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How to compile .obj files into final executable?
I have created a .obj model in Blender.
I am writing a screensaver, so, I can have only one file(.scr)?
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Why is processing the Windows message queue so slow?
PeekMessage, TranslateMessage, and DispatchMessage often take a long time (sometimes more ...
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SetFullscreenState not returning
When I call the IDXGISwapChain::SetFullscreenState method, it does not return. The window goes fullscreen, but accepts no further input. A ...
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FPS-like mouse-look camera WinAPI problem
I have a problem with implementing mouse-look camera movement, like in FPS games. For me common solution is:
Process WM_MOUSEMOVE event in ...
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How can I handle mouse input and cursor in a WinAPI window?
Hello I'm studying game engine programming, but I got stuck with mouse input.
As for now I have only WinAPI window, which has a message pump and processing. For the mouse I used RAWINPUT, but there ...
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creating a process to run in c++ // i need to run a process in c++ [closed]
Hey I don't know why that when I compile this code that the fear.exe process is not running I am using visual studio for my coding ide choice the project is a win32 project // application method, that ...
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WinAPi OpenGL Borderless Fullscreen - Alt Tab problems
I'm implementing a borderless fullscreen functionality and managed to make something that almost works. Using: C++, Winapi, OpenGL 3.3.
When in fullscreen borderless mode, if alt tab the game window ...
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How does one achieve a 'shimmering' effect similiar to the ones from the Pokemon games? [duplicate]
I have an assignment to make a game in C++ using Winapi. As such I've decided to recreate pieces of the Pokemon games. I'm pretty well underway with the project, but there's one effect I would like to ...
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How OpenGL works with Windows GDI in order to produce output image on computer screen?
I am curious how GDI integrates with OpengGL in order to create image for computer screen.
I know that GDI provide Device Context which describes window properties and as far as I know it also offer ...
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Console (CMD like) in a DirectX application
I really need a console for the game i'm making. I am programming a first person camera right now and i want to see what is going on with the variables (to be more specific i need to know if i'm ...
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PlaySound() Lags opengl c++
I am new to OpenGL. I am making a game similar to this, shown in image below. The problem is when I detect collision, i.e cannon ball and ship collide, I play a sound using
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Monitor external window events with SDL2
I'm trying to render my game (SDL2, C++) in a Windows Form application (C#) using C++/CLI to interface with my underlying C++ code. The purpose of the form is to create an editor which can monitor/...
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Float-based screen coordinates, higher mouse precision
I wrote 2 weeks ago about problem with motion blur in my engine. When camera moves using keyboard, motion blur is smooth. But when I rotate camera using mouse motion blur is stepping (not sure if I ...
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how to detect same keyboard key press only once
I am designing a keyboard class that can detect the keyboard key press only one time but I still cannot figure out the way to do it. My goal is just check and perform the action only once when the ...
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Is Microsoft killing OpenGL? [closed]
In an article I've read that Microsoft signed GDI/GDI+ as deprecated. I was a bit frightened, I won't be able to use OpenGL in future versions of Windows. Since you need GDI ( more likely the Device ...
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Exclusive mouse movement with WM_INPUT
Microsoft seems to recommend using WM_INPUT for input. I want to only get relative mouse input and hide the mouse cursor all together for a short while (For gesture ...
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WinAPI SwapBuffers and Threads
I'm trying to use a different Thread for the whole WinAPI-Message-Loop stuff, so the window always keeps being responsive. Of course I'm using the main thread as the "window thread", because I need a ...
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Moving the camera as in a first person shooter
I am trying to implement the movement of the camera with the mouse. The result I want to achieve is the same that you get when you move your aim in a first person shooter.
Here is the code I wrote, ...
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D3D/DXGI handle fullscreen transition
I have a D3D11 application, and I want to add proper fullscreen suport.
Now I can let DXGI switch my window to fullscreen for me, and I'm under the impression that DXGI will take care of everything ...
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Multithreaded game fails on SwapBuffers in render thread at exit
The render loop and windows message loop run on separate threads. The way the program exits is that after PostQuitMessage is called in WM_DESTROY the message loop thread signals the render loop thread ...
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Implementing a Turn-Based Game with Windows API Window Messages
I'm trying to make a 2-player Connect 4 game, but I'm having trouble wrapping my head around some of the concepts related to incorporating event handlers while progressing with the game.
On the one ...
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How do I properly check if a particular OpenGL version is available?
I can't find any information on glCreateContextAttribsARB returning errors if a version is unsuported by the driver. So how do i check if it is? I don't want the program to hard crash because ...
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If I want to become a professional game developer, is learning Win32 API a must? [closed]
If I want to become a game developer, is learning Win32 API a must?
Does X-BOX or PS based game developers need to know Win32 API?
Is it possible for a professional game developer to develop games ...
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Game programming basics under Windows
I've been trying to learn some Windows programming using the Win32 API. Now, i'm used to working with the OS layer being abstracted away, mostly thanks to libraries like SFML or Allegro. Could you ...
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Multiple buffering in OpenGL on Windows
What is the most common way modern games perform triple buffering ?
What does the SwapBuffers exactly do in terms of OpenGL states ?
Is it possible to perform double and triple buffering independently ...
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Why does my game not update unless I'm moving the mouse?
I'm pretty confused by what's happening. Now that I've finally put something moving on my screen, I notice it doesn't update unless I move the mouse, or press a key, or trigger other events.
Using ...
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Multi Threading In Update Loop
Okay so I am working on a game engine and this was my previous game loop:
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How to get and copy font bitmap from WinGDI to a IDirect3DTexture9?
I want to get the pixels (or other data) for any character of the available fonts and copy/build them into a D3D texture so I could make some cache of text rendering by mapping only the character ...
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3D rotation math/code for plane
I am making a simple 3D game with plane in space.
With c++ (win32).
But the plane rotation is not realistic.
The code I am using for the rotation is the following:
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Creating a full-screen window in Windows API
I've got a Windows API Window. I've managed to make it windowed, and "fullscreen windowed". But I can't seem to make the window just full-screen- for example, even if I specify ...
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