Thread: Looking for help on DirectDraw operations

I use opengl, but heres some things i think could help:

For fading:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search

http://www.google.com/search?q=backg...+in+DirectDraw

Steam/Air/Etc:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...+in+DirectDraw

http://www.google.com/search?q=air+e...+in+DirectDraw

Wow RoD, you are soooo helpful. Posting a link to a google search isn't exactly helpful. This person was obviously looking for a good tutorial, not the generic STFW.

Originally posted by Magos
Hi, I need some directions on two things I'm trying to achieve in DirectDraw (DD7):

1) Fading
I'm working on a game with several layers, and I want to be able to fade the background (Normal -> Black, and Black -> Normal). This without the other layers being affected. I looked up some gamma functions but it seems like that affects the whole screen, not just the parts I want. Can someone give a suggestion what I should use?

2) Hot air
I also want to make some "Hot air" meaning that the background is making some kind of "waving" animation. Suggestion?


Both of these could be some kind of functions that works on DirectDraw surfaces since I draw the background first, apply the effect then draw the rest (making the effect only apply on the background). If someone could give me a direction how I could do these things I would be grateful.

Fading in / out is very easy. All you need to do is lock the surface with your background image and then manipulate the bits ( i.e. increment / decrement them ). Then unlock the surface. You might want to keep 2 surfaces for the background one for unmanipulated and the other for the fading.

As for the waving animation I'm not exactly sure what you mean. You might want to try alpha blending some animated texture over the image. This will give you a foggy effect if done properly. Good luck.

i think he means like when u have a screensaver of the windows logo "flapping" or like when u see riplle effects and such....