a "Material Pass" (in theory). Is it basically that a Material will have multiple "Material Pass"'es, along with a name. Then the ...
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Draw contour around object in Opengl

I need to draw contour around 2d objects in 3d space. I tried drawing lines around object(+points to fill the gap), but due to line width, some part of it(~50%) was covering object. I tried to use ...
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What do you need to know in C++ before starting to program with DirectX

I was wondering what do you need to know in C++ before starting to program with DirectX? I have only been programming in C++ (more for 2D games using SDL and learning the basics) for just over a ...
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How to Make A Fast Graphics Engine? [closed]

Assuming I were to develop a graphics engine for a modern PC game that used only DirectX or OpenGL, which techniques could I use to make sure it ran quickly? Edit: I'm looking for any approaches ...