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Started by Deifante Sep 6, 2000 at 9:48 PM 12 replies 750+ views
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Deifante
Deifante
Can anyone tell me how to get simple graphics going in Visual C++ 6.0? Any thing that even tries to be help will be appreciated. Thx.
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foxtrot
foxtrot
What are you looking to do. DirectX? FullScreen or Windowed?

Foxtrot
Moe
Moe
I don''t really know of any real ''simple'' ways. The simplest I can think of is GDI, but it might not be the best, depending on what you want to use it for.

Quantum
Quantum
see my response in the general + game programming forum...
Martee
Martee
Allegro! You CANNOT get any simpler than that!

Martee
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Wavewash
Wavewash
The easiest method that I know of is bitblt. It lets you do transparency and all that sort of good stuff. I''ve used it pretty easily in vb. I''m assuming there is the same function in Visual C++ so do a help search on it.
But if I was to chose a method, I''d go down the directdraw road. After you learn DD, it is all downhill from there!
Good book to learn from is Windows Game Programming For Dummies by Andre Lamothe, even though it uses directx 5.0. It''s still a great beginner book. I learned DD from it. Good luck!
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DarkMage139
DarkMage139
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Quantum
Quantum
quote:
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stop telling newbies to go there!!!!

it is not simple!!!!

DarkMage139
DarkMage139
quote:
Original post by Quantum

stop telling newbies to go there!!!!

it is not simple!!!!




Awww, did widdle Quantum forget how to use dynamic libs?

C''mon man, you could be a total newbie and figure it out.

But let''s leave that up to Deifante to decide.

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"Shut up and give me the freakin code" -unknown
"Ask and you will be shot" -snes16bit
"Not again!" -SHilbert (upon being assimilated)
"Nazrix is cool." - Nazrix
"You've only seen the beginning" -The Dark Lord of RPGs
DarkMage139
Quantum
Quantum
leave me alone
just because im stupid
im gonna go off into the corner and cry now



Peon
Peon
Just what is NeHe anyway? I see it everywhere -- but what is it exactly?
Peon
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Quantum
Quantum
hehe.. i think nehe sounds better than hene.. hehe

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