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Cloggy

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Posted: 29th May 2007 02:12 Edited at: 29th May 2007 02:12

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I have found a potential if a little obscure problem. For some reason the dll will crash out if you do not include some sort of input command in your program. This means the DBProInputDebug.dll doesn't get included with the project. This is weird as I'm not aware of using anything from this dll in mine.

I am changing d3d_func to automatically include this dll in future releases.

This may explain this error from a previous post by Ric

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I have used this version with my dbpro project GUI Studio, (using the latest version of dbpro), in which I use just the basic text commands (d3d_init, d3d_font, d3d_starttext/text/endtext).

When the project is compiled into an exe, it runs fine on most users machines, but about 1 in 10 users report that it crashes out with just the '.... has encountered an error and needs to close' message. We have identified that removing all d3d references solves the problem.
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Posted: 30th May 2007 01:13

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@Cloggy
I'm sure that can't have been the same problem that ric had, because GUI studio MUST use the mousex/y() and mouseclick() commands!

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Posted: 30th May 2007 02:35

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Maybe Im missing something, but for some reason, calling any of the 3d object creation commands causes a crash. That includes the pyramid, the teapot, and the circle.

Is there a 3d object creation initialization command Im missing? Or is this a known issue?

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Posted: 30th May 2007 10:31

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ruccus,

the 3d environment needs to have been initialised. Any 3d type command will do for example

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backdrop on
d3d_init
d3d_make_teapot 1
do
loop

works, but

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d3d_init
d3d_make_teapot 1
do
loop

causes a crash. Not sure that there is much I can do about it. It's a bit like Sparkys collision needing a memblock command.

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Posted: 4th Jun 2007 20:01

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There's one problem with your dll cloggy - in command d3d_text:

example: d3d_text 1,0,0,1,"something " + "|"

On the screen it should look like this: "something |"
but it looks like this: "something|"

It seems that command doesn't recognise spaces if they are in the end of the word.

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Posted: 4th Jun 2007 20:02

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After downloading exstras i managed to compile your dll cloggy.

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Posted: 4th Jun 2007 22:10

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I just tried the code you provided and it worked fine. Obviously the space is much smaller than it looks in the IDE as it is a proportional font

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backdrop on

d3d_init

do
d3d_starttext
d3d_text 1,100,0,1,"Jason     " + "Clogg"
d3d_text 1,100,20,1,"something        " + "|"

d3d_endtext
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Posted: 19th Jun 2007 22:18

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I never realized how slow the DBPro text commands until I tried to make a letter by letter talking system with them (which was slow mc slow slow land). Then I came across this, and my game was no longer slow! This is truly a great DLL-- and its one of my favorites

Just one thing. The 3D Text and 3D Pyramid commands dont seem to be working for me (maybe I have an outdated version of the DLL?). 3D Line works fine. I ran these commands in the showcase example you include and got the generic "Dbp_program.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience" error. I also tried this code and got the same error:

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sync on
sync rate 60
autocam on

d3d_init
d3d_Font 1,"Arial",12,0,0,1

d3d_3dText 1,1,"HI",1,2,1

do
control camera using arrowkeys 0,2,2
sync
loop

Any ideas on whats happening? The rest of the DLL is working great by the way

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Posted: 20th Jun 2007 05:39

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Now this is a wonderful tool, I am absolutely LOVING the text commands...

Awesome work!

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Posted: 20th Jun 2007 14:49

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Cloggy, would you mind emailing me so I may speak with you about your GUI dll? You didn't seem to give out your public email address. (Probably for good reason)

Any of the following emails would be fine, if you have the time.

darktwilight@rock.com
thedarktwilight@gmail.com
ajm@nuclearglory.com

The following email is actually my MSN, and "spam collector".
dark.twilight@hotmail.com

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Posted: 21st Jun 2007 01:30

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Sixty,

The 3d text command in you example is incorrect

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sync on
sync rate 60
autocam on

d3d_init
d3d_Font 1,"Arial",12,0,0,1

d3d_Make_3dText 1,1,"HI",1,2,1

do
control camera using arrowkeys 0,2,2
sync
loop

If that still fails, try adding a 3d command like backdrop on. This ensures the 3d dll is included with the exe. I've fixed it here, but am not ready to release yet.

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Posted: 21st Jun 2007 22:54

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Feature request!

A box command that adds or subtracts the colour specified to the existing coloured pixels. (Just like ghosting and dark ghosting) This would be VERY useful for a trails effect I am trying to acheive.
Thanks in advance

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Posted: 22nd Jun 2007 01:19

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Diggsey,

Not really sure what you mean. Doesn't settting the alpha value of the colour do that?

It'll be difficult to add while I can't get my head around it.

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Posted: 22nd Jun 2007 21:26

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Hey cloggy,

I just started using your DLL, and I must say it rocks! Thank you very much for finally solving the text-slow down effect.

