OK all this should be pretty much my last question for these forums (phew says Z) unless I get stuck coding my project although Im feeling pretty confident now (even though it will probably only run at 1 FPS ).

Is there any FAST way of returning the pixel colour of a screen coordinate? I know it can be done by locking the backbuffer although as far as I am aware this is a v slow process and I dont know how to do it anyway. If not I guess I can live without it.

Cheers all and especially to Z thanks very much for all your help, I couldnt have done it wivout u .

Dan

PS I will be back to help others as my way of saying thanks so dont think u can get rid of me that easy .