DirectX is a set of multimedia APIs from Microsoft aimed primarily at game developers. Popular APIs within the DirectX collection include Direct3D, XInput, and XAudio.
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c++ game programming course [closed]
Does some one know some good C++ Game programming course? I've tried lots of tutorial of OpenGL (3.3+). I've done simple games using opengl and glsl... but... game programming is another thing.
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Are there any open-source Direct X code-bases that I can look at to learn from as a beginning Direct X and graphics programming student? [closed]
I'm a third-year university student and I've recently begun studying Direct X 11. Mostly I've been following the samples from the SDK and reading a lot out of the MSDN. Although I have a decent ...
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PIX and Metro apps
I would like to use Pix on a Metro (Win 8) app. However, Pix wants the path to the application, something that Metro apps don't have. Has anybody been able to get Pix working with Metro?
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In DirectX 11, batching primitives for performance, how does this actually work?
I don't seem to be able to understand this. Microsoft says that one of the possible optimizations of for a Direct3D 11 if to batch primitives draw calls. For example in order to draw say 300 triangles ...
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Can not enable IME to capture Chinese characters in SharpDX
Just found that direct integration of IME is blocked in Windows 8, moving on to TSF now.
By now, there is lack of Microsoft's Document about TSF, this will be hard.
I am using SharpDX and the ...
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2D scrolling background sprite, Direct X, and C++
Here is a quick rundown of my problem. I am trying to make a 2D scrolling shooter, using a sprite to render the background. This works fine by itself, it has the scrolling effect I am looking for. The ...
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How do I learn to develop a Direct2D application in SlimDX using C# [closed]
I'm an intermediate web developer who is experienced with C# and I am looking into becoming a game developer and designer. I have decided that I want to develop a simple 2D RPG.
I'm having a hard ...
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Where I can get dinosaurs meshes? [closed]
I´m starting Computer Science in the University and I'm developing a simulation of Jurassic Park, and I need to find dinosaurs and plants meshes for the graphic engine, so i was looking for it but i ...
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Which should I learn: DirectX or XNA? [closed]
I've worked with the Microsoft Foundation Classes(MFC) and now I want to enter the world of game development.But should I start with directX or XNA? I'm hesitant towards DirectX because I feel it ...
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Render just the pixel under mouse cursor in DirectX
I'm having difficulties rendering just a single pixel which is on the defined coords of viewport. I'm using D3DXMatrixPerspectiveOffCenter function, but the result is not what I expected.
Here is ...
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methods similar to D3DXIntersectTri in c + + and other languages [closed]
I'm looking for alternatives to D3DXIntersectTri.
methods similar to D3DXIntersectTri in c + + and other languages also
thanks in advance
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DirectX How to Gernerate Vertices for Diamond Shape and Render it?
How to generate vertices for 3D Diamond Shape in DirectX?
EDIT:
I am creating an application which receive DIAMETER, CROWN, GIRDLE and PAVILION as parameter and render a model of diamond according to ...
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using DirectX to generate a sprite sheet
I am building a site in HTML5 for my client and it must run on the iPad/iPhone (i.e. Safari on iOS).
They want a 3D effect where they have a simple, yet, specific product they want to show on the ...
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should I learn an API before heading into DirectX so I can implement what I learned in C++? [closed]
I've finished all the basic concepts of C++ ( Procedural and Object-Oriented Programming), It took me about a year to learn it, since it's my first programming language. And so I feel ready to learn ...
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simple win32 window wont show [closed]
The program compiles and runs successfully but does not show a window, it simply ends immediately.
#include <Windows.h>
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc( HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, ...
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Sprite rotation and question about sampler state
I'm not an expert in creating game engines, but I'm doing fine for now. Recently I reached a point that I couldn't solve any of my problems. I have two questions:
I'm using ...
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What to read after reading Frank Luna's “Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 11” [closed]
I have recently finished the book, what should i go on to in order to continue progression as a game developer? I am particularly interested in the FPS genre. But I am okay with any books not ...
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How to use D3DXIntersectTri function to find intersected point?
How to calculate direction for D3DXIntersectTri function to find intersected point? And after getting the result in Distance how to get that coordinate(XYZ)?
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Passing multiple colors to a pixel shader in DirectX
I have a pixel shader that sets the output color based on the interaction of an input texture, sort of like:
if (case1)
{
output.Color = float4(0, 0, 0, 0);
}
else if (case2)
{
output.Color = ...
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Best approach to depth streaming via existing codec
I'm working on a development system (and game) intended for games set mostly in static third-person views. We produce our scenery by CG and photographic techniques. Our background art is rendered ...
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Can't Load Shaders [closed]
I have a Windows Phone 8 XAML with DirectX project. I have written some code to load textures and shaders to simulate a particle system. The particles render to the DrawingSurface XAML control. ...
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Rendering a simple game and multiple simple geometry [closed]
For a while I have been looking to create a simple 2D game, but I have been lacking in time to create such a thing, recently I have had more time to purse that.
I have been working my way though some ...
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How do I implement my old OpenGL-based gfx_render_triangle_list using DX11?
I am working at a game that has lots of procedural content. I had built a game engine using OpenGL that handles everything needed for creating a basic 2D game, sprites, primitives, blending, polygons ...
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DirectX9 toggling display problem
How can I reset a render target? I am trying to toggle between fullscreen mode and windowed mode but without success. I've tried all the possible combinations in the code below. I am rendering to a ...
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Latency difference between DirectSound and XAudio2
As far as I understand the WDM, DirectSound drivers cannot be hardware accelerated on Windows Vista and newer. Is XAudio2 affected as well?
Or in other terms: in latency terms is it definitely better ...