I am just curious but is it possible to make box text have a semi-transparent box? Or could you possibly make that? If so, would it be difficult? Thanks in advanced, and cheers for making such a cool dll!

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Posted: 22nd Jun 2007 21:33

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Basically, for all the pixels inside a box, you do this:
Add together the current colour of this pixel, and the box colour, and put that in this pixel.
eg.
In a greyscale image example:

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000 000 000 000 000
010 215 255 110 232
055 123 108 197 165
010 215 255 110 232

When the command is used on a box covering all of it, with a colour of 10, you get:

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010 010 010 010 010
020 225 265 120 242
065 133 118 207 175
020 225 255 120 242

In ARGB, it would add each channel seperately.
Basically it adds the new colour to every pixel inside a specified box.

What I need most, is the same, but subtracting rather than adding.

Here is an example of adding:

Hopefully you can see what I mean, and I hope you add this to your great plugin

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Posted: 24th Jun 2007 01:37 Edited at: 24th Jun 2007 02:26

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Bush Baby,

It may be possible to make box text have it background filled with colour, but due to the way the text is rendered this may be difficult. I don't think any of my drawing commands can be used between the starttext and endtext commands. I will investigate.

I've now added an extra option parameter to the d3d_boxtext command

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d3d_boxtext 1,0,0,100,100,1,1,"test",d3d_rgba(255,255,255,100),d3d_rgba(255,0,0,200)

Diggsey,

I see if I can produce the effect your after.

I've had a look now, but can't find a way to produce the effect. Sorry

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Posted: 24th Jun 2007 12:10

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I believe that it's called 'Additive blending'. If you still can't find it, would it be possible for me to see how you are doing the current box command, and see if I can find a way to do additive blending (It's quite important). Thanks anyway for taking a look

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Posted: 24th Jun 2007 13:10

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This is what I'm currently doing. I've tried many different variations of D3DBLEND. I can get the equivalent of the adding as shown above, but not subtracting.

// 2D box with colours per vertex.
void GradientBox(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, DWORD dwColourA, DWORD dwColourB, DWORD dwColourC, DWORD dwColourD)
{
	TransformedVertex *pVertices = NULL;

g_pTS_Box[0].x = (float)x1;
    g_pTS_Box[0].y = (float)y1;
    g_pTS_Box[0].color = dwColourA;

g_pTS_Box[1].x = (float)x2;
    g_pTS_Box[1].y = (float)y1;
    g_pTS_Box[1].color = dwColourB;

g_pTS_Box[2].x = (float)x1;
    g_pTS_Box[2].y = (float)y2;
    g_pTS_Box[2].color = dwColourC;

g_pTS_Box[3].x = (float)x2;
    g_pTS_Box[3].y = (float)y2;
    g_pTS_Box[3].color = dwColourD;

g_pD3DDevice->SetViewport(&g_p2DViewPort);

g_pD3DDevice->SetTexture(0, NULL);
    g_pD3DDevice->SetTexture(1, NULL);
    g_pD3DDevice->SetVertexShader(NULL);

g_pD3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_ALPHABLENDENABLE, TRUE);
    g_pD3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_SRCBLEND, D3DBLEND_SRCALPHA);
    g_pD3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_DESTBLEND, D3DBLEND_INVSRCALPHA);

g_pD3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_ZENABLE, D3DZB_FALSE);

g_pVB_Box->Lock(0, sizeof(g_pTS_Box), (void**)&pVertices, D3DLOCK_DISCARD);
    memcpy(pVertices, g_pTS_Box, sizeof(g_pTS_Box));
    g_pVB_Box->Unlock();

g_pD3DDevice->SetStreamSource(0, g_pVB_Box, 0, sizeof(TransformedVertex));
    g_pD3DDevice->SetFVF(D3DFVF_2D_VERTEX);
    g_pD3DDevice->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP, 0, 2);
}

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// 2D box with colours per vertex.
void GradientBox(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, DWORD dwColourA, DWORD dwColourB, DWORD dwColourC, DWORD dwColourD)
{
	TransformedVertex *pVertices = NULL;

	g_pTS_Box[0].x = (float)x1;
    g_pTS_Box[0].y = (float)y1;
    g_pTS_Box[0].color = dwColourA;

    g_pTS_Box[1].x = (float)x2;
    g_pTS_Box[1].y = (float)y1;
    g_pTS_Box[1].color = dwColourB;

    g_pTS_Box[2].x = (float)x1;
    g_pTS_Box[2].y = (float)y2;
    g_pTS_Box[2].color = dwColourC;

    g_pTS_Box[3].x = (float)x2;
    g_pTS_Box[3].y = (float)y2;
    g_pTS_Box[3].color = dwColourD;

