Thread: Simple, non 3d games - what to use??

I'm working on a Direct3D 9.0 (DirectX 9.0) framework class that will allow you to fire up D3D with a window in one function call.

Writing to the surface is as simple as retrieving a pointer to the primary surface (buffer) or secondary surface (back buffer) and using that to do pixel ops.

D3D will allow you to access the surfaces and you won't take a performance hit if you create the surfaces with the right flags.

Check back here in a few days. The framework is very easy and I will make it available to the board complete with docs on how to use it.

Perhaps another board member could do something similar for OpenGL.

You don't have to use 3D in DirectX 9.0, you can still create 2D games and I'm sure you can do this in OpenGL as well.

Of course you can do complete 2D with OpenGL, I am LOL. To write a class which sets up OpenGL and makes a window display would be quite easy. Might do something like that this weekend just for fun .

Oh yeah Shakti....LOL....ooops.

Contact me sometime bud....have new code started for ya.

I'm working on a Direct3D 9.0 (DirectX 9.0) framework class that will allow you to fire up D3D with a window in one function call.

I have built one and use it quite frequently, although mine only let's you draw to the back buffer. When you're done, I'd like to share ideas with you bubba =).

Sure thing skorman.

Perhaps we could come up with a simple efficient framework that we could give to the board so newbies can fire up D3D w/o worrying about all the unecessary Windows garbage.

The downside to that is that it discourages us newbies from bothering to learn the windows junk in the first place :s

You don't need the windows junk to code games.

That's true but nevertheless it's still useful to know. . .
I look forward to a newbie friendly release

Its already up and ready to test in the D3DFrameWork thread. Source not yet available until I get some people to test it and see if it works on their system.