Computer Game Development

• Computer Game Development Questions

• • D3DXCreateMesh

    Does anyone have any experience with creating meshes "on-the-fly"? I'm trying to create a simpl...

    By dekade

  • Creating bitmaps

    Could anyone please help?My aim is to create a bitmap of a small banner containing a string of text,...

    By hbb

  • WOWFormer

    Hi Ive just come accross WOWFormer.ocx, however I wasnt able to get any associated documentation. A...

    By tendemo

  • Achieving 2d + alpha + seperate layers with Manage...

    The project I'm working on will have several image layers that need to be quickly updatable wit...

    By agent

  • Write Application ICON at an EXE file

    Hello everyone.I deadly need an API call or pure source which will help me CHANGE an icon of an EXE ...

    By hbb

• • Help!

    My direct draw surfaces keep over flowing whne I try to load bitmaps on to them. Could some one expl...

    By r2k, 2 Comments

  • X,Y Coordinate System?

    Hello,Can someone please post a link to a good tutorial on the XY Coordinate system? Thanks for any ...

    By dflw, 10 Comments

  • Would someone please check my function? [SOLVED]

    Public Function ComparePlayerAnswer() Dim SelectedAnswer, Msg As String Dim IsCorrect As Boole...

    By hothead, 7 Comments

  • Screen flicker - drawing bitmaps directly to form

    Greetings,I've seen a few emails similar to this one recently, but none have been drawing to th...

    By mikeyg, 1 Comments

  • ***Help me to make a simple game using animation**...

    I am using VB 6 and I have an school project to make a simple game using animation. I need ideas to ...

