IDirectDraw4
I''m pretty sure you can use lpdd4 as long as you link dxguid.lib and ddraw.lib to your project.
I''ve decided to skip DirectDraw altogether and am currently trying to learn Direct3D. *shrug* I wish I could use my TOTWGPG book to help me, but I figure that in the end, I''ll be glad I went with 3D (to make 2D games) instead. Just a thought, anyway. There are a lot of good D3D tutorials for DX8 and 9 if you''re interested. I believe two links are;
www.andypike.com
and
www.drunkenhyena.com
www.andypike.com
and
www.drunkenhyena.com
The book may very well come in useful even if you aren''t using directdraw... I''ve used my direct3d book numerous times even though I use opengl 
-~-The Cow of Darkness-~-
-~-The Cow of Darkness-~-
Well, there is other stuff in the book that is worthwhile... AI, physics, and other topic basics are addressed; it''s just that most of the book will be "thrown away" some of the concepts, like understanding back buffers are useful too, I suppose.
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