Qs with DirectDraw

Graphics and GPU Programming Programming

Started by cool_xo September 11, 2002 08:34 PM

4 comments, last by cool_xo 21 years, 7 months ago

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September 11, 2002 08:34 PM

In DirectX8, correct me if i''m wrong, I heard that they have removed DirectDraw, or combined... But how come I can still find DirectDraw in the documentation??

RapidStunna

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September 11, 2002 08:37 PM

In the DirectX 8.1 SDK, DirectDraw documentation is taken out however there are samples for still learning DirectDraw in the SDK.

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cool_xo

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September 11, 2002 08:39 PM

Soo........ is that mean DirectDraw is still in DX8.1?

RapidStunna

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September 11, 2002 08:42 PM

Sorry I forgot to complete my post. DirectX has backward compatibility so that any previous versions of DirectX are possible even if you only have the newest version. So yes, if you have DirectX 8.1, then you can use DirectDraw. But microsoft won''t be updating it any more so it might be better for the future to go to D3D. DirectDraw isn''t dead, it''s just completed for the hardware today.

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Jim Adams

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September 11, 2002 11:46 PM

Just to clarify things - yes, DirectDraw still exists, but you cannot use it AND DirectX Graphics 8+ interfaces. For instance, you cannot use DirectDraw to blit to a backbuffer and finish up by rendering D3D8 primitives. Only like version interfaces work with each other. So in the end, if you want to use DX Graphics (DX v8+), than no, you cannot use DirectDraw at the same time.

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