	g_pD3DDevice->SetViewport(&g_p2DViewPort);


    g_pD3DDevice->SetTexture(0, NULL);
    g_pD3DDevice->SetTexture(1, NULL);
    g_pD3DDevice->SetVertexShader(NULL);

    g_pD3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_ALPHABLENDENABLE, TRUE);
    g_pD3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_SRCBLEND, D3DBLEND_SRCALPHA);
    g_pD3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_DESTBLEND, D3DBLEND_INVSRCALPHA);

    g_pD3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_ZENABLE, D3DZB_FALSE);

    g_pVB_Box->Lock(0, sizeof(g_pTS_Box), (void**)&pVertices, D3DLOCK_DISCARD);
    memcpy(pVertices, g_pTS_Box, sizeof(g_pTS_Box));
    g_pVB_Box->Unlock();

    g_pD3DDevice->SetStreamSource(0, g_pVB_Box, 0, sizeof(TransformedVertex));
    g_pD3DDevice->SetFVF(D3DFVF_2D_VERTEX);
    g_pD3DDevice->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP, 0, 2);
}

Let me know what you find.

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Posted: 24th Jun 2007 16:43 Edited at: 24th Jun 2007 16:43

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I know it's possible, so I posted in programming talk if anyone knew the correct renderstates to set for subtractive blending

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Posted: 25th Jun 2007 01:38

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Diggsey,

I have done some experimenting and this is all I have come up with.

Using the following call in my dll

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    g_pD3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_BLENDOP, D3DBLENDOP_SUBTRACT);

and with the following DBP code

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do
   d3d_box 100,100,200,120,d3d_rgba(255,0,0,255)
   d3d_box 140,50,160,170,d3d_rgba(0,0,255,100)
loop

I get the following results

Not sure if this is the effect you are looking for.

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Posted: 25th Jun 2007 14:03

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Some letters like "öäü" cant be shown in d3d_Make_3dText

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Posted: 25th Jun 2007 20:31 Edited at: 25th Jun 2007 20:33

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I think it might be. Can you show me a subtraction of a red (255,0,0) strip with full alpha, from a purple (255,0,255) line with full alpha. The purple line should be made first using just the normal box command.

If it makes blue (0,0,255), then it's right.

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Posted: 25th Jun 2007 21:43 Edited at: 25th Jun 2007 21:58

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I've tried every possible combination and it just doesn't work

Juso, I've tried it here and it works fine.

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Posted: 27th Jun 2007 13:07

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@Cloggy
I did some tests and noticed that letters like "öäü" crash only in Win98 so its not meaningful.

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Posted: 13th Aug 2007 00:28

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For some reason, I can't get d3d_polygon or d3d_circle to work if I set the 'filled' parameter to 1, and a 3d command is used. Even if the only 3d command used is 'backdrop off' They work fine if the filled parameter is set to 0!

Here is my test code:

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sync on : backdrop off
do
    d3d_circle 100,100,5,1,rgb(255,0,0)
    sync
loop

Try it with/without the 'backdrop off' command, and with/without 'filled' set to 1.

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Posted: 13th Aug 2007 23:54

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Diggsey,

I'll have a look when I get the chance. Can't say I've come across that one before.

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I'm using D3D_Dot 3.6.5 with DBP 6.6 and while it works on an empty blue background it won't appear on screen in my game.

I'm having to use DBP dot which steals 10fps

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Posted: 14th Aug 2007 01:14

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Diggsey,

I've tried it here without a problem, I attach the ver latest version 3.7 which I havent released yet. Please take a copy of your old version.

GatorHex,

Are you using sprites? Because I have no control when my graphics are rendered, I can't stop sprites being rendered on top. If you can provide me some example code I'll have a look.

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Posted: 14th Aug 2007 01:30 Edited at: 14th Aug 2007 01:31

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I was using sprites for HUD but shouldn't I be able to see a dot where there is no sprite overlap or does using one small sprite mean no dots whereever they are on the screen will show?

It's a bit hard to give an example I've not managed to recreate it.

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Posted: 14th Aug 2007 02:44

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Sprites only hide dots that they overlap, all others should appear. I'll experiment to see if I can reproduce it.

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Posted: 14th Aug 2007 12:39

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That version doesn't work either

It does exactly the same thing as the other one.

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is it possible to add a parameter to D3D_polygon to let me rotate it? Then it would so much more versatile

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Posted: 16th Aug 2007 21:10

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Just what I was thinking

It should be easy enough to add, the way he's doing it

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This is quite an awesome DLL. I am using the text commands for a text adventure, and they allow the font's to be very dynamic so that you don't have the same plain piece of text on the whole page. However, there is one problem that I've run into.

