DirectDraw Direct Memory Access

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ZeroMemory(&ddsd, sizeof(DDSURFACEDESC2));
ddsd.dwSize = sizeof(DDSURFACEDESC2);

hRet = dds->Lock(NULL, &ddsd, DDLOCK_NOSYSLOCK | DDLOCK_WAIT, NULL);
if (hRet != DD_OK)
{
ErrStr = ErrLock;
return FALSE;
}

surf = (BYTE *)ddsd.lpSurface;
pitch = ddsd.lPitch;

for (i=0;i<(int)(ddsd.dwWidth);i+=4)
{
for (j=1;j<(int)(ddsd.dwHeight);j++)
{

//actual code removed to save space

}
}

dds->Unlock(NULL);

If you''re doing that each frame, the nested loops are gonna kill your frame rate.

(Although it depends on what the code is between them, but it gets executed 76,800 times each frame for a 640x480 surface)



Waassaap!!

Alright...that''s what I thought. I wasn''t sure how much of the problem was that and how much was directX...because even in 320x240 it runs slow, and it was fine when I implemented the same code in dos. so I guess it''s on to optimizing...heh. thanks all.

Hi

Remember: u will get almost 90% of the speed of dos if u make ur code the best..(micro$oft doc writes it black on white)

So i thing u have to think about using ASM (like me) if u wanna have decent speed... and dont use the video cards accelerated 3D features...

Bogdan

This may be a daft response :-) Are you sure you''ve compiled in Release mode (as opposed to Debug).