    By incognito_301, 4 Comments

• Computer Game Development: is the Category's subject.It's has 8,693 questions,this is No.435 pages.
• how to full screen?
• Hi~ :) I want to make my form to use Full-screen mode with 800x600 res and 16 bit color, Can anyone teach me how to that? Thanks a lot !...
• dimsumz, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:13:00 GMT, 136 bytes, 3 Answer
• .tga files
• hi can anyone please tell me if it is possible to open .tga files using vbhhheeeeeeeeeelllllllppppPROZAC...
• hbb, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:11:00 GMT, 134 bytes, 4 Answer
• Suggestions From The Game Programmers
• I am going to add a "Please Read Before You Post" thread to the Games CodeBank section and I would like to hear from you folks on what you think I should put in there.CVMichael has already made an excellent suggestion that posters should put the language in which the submission is written in the...
• hack, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:44:00 GMT, 442 bytes, 18 Answer
• Sizing StdPicture vars
• I am working with an image stored in memory. It is originally a StdPicture object. I then create a DC and link the picture to it. I need to know how to change the size of the image from 1024 x 768 to 1600x1200. The SetBitmapDimensionEx API does not work....
• codemagician, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:29:00 GMT, 254 bytes
• Where do I get good graphics?
• Hi all!I'm searching for an internet site with good and useful graphics for a RTS, strategy or shoot em up game. If you know a good one please tell me!!!Thx...
• cnp, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:33:00 GMT, 181 bytes, 1 Answer
• Fastest way to do this.... (please help)
• Hi,How can I do this CODE in a faster way, like instant:(It's to take a part and low its light by 50%)Dim R as LongDim G as LongDim B as LongFor I = y1 To y2 For J = x1 To x2 R = (Getpixel(Form1.picMain.hdc,J,I) And 255) * 0.5 G = (Getpixel(Form1.picMain.hdc,J,I) \ 256 And 255) * 0.5 B =...
• arie, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:40:00 GMT, 570 bytes, 19 Answer
• Render to Texture and Alphablend problem (VB6/DX8)
• Im trying to render to texture, by using the SetRenderTarget method. I create the texture using the D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8 format but when I render a sprite, for example, that has an 8bit alpha channel to the texture, the alpha blending doesnt seem to be right. The translucent pixels in my image are...
• jsmallberry, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:43:00 GMT, 2,476 bytes, 4 Answer
• how do i get players name? (DP)
• Is there a way to get a players name from there ID number in direct player.I want to get the name from the ID number that is sent when a message is sent.''dp.Receive(lngFromPlayerID, lngToPlayerID, DPRECEIVE_ALL)''I know i could use a list to do this, but i want to know if th...
• onyx_black, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:37:00 GMT, 394 bytes, 3 Answer
• CPU usage during GameLoop
• Wow! I found out that during the "GameLoop" Cpu usage is 100%. There are needs/ways to make this value smalller?this is the code for gameloop: While GameRunning 'DoSomestuffhere CheckIfIHaveToExitThisLoop 'for stopping gameloop DoEvents WendThx,Xmas...
• xmas79, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:28:00 GMT, 356 bytes, 5 Answer
• 3d tutorials
• Hey, Im using Dev-C++ and cant get any of the 3d tutorials to compile.I tried NeHe's Opengl tutorial, but ran in the problem of the missing glaux.h file. So I dropped that and installed the directx files for Dev-C++, and went through the NeXe tutorial for Directx8 (btw I installed the Direc...
• cogman, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:08:00 GMT, 948 bytes, 2 Answer
• (About GDI+) How to clear the image printed by Graphics.DrawImage()
• How can I clear the image which is printed by the "Graphics.DrawImage()" on the form. Dim gra As Graphics gra = Me.CreateGraphics() Dim path As String path = "e:\test2.bmp" Dim picture As Image picture = New Bitmap(path) gra.DrawImage(picture, 0, 0) I just want to erase the picture(test2.bmp) on...
• megarfield, Thurs, 11 Mar 2010 03:18:00 GMT, 508 bytes, 1 Answer
• Help on Rotating Image
• Help.Not usually working with graphics at all - i'm really stuck.A project i'm working on needs a bitmap (or JPEG) to be rotated through maybe 20degress from one side to the other, say like the wave of a flag.It can be a fairly simple image, but with virtually no knowledge of graphics...
• peterpigmy, Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:20:00 GMT, 475 bytes, 5 Answer
• *ARGH* GDI-resources!
• I just restarted my computer and killed all unneccessary programs... well I had 94% system- and 95% GDI-resources left. Then I started 3DSMAX which brings them down to 30% and 85% which is quite normal ;). Then I created a simple box and a sphere and added the morph-modifier... know what happene...
• fox, Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:25:00 GMT, 614 bytes, 5 Answer
• Who made this?
• I found this on a pose about three or four days ago. It was in a post about teaching a class how to make a racing game.Just wondering who made this and am requesting permition to put the zip on my web page. It is a nice simple game that i belive should be available for demo purposes. I person...
• techi, Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:38:00 GMT, 1,029 bytes, 2 Answer
• RTS With DX8
• I'm embarking on a journey to make an RTS game using the DX8.1 SDK. I'm wondering if anyone has any links that they could throw up here to give me a direction to look into. I've got the SDK and a pretty good understanding of how it works and can do quite a bit with it. Anything...
• mattkinser, Tues, 09 Mar 2010 20:25:00 GMT, 385 bytes, 4 Answer
• Which is better?
• Which is better for a character? BitBlt Animation? Or just moving an Image or PictureBox when they key is pressed....
• hbb, Tues, 09 Mar 2010 19:59:00 GMT, 114 bytes, 20 Answer
• DirectX Drawing and Class Design
• Hey everyone!I have been making a remake of Pong. I have wrote several classes such as Entity, Ball, Paddle, Engine, and TexManager. Ball and Paddle both inherit from Entity.I have, however, come across a problem. How do I draw everything onto the screen? Of course I know how to draw them using...
• fromethius, Tues, 09 Mar 2010 19:58:00 GMT, 2,659 bytes, 1 Answer
• *.jpg*;*.gif*;*.art* viewer
• I am trying to make a picture viewer in which you can click on a file from a file list box (.jpg, .gif, and .art) and have the image displayed on the same form. If you can help i would appreciate it, i am new at this so please try not to be too complicated.Thanks...
• vbstarter, Tues, 09 Mar 2010 19:58:00 GMT, 268 bytes, 1 Answer
• tutorials for multiplayer?
• are theyre tutorials for makin multiplayer games? Im more concerned with the connection/interaction part than the actual game making. Thanks...
• guitarism, Tues, 09 Mar 2010 19:58:00 GMT, 141 bytes, 2 Answer
• Error
• My error: Something about variable block set.My error line: the line that has " 'error " on it.My Code:Dim Dx As DirectX8Dim D3d As Direct3D8Dim D As D3DX8Dim D3DDevice As Direct3DDevice8Dim MainFont As D3DXFontDim MainFontDesc As IFontDim TextRect As RECTDim fnt As New StdFontDim TextToDra...
• hellomy, Tues, 09 Mar 2010 19:58:00 GMT, 1,454 bytes, 6 Answer
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