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Caps and flags?

Started by CodeMaster000 Jan 5, 2002 at 11:10 AM 1 replies 100+ views
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CodeMaster000
CodeMaster000
When I here these words my mind wonders to playing Tribes (1 or 2) I don''t know what these are in directX though. I just right the code for them out of habbit. Are the just another name for properties of something (mainly surfaces?)? Thanks for any input. I am just curious.
Febret
Febret
"Caps" stands for "capabilities".
A capability is something your video or audio hardware can do. Through DirectX you can access device caps through interface calls like "GetDeviceCaps" on IDirect3D8.

A Flag is a bit that can be linked with other flags to form a long value (like a dword), that normally represents a parameter for a routine.

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