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• Flying bird using DirectX

  I'm 3d beginner. I need to make a flying bird using DirectX. I don't know if to draw such a complicated object in DirectX or to create it using some external tool, like 3dmax, and to make it flying with DirectX. In any case, I don't know how to start (I have latest Direct SDK and Visual ...

• MDX (Dec 2005) Working with D3DX

  I just upgraded to the latest and greatest DX SDK, mainly because I really wanted be able to use the Direct3D.Font.MeasureString method (although I'm a bit confused as to the parameters it takes, but I should probably ask that question in another thread).Anyway, I added a reference to the ...

• MDX 2.0 FrameHierarchy problem...

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• MDX 2.0 lost devices? (can't find beta website)

  I know this is a beta question. Don't bother referring me to the "beta" site--there's no entry over there for directx beta. Is it moved? anyway.Has anyone managed to successfully Reset() a device once it was lost under MDX2.0?I see how the samples do it, but it only seems to work for 1.1. ...

• MDX 2.0 not work

  I've downloaded the DirectX SDK (Feb 2006) and installed it.But when I try to run the sample projects that use MDX 2.0 library, Visual Studio always report the error "Can't find specified module. HRESULT: 0x8007007E".It works well if I run the projects that use MDX 1.1 library.Can ...

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• xna general/beginner questions

  I had some general questions about xna:Will the final product be something meant for small ISV style game companies (like 3 people that want to make a game) or targeted towards large game outfits?Is microsoft trying to open a market for small game people to make games for microsoft arcade?Is ...

• XNA Framework and the Number of Runtimes

  Hi, I am interested in migrating some projects to the XNA Framework in the near future. I'm curious if there's any decisions if the XNA Framework is going to have the DirectX .dlls within it to simplify distribution. Without it, I'm assuming there will be three runtimes (.NET, XNA, DirectX). ...

• About Updatesurface

  In my program I need update texture Frequently, So I use a off-screen-plain-surface(created in D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM) , and a Texture(used for rendering, created in D3DPOOL_DEFAULT),in every frame, I lock this surface, write data into it and unlockrect,then use UpdateSurface update the texture with ...

• XNA Framework in Vista

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• XNA Collision

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• XNA Podcast

  XBL Radio.com has put out their roundtable on XNA with myself and a couple of developers. Check it out here....

• XNA Game Launcher

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• XNA Game Studio Express (Beta2). No components installed?

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• XNA spriteBatch problem?

  hi all,i created one mesh and spriteBatch in my game. i tried run the program but the mesh has some problem below is my mesh problem screen - dump and coding. But if i remark spriteBatch, the no this problem. Please somebody help.http://hk.geocities.com/brian_tsim/error.PNG <==== Mesh Error ...

• XNA Starter Kits

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