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Started by Possibility Jul 4, 2000 at 11:21 PM 4 replies 650+ views

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Jul 4, 2000 at 11:21 PM

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew of any really good directplay articles that use DirectX 7, and specifically ones that deal with computer games that run in full screen. I was looked in the MS SDK and found the example SimpleConnect which is something that would be perfect for an article if someone wants to write about that and how it works, but instead of making it a simple windows, instead make it a simple full screen DirectDraw app, all the windows stuff in there was totally confusing me. So if anyone wants to write a simple article on that it would be great!! Or if you know of a good book I can buy on the subject or other good articles on the net i can find, i would much appreciative. Possibility

furby100

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furby100

Jul 7, 2000 at 2:12 PM

There''s the article on this site, it tells you how to send and receive messages, stuff like that. Have a good look at that. Then you can modify it for fullscreen and stuff.

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Shaw Mishrak

Jul 7, 2000 at 2:33 PM

DirectPlay is different from DirectDraw and almost no interaction occurs. A windowed DirectPlay example would be just like a fullscreen example would with the DirectPlay code, only the DirectDraw code would be different.

And, no matter if its Fullscreen or Windowed, your still going to have to deal with the windows stuff...

Hope that helps in some way or another,

Shaw Mishrak

_Josh

Jul 7, 2000 at 5:39 PM

Besides personal preference, is DirectPlay any different (better or worse performance) than Winsock?

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