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D3DXCreateEffect Performance
Current performance analysis shows that D3DXCreateEffect is called many times with different shaders. Between each call, the D3DCompile DLL is being loaded and unloaded. Is there an easy way to keep ...
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Emulate border color texture address mode efficiently
In WinRT the border color texture address mode is not supported.
The best I came up with in emulating the border address mode, is doing this in my pixel shader:
float4 tcol = tex.Sample(texSampler, ...
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How to Render Cylinder with built in function D3DXCreateCylinder in Directx9 with Delphi-Xe2 and JEDI? [closed]
I'm new to Directx and i want to render Cylinder using "D3DXCreateCylinder" function.
I using Delphi Xe2 and JEDI for DirectX9.
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Rotation matrix from OpenGL to DirectX
I have an application which uses openGL and i have to port it to DirectX.
To sum up my issue : How can I port rotation matrix based on a right-handed coordinate system to a left-handed coordinate ...
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Camera frustum calculation coming out wrong
I'm trying to calculate a view/projection/bounding frustum for the 6 directions of a point light and I'm having trouble with the views pointing along the Y axis. Our game uses a right-handed, Y-up ...
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Using DirectX9 within Visual Studio 2012 in Windows 8?
Asking the question here simply because my PC is down for the count for a while and wasn't able to stave a curiosity before that happened.
I picked up a few books about programming Games in DirectX, ...
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My 2d Shader in XNA falls apart the second I put it into Farseer [closed]
I wrote a simple light shader that I tested in a simple 2d spaceship shooter and it worked fine. Once I imported it into my friend's farseer project with rotatable shapes, it doesn't seem to work ...
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Getting Started with a Custom .X file Importer/Loader
I'm building my own C++ DirectX game/engine and I've noticed that .X is no longer really supported past DX9 and I've been looking into converting my 3D model files, .X, .3ds, .COLLADA into binary dump ...
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How do I create a camera for a strategy game?
How do I make a camera for a strategy game? Think something in the style of Warcraft 3, so you can lower the camera angel and view the world in a somewhat 3D format. Do I need to have some coordinate ...
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One or multiple VertexBuffers
I'm currently working on a personal project where I'm trying to load the levels and all of the geometry from the game "Medal of Honor Allied Assault" into my own C# code-base based on SharpDX.
I ...
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Implementing multithreaded loading screens
Ok, I have fairly little multi-threading experience, but i have done a similar thing before without issue...but this has me stumped.
This is in C++, Directx9 Visual Studio...
My game basically runs ...
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How do I improve terrain rendering batch counts using DirectX?
We have determined that our terrain rendering system needs some work to minimize the number of batches being transferred to the GPU in order to improve performance. I'm looking for suggestions on how ...
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Geometry shaders on Surface RT
Can anyone tell me if geometry shaders are supported on the Microsoft Surface RT? On one hand, MSDN makes it sound like the Surface RT supports only feature level 9_1, and geometry shaders are only ...
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Game Institute courses - DirectX version used? (SOLVED)
Which DirectX version is being covered in their game programming course? Anyone who has been through these courses can please tell me?
thanks!
EDIT: Support contacted me back, they still use DX9.
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How can I render multiple windows with DirectX 9 in C++?
I'm trying to render multiple windows, using DirectX 9 and swap chains, but even though I create 2 windows, I only see the first one that I've created. My RendererDX9 header is this:
#include ...
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Why does matrix multiplication lead to different result if it's done on CPU, compared to GPU(shader)?
If I'm calculating a "camera space" on the CPU, by multiplying the view with the projection matrix on the CPU , and afterwards multiplying the world to the result my vertices do not pass to the pixel ...
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Matrix in constant buffer on the GPU contains NaNs but not on the CPU
I've got a shader with the following constant buffer:
cbuffer ShaderParameters
{
matrix inverseViewProjectionMatrix;
float4 cameraPosition;
};
When using Visual Studio 2012's graphic ...
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Converting Animation data from Maya to DirectX in C++
I am currently trying to export an animation from Maya and import to a program I am working on. One of the problems I currently have is that when imported, the mesh and animation data looks reversed ...
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Managing graphic state and components?
I often tend to do a lot of premature optimazation when dealing with graphics. There are a few principles I always try to follow:
Keep the number of D3D components to a minimum. (Render states, ...
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What happens to data between vertex shader and pixel shader?
Short version: What can happen to the output of a vertex shader that leads to no(or very few) pixels being drawn, especially in relation to a perspective matrix.
Long version:
My problem refers to ...
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creating a UI menu in c++
Im currently working on a 2D Game where the users can interact with specific nodes and are able to edit certain bits of information and I also plan for the users to be able to click buttons to set ...
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Strange rendering in Direct3D 10 [closed]
I'm writing an application which renders graphics on the screen. The application can switch between Direct3D9 and Direct3D10 graphics modules (I wrote DLLs that wrap both D3D9 and D3D10). When trying ...
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Applying an outline effect to primitives
I am trying to draw an outline on a collection of quads in Direct3D. I have three intersecting quads on the same plane in the following configuration:
(The different colors here are just to ...
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Proper use of Dynamic Vertex Buffers for rapid update
I am creating a C#/SharpDx/DirectX10 application to plot line charts in a fast way.
I have a prototype which uses Dynamic Vertex Buffers and fills a fixed-size buffer, say 1M vertices, with new data ...
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How to debug Direct3D resource leak?
When I close my application, I get the following errors in the Direct3D Debug output:
Direct3D9: (INFO) :MemFini!
Direct3D9: (ERROR) :Memory still allocated! Alloc count = 20
Direct3D9: (ERROR) ...
