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Started by dr_slash_uh Jan 31, 2004 at 2:04 AM 7 replies 350+ views

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Jan 31, 2004 at 2:04 AM

I am trying to make my game as compatible with as many windows based systems as possible(sorry linux/opengl users). My friend has a comuter that I beleive should not have any problem running my game. But my method does not return D3D_OK. She has one of those intel videocards and I am sure a lot of people are going to have one of those. Also directx 9 is installed on her computer. Here is what I use to check my device that gave me: !D3D_OK g_pDirect3D->CheckDeviceType(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_REF, D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, FALSE); I am using direct 3d with directX 8.1. to make a 2d game. Should I revert to using directdraw(directx7) so my game will work on most systems. Or does anybody know of any settings that I can use with direct3d so It will work on most computers

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evolutional

Jan 31, 2004 at 2:23 AM

Most people nowadays will be running DX8, I''m sure. Windows XP which most PCs ship with has DX 8 installed by default.

I shouldn''t worry about it, unless there''s stuff you can do in 7 that you can''t in 8

VolkerG

Jan 31, 2004 at 4:42 AM

Is the reference rasterizer installed? Not sure but it may be missing when installing the normal DirectX runtimes (not the developer versions).
Why are you using the reference rasterizer at all?

CrazyEddie

Jan 31, 2004 at 6:00 AM

VolkerG is correct.

The Reference rasteriser is only intended for developmental testing purposes (for example you are targetting hardware features that the dev does not have access to but the end user will). As such, the reference rasteriser is provided within the SDK only - it is not provided with the end user run time binaries.

dr_slash_uh

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dr_slash_uh

Jan 31, 2004 at 1:52 PM

What is this "rasteriser", or what does it look like in code. I would really like to know.

DrunkenHyena

Jan 31, 2004 at 3:02 PM

D3DDEVTYPE_REF

This specifies that you want to use the Reference Rasterizer. REF is implemented entirely in software and is extremely slow. It''s for testing and debugging, not for general use.

Also, REF is only installed if you''ve installed the DirectX SDK, which means very few people will be able to run your game.

You should be using D3DDEVTYPE_HAL.

More info:
http://www.drunkenhyena.com/cgi-bin/view_article.pl?article=8

Stay Casual,

Ken
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dr_slash_uh

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dr_slash_uh

Jan 31, 2004 at 3:52 PM

Thanks alot, it worked. Does anyone no how to disable filtering in directX 8, because my textures have weird lines around them.

[edited by - dr_slash_uh on January 31, 2004 5:16:25 PM]

Muhammad Haggag

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Muhammad Haggag

Feb 2, 2004 at 1:38 PM

quote:
Original post by dr_slash_uh
Thanks alot, it worked. Does anyone no how to disable filtering in directX 8, because my textures have weird lines around them.

[edited by - dr_slash_uh on January 31,
2004 5:16:25 PM]

As far as I recall:

SetTextureStageState( stage, D3DTSS_MINFILTER, D3DTEXF_POINT );
SetTextureStageState( stage, D3DTSS_MAGFILTER, D3DTEXF_POINT );

Muhammad Haggag

dr_slash_uh

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dr_slash_uh

Feb 2, 2004 at 2:22 PM

Ugg it still didn''t work. Don''t worry abour it. I will post pics up to show you what I mean later.

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