I am trying to color in some words in the text. I just finished (and failed) an attempt to overlay some text, as for some reason my logic wasn't right. So I was wondering,

Could you make a command that color's text in a string from one character to the next? like,

d3d_coloroverlay string$,startPos,endPos,color

That would be da awesomeness if you could!

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@Foe7 + Cloggy
Maybe a better way, would be to use the normal d3d_text command, then have a d3d_continuetext command, which takes these parameters: Text$, Colour [, font ID] [, align] and draws the text at the end of the last piece of text. The align value should be the vertical alignment relative to the previous text (for different font sizes, the two chunks of text could be bottom aligned/top aligned/centered vertically etc.
This would be a really good idea

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Posted: 1st Sep 2007 18:48 Edited at: 1st Sep 2007 18:51

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I noticed that Font Size has no meaning when using both 'D3D_Font' and 'D3D_Make_3DText' commands

D3D_Font 1,"Arial",size,0,0,0 `try size -100 or 0 or 100
D3D_Make_3DText 1, 1,"Test",1,1,1

Text is allways 1 unit high.

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D3D_FONT Font ID, Font Name, Font Size, Bold, Italic, Font Measurement

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Posted: 1st Sep 2007 20:12 Edited at: 1st Sep 2007 20:39

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Great dll, I'm loving it. The text looks the same as DBP's native text so there's no visual downside, and the code for it is more succinct and faster, what could be better?

[edit]I installed version 3.6.5, but none of the new commands are recognized by the editor or the compiler...

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Remarkable work, in a stress test 10,000 text strings being printed to screen over a sprite gives a remarkable 22 fps, while the native text commands print at 4 fps, close to a 550% increase in speed. I think it's safe to say, i love you...

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Great plugin, thank you

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@ Cloggy - Is it possible for you to add a round corner parameter for the d3d_box, thus it would be very easy to create nice user interfaces which are not so blocky.

d3d_box x1, y1, x2, y2, [color], [round]

Thanks,
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It would probably be easier for Cloggy to implement that into the polygon/circle commands, by moving vertices left if they are left of the center and right if they are to the right of the center (and the same for up and down)

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Is there a GDK version of this somewhere?

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Posted: 21st Nov 2007 10:04

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There is some GDK code around, but I'm afraid it is not up-to-date, and it doesn't has all the functions. Follow this link:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=111366&b=22

However it would be great for the GDK to have an updated version...Now that GDK is free

The original code is published at Cloggy's depot, but we still need some help to perform the full conversion...

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Posted: 26th Jan 2008 19:45

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Cloggy, I finally found out why the filled 2d polygon commands stop working when you create anything 3d!

It's because when you do that, DBP activates backface culling, and your polygons are drawn the wrong way, so they are culled.

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Posted: 11th Feb 2008 22:19

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I have returned to this fantastic DLL.

I get a crash when I D3D_Init after changing the screen size

I'm using the May 2007 version.

Ric:

Quote: "When the project is compiled into an exe, it runs fine on most users machines, but about 1 in 10 users report that it crashes out with just the '.... has encountered an error and needs to close' message. We have identified that removing all d3d references solves the problem."

Cloggy:

Quote: " For some reason the dll will crash out if you do not include some sort of input command in your program...This may explain this error from a previous post by Ric"

So I added this...
if 1 = 2 then input "Dummy", tmp$

but it still fails. I also rolled back to the 2 versions prior to 3.6.5, but it didn't fix the problem.

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Posted: 12th Feb 2008 11:31

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I have resolved my problem. It may resolve other people's problems, and also help provide a permanent fix

After reading this thread, I removed the D3D_Init from the initialisation of my program. Because I had made several other changes, I hadn't realised that this had triggered the problem. SO now, after reinstating D3D_Init at the beginning of the program, it works just fine.

Please note, this relates specifically to changing the screen resolution. and D3D lines. It may affect other areas, but D3D lines are the only elements in my application, and resizing is the only issue.

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Posted: 15th Mar 2008 23:35 Edited at: 15th Mar 2008 23:37

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Further update: D3D_Init still crashes my program. I'm still only using D3D lines, and changing the screen resolution followed by the init crashes the program.

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Posted: 16th Mar 2008 01:25 Edited at: 16th Mar 2008 01:34

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BatVink,

I haven't had any time to really spend on this dll recently. I'll have a look to see if I can find anything. Is it only happening in this program or are you able to recreate in some source you can send to me?

EDIT - One thing, what Op. Sys. are you using?

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Posted: 16th Mar 2008 10:52

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Win XP SP2, and Win XP Professional. I'll try to recreate for you, I'll post back here when I've succeeded/failed to do this. The project it is occuring in is DBP embedded in VB, and several thousand lines long!

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Posted: 16th Mar 2008 12:59

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What I can do is add some debug message boxes in a test version of the dll for you. Then we should at least see what line is causing the problem. That will have to wait till a bit later afetr the kids have finished using my PC!

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