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  1. Aug 7th, 2001, 04:07 AM #1
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    Me = DirectX Newbie

    I have no experience in Direct X watsoeva. I am planning a long term game with my friend. I have (i think) grown out of newbieness(disease ) so i think i can handle dx. I've been through the dx tutorial from vbexplorer but that (i think) is not good enough for a dx newbie like me.

    Please recommend and lead me to some resources for Direct X for newbies.

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  2. Aug 7th, 2001, 04:17 AM #2
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    Here's my input:

    Jack Hoxley's DirectX4VB Site: http://64.23.12.52//index.asp
    Lucky's VB Gaming Site: http://rookscape.com/vbgaming/tutorials.php
    VoodooVB: http://voodoovb.thenexus.bc.ca/tutorialsindex.html

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  3. Aug 7th, 2001, 08:26 AM #3
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    I would stick with the first one on the list. The tutorials are well written, etc.

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  4. Aug 11th, 2001, 11:42 AM #4
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    If you're REALLY a newbie or just too lazy, you can use the DX Plug, available at http://www.planet-source-code.com . It has a lot of functions to make DX easier than BitBlt
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'Error 9: Overflow
'DON'T PANIC! :eek:

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  6. Aug 12th, 2001, 07:49 AM #5
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    I find that using things like that slow down the program, as Directdraw and Bitblt act a lot differently. I used one once from there and it flipped EVERY time you blitted something to the screen.
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  7. Aug 12th, 2001, 03:26 PM #6
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    Hehe lol

    This one isn't perfect too, I had to improve it a lot until it was faster/had a cleaner code, supported windowed mode, and could store some images in video memory for faster special effects
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'Error 9: Overflow
'DON'T PANIC! :eek:

    To learn how to use realistic effects in your games like fire, rain, snow and magic effects, read my article on particles systems here.


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