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Hello, So I was testing my matrix class and the results look questionable and the inverted matrix isn't returning the vertex to it's original value (a seperate issue). Given a perspective projection at 45 degrees with a near of 1 and a far of 1000, the camera at the orgin …

Hi, I have run tuner from DirectX filter graphs. My Tv Tuner Card does not provide I/Q samples(Low frequency) as Realtek RTL2832u based USB Tuners so i need to get RF samples directly from TV Tuner Analog Audio out pin and store it in hard disk for digital signal processing …

Hello, So I'm aware that OpenGL is Column major and DirectX is Row major, but how does that translate into a basic 1D array? So given the below visual matrix, what would the first 3 in the array of each platform and which 3 would be the x,y and z …

Hello guys. I'm play a vide with Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback in C#. i'm tried to 'freeze' the last scene from video. I don't succeed, so I decide to show a picture with last sceen. And I don't succeed again. I have this code: private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Xvid.Owner = …

I wrote this function I plan on using to load in .obj files from Blender into a DirectX application. The problem I'm having is that when when the model is loaded, it appears that every other triangle face is missing in a pattern, for every quad, only 1 traingle is …

hi, i need to past *.x 3d model file into vb6 script. can someone recomend some comprehensively teaching online redaction about? it will be good if there could possibly find way of puting multiple objects in. ex three to see the regle. thanks, i will publish the resultats, for next …

I want t play a video in a Window in my C# application. Looking aroundthe Internet I've found some info on how to use DirectX to accomplish that. But I've also come across comments that DirectX is deprecated, meaning that it's no longer recommended as the way to play videos. …

Ok, so I'm not having a problem but I didn't know where else to place this question. I'm just now "re-learning" C++, I never got into GUI programming before and it's been almost 4 years since I last touched this language. Anyways, my question is simply, do you code a …

Hi, Im using DX9c and learning from Frank Luna's book to try and handle OnLostDevice and OnResetDevice, when switching to fullscreen and back (and alt+tabbing). If I dont draw anything I am able to go from windowed to fullscreen, and back, with no trouble. But adding a draw and flush …

I am looking to develop a small development library that will enable me to speed-up construction of architectural and environmental visualisations (landscapes, cities etc). Super Graphical realism is NOT the priority, but i would like what i do to be relatively future-proof (i know how fast things change in the …

Hey Guys! I wonder how to put a texture on a specific position in DirectX. for example: I want a function that allows to set a Texture on an 2D Position and set the width and height like this pseudo funktion: x y w h DrawTexture(pDevice, 25, 25, 200, 100); …

Hi! I'm new in this forum. I was reading some other posts about Directx and so. Now I have a problem with Lightning in Directx. I wanted to do some graphics like minecraft's ones, with cubes. And when I got my cube class ready, i drawed one cube and that …

Hello, I am currently building a rendering engine in native C++ using Direct3D 10 and the Win32 API. The engine will have 2 separate windows, one being the rendering window and the other being a control window which is used to load models, animaitons, etc. It is also used to …

Ive just recently switched to visual studio c++ express. I am Creating some shapes with dx9 and i came upon this problem with my indices: error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 24 arguments here is the code where i am getting the error: [ICODE]short indices[100]; indices[100] …

Good day, geeky guys. :cool: I have some reactions and questions about DirectX and OpenGL... Suppose (for example only,) I was hired by a big game company to spearhead game developer teams then, I want the game we will produce, to make it versatile in any computer regardless of computer …

I am learning directx from [URL="http://www.directxtutorial.com"]directxtutorial.com[/URL] and when I have compiled one of the samples and run it then close it I get an error message saying "Unhandled exception at 0x010a1883 in test.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000.". What does this mean? I have checked that I have typed …

Hello... I've been a VB.NET developer for quite some time, but I decided to start making games. I bought a book called "Begginig C# game development" by Ron Penton... I've read the first half of the book that's about how C# works and stuf, but in the second half we …

Hello, I have what seems to be a very common problem but after doing much research and trying to fix myself, I am unable to resolve the issue. I receive the following error when compiling my win32, directx 9 program: e:\...\game.cpp(228) : fatal error C1004: unexpected end-of-file found I receive …

I've been Programming in C++ for a year. I am done with Basics and all other OOP concepts(like inheritance,polymorphism and STL) I want to be a game programmer, but i don't know what to study now? I've heard about OpenGL, DirectX, GUI libraries as a result i m confused to …

I recently started reading Beginning DirectX 10 Game Programming written by Wendy Jones, and I'm about 60 pages in on the chapter about sprites, and I feel like I haven't learned anything, half the code they throw at me I can hardly decipher, and even if I do that, how …

hi i am trying to make a program that whilst ingame (magicka if anyone is interested) reads what is pressed on the keyboard and the simulates a combination of keyboard key down and keyboar key up and mouse press. eg if i press NumPad0 it would simulate Key Press A, …

Hi guys, I'm trying to hook the keyboard in vb.net. Who can show me an example where you press button "F2" and a message box appear (MsgBox("You've pressed F2")). I need to hook the keyboard to make some action when DirectX application is running (I've Already tryed with "registerhotkey" but …

Exactly that. Using NAudio or DirectX, can someone show me how to convert a wav file to mp3. Mp3 to wav seems trivial, but unfortunately i need wav to mp3. Thank you for your help

I know alot of you are gonna get mad that i started a thread on directX books when clearly at the top there already is a thread on direct X books, but this is different. I need books on Vector Algebra and Matrix Math/Algebra. I'm learning DirectX9/10 and i have …

[code] 1>------ Build started: Project: DirectXtutrials, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ 1>Build started 3/24/2011 5:24:05 PM. 1>InitializeBuildStatus: 1> Touching "Debug\DirectXtutrials.unsuccessfulbuild". 1>ClCompile: 1> main.cpp 1>ManifestResourceCompile: 1> All outputs are up-to-date. 1>MSVCRTD.lib(crtexe.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function ___tmainCRTStartup 1>C:\Users\Konnor\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\DirectXtutrials\Debug\DirectXtutrials.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals …

Which one of these things are best for developing games or others? Which is easiest? Which one can you use to make some money off of?

Hi guys, I'm planning to make a car game & for that I'll use Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 for programming, directX 10 for the graphics, & Nvidia PhysX engine for the physics. The problem is that I can't find any tutorial of directX and Nvidia PhysX, I only find of …

So I have this problem, I have just started learning DirectX 9 with the Strategy Game Programming with DirectX 9.0 book, I have a header including this code: [CODE]class TileClass { private: int*m_iValue; int m_iNumLayers; float *m_fRotX; float *m_fSize; public: TileClass(); ~TileClass(); int iGetValue(int layer); void vSetValue(int value, int layer); …

Hi to all! I want to write a c# application that plays an audio/video AVI file, and shows in overlay an aplha rectangle realtime generated (from a serial port). I'd like stability and good performance and i'm evaluating various libraries (EgmuCV, DirectShow, WMP,...) but i've not decided yet. Please someone …

Hey I've just started using C# and wanted to start employing DirectX as well however before I can start all the tutorials I go to say I have to add a reference to the library. Now I've installed and reinstalled the June 2010 DirectX SDK a few times but the …