[VB]Displaying text into directx application

Hey everyone !

I've been using fraps for some months now. For those who doesn't know what i is, it simply shows your fps in a game and capture it ... www.fraps.com. I've started to learn the directx part of visual basic, and I was wondering how was fraps displaying the fps in the corners ... how can I display something like that inside a directx game ...

Thanks in advance,
JP

This is a higly advanced topic. And I am not even sure if VB can handle it. Been to many years since I last used it. But at least the way to go is to use a Proxy DLL, to hock to DirectX. This is not easy, but at least there is one or more proxy DLLs all ready made for you. Even if I am not sure if VB can use them. Take a look here for more info:

http://www.proxy.mikoweb.de/index.php


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To do that, you do it manually without using fraps. And it works! Here's how I do it in these two DirectX apps that I have made:

www.angelfire.com/fl5/memorydll/index.html

Source + Exe included ;)

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Originally Posted by Jacob Roman

To do that, you do it manually without using fraps. And it works! Here's how I do it in these two DirectX apps that I have made:

www.angelfire.com/fl5/memorydll/index.html

Source + Exe included ;)

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But that is your own game....I don't think he ment his own games? or did he?


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I'm thinking he meant his own games since he said he just started learning DirectX in VB.

Well, not MY own games, but published games like UT2k4, farcry ...

And i'm an advance vb coder, just haven't touch the directx part of vb because I find it useless in vb... but now it kinda interests me ...

I'll take a look at it and see If I can start with something ...

Anything new is still welcomed...

JP

NoteMe: Geneva is a nice city :D

Would be interesting to see if you can make it work. Looks like the guy that made the Proxy DLL is interesting to see if anyone can make it work in VB too..:)...so would be happy if you posted here if managed to get anywhere...

Yeah Geneva is nice...still miss Norway some times though..:)...but it is nice living here too..:)


- ØØ -

Hey, well finally got it to work... god I love myself lol...

So ya I used the proxy dll from http://www.proxy.mikoweb.de/download.php and here is my wonderful code to hook text into a directx game

Download the GPP 1.3 test package (rev.5/5) and read the read me for more info...

I'll try to hook images tomorrow... im tired now

Noteme: ya i've been to geneva last november ... student exchange in germany and made a trip there to see some friend ...

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function GPSL_SetTextLineData Lib "gpcomms.dll" _
    (ByVal wTextPosX As Integer, ByVal wTextPosY As Integer, _
    ByVal LPCTSTR As String, ByVal dwTextColor As Long, _
    ByVal bBlackBackground As Boolean, ByVal cSize As Byte, _
    ByVal bTextBold As Boolean, ByVal cFontFamily As Byte) As Boolean
    
Private Declare Function GPSL_ShowText Lib "gpcomms.dll" (ByVal bShowIt As Boolean) As Boolean
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
 
    GPSL_SetTextLineData 100, 100, "i love myself", &HFFFFFFFF, True, 50, True, 0
    
    GPSL_ShowText True
    
    
End Sub

Woohoo...very proud of you...;). First guy that ever went through with it after I told how to do it...nice..:)Did you contact the guy that had made it? Looked like he wanted to know how to do it.


BTW: I rated your post since you also posted the code. THis thread is bookmarked so I can just show it to the next person that wants to know how to do it.


PS: I am just working here at CERN for a year. Last year for my batchelour degree. And then I am out of here again..:)

- ØØ -

Hey there,

Well I will write to the guy, but there was a vb script in the zip file, there was only a mistake with the color, so it didn't work... Anyways, thks a lot... i'm also very proud of myself... :D

Next step: hook and image into directx

Stop it you'll go blind.

Ahah, got it !!! Hooking images to directx application is possible !!

Head to http://www.proxy.mikoweb.de/index.php, download section and download the VB exemple file!

JP

all of these links are dead =(

Thats's because the last post was in 2005.

dam ./ i need that too. i will search when saw something i will post here the links.

Plim the link is here .))

http://www.mikoweb.eu/index.php?node=28

see the links in the left section too "Proxy-Dll Concept".

can anyone make a tutorial on how to do this i can't seem to get it to work i want to make my own fps program