Multiple directx 8 at 1 time

[Ultimasnake]

I am wondering if it is possible to render 2 diffrent things at the same time with direct x 8 (like what editors like unrealed do) i tried to do it with 2 directx 8 loops but only 1 at a time seemed to work.. how can i make a engine so that i can make a "multiple" view kinda program? (like 2 views in 2 seperate picture boxes)

[Fox]

I assume you mean multiple viewports?

[Zaei]

Easiest way is probably to render the scene as normal, then use the hWnd parameter of the Present method to display to the pixturebox/form/whatever you want. Repeat for each viewport.

You could also use swap chains.

Z.

[Ultimasnake]

Well i made this dll that can render 3d stuff in direct x 8 . declare the modules in the dll double and then let them be analyzed both load the models. and then draw them in a While loop. But only 1 of them is shown :S

[Ultimasnake]

here is the test project i was running to just see if i could make it work included is my own dx8 engine.. it is fairly easy but it works perfectly up to now (you might want to run regsvr32.exe over the dll file )

[Zaei]

From DX8.1 SDK:

Note All rendering devices created by a given Microsoft® Direct3D® object share the same physical resources. Although your application can create multiple rendering devices from a single Direct3D object, because they share the same hardware, extreme performance penalties will be incurred.

Z.

[Ultimasnake]

ok so i should use 1 "Public D3DDevice As Direct3DDevice8" and multiple
"Public D3D As Direct3D8"
"Public D3DX As D3DX8"
???

[Zaei]

Use no multiples:

For i = 0 to numViewports -1
  ...Clear(...)
  'render port i
  ...Present(..., Viewports(i).hWnd,...)
Next i

Z.