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Dark GDK / Drawing 3D Lines

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lesPaul456
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I'm currently trying to get the Newton Physics Engine to work with my game. I'd like to debug the collision objects.

I'm not sure how to draw 3d lines, and I didn't see any commands for this.

Any ideas? Thanks!
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Lilith
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Posted: 1st Jan 2010 18:48
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dbLine()? three times?

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Zuka
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Wow, Lilith.

DirectX has some stuff for this. Look up the line drawing interface and how to get the DarkGDK rendering device.

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lesPaul456
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Posted: 2nd Jan 2010 03:26 Edited at: 2nd Jan 2010 03:27
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Ok, I know I can get the device using dbGetDirect3DDevice(). However, I really not a C++ programmer . I know I can draw lines using DrawPrimitive(), but I really have no idea how. I looked up the line drawing interface, but all I found was LPD3DXLINE. I'm not sure how to use it to draw 3d lines.

Any ideas?
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Zuka
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Posted: 2nd Jan 2010 03:31 Edited at: 2nd Jan 2010 03:32
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee421257(VS.85).aspx

There's your starting point.

Setting it up:


Then in your loop, you just do


Don't forget to

when you're done!

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Freedom Fighters
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did you even search the forums?

heres a good one for 3d lines

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=141238&b=22

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lesPaul456
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Thanks everyone, I finally got it working.
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entomophobiac
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How did you get it working? I'm somewhat stuck on this. At least as far as "finding a quick solution" goes...
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_Pauli_
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Here is how I do it:



But be aware that this is very inefficient (I'm re-creating and deleting the LPD3DXLINE each call!).
Maybe you can figure out how to improve it on your own.
At least this is good enough (for me) to draw a quick 3D line for debugging purposes...

Now the plot thickens, the fps decreases, and the awesomeness goes through the roof.
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entomophobiac
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Thanks a lot!

I need it for pretty much the same purpose, so I think it'll be perfect for now.
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