Hi. I''m trying to use DirectDrawClipper but i can''t I look Ms DX SDK help but it is''nt help me. I want to clip an offscreen surface. I''m drawing sprites to this surface and it''s size 400x300. I could''nt find any sample about it. Thanks for any help. Kartal

yes i know about this pain But i''m planning to control DDERR_BLTFASTCANTCLIP message for bltfast and if i get this error message i''ll use blt command.
And the other way is clipping myself. I''m tried but i couldn''t. I solve clipping problem for mouse pointer(Surface) with this code.
SetRect(SrcRect, 0, 0, 32, 48);
if CursorPos.x > 768 then SetRect(SrcRect, 0, 0, 32 - ((CursorPos.x + 32) - 800), 48);
if CursorPos.y > 552 then SetRect(SrcRect, 0, 0, 32, 48 - ((CursorPos.y + 48) - 600));
MakeItSo( FBackSurface.BltFast(CursorPos.x, CursorPos.y, MPointer, @SrcRect, DDBLTFAST_SRCCOLORKEY or DDBLTFAST_WAIT) );
I tried to use this way for the problem. I couldn''t again

I want it because of i draw panels one time and after i draw them only when mouse is over and panels need refresh, so i have more FPS(like 30 to 57). Game area can be scrolled. So that when the sprites pass the game area, they drawing on to panels. I want to prevent it. I tried to draw them on to game area surface but when i do that it needs to clear. But when i do that i lost surface picture. So i must draw game area surfaces(sprites, etc.) to backsurface.


Thank you Ampaze.

Regards.
Kartal

hi

I draw panel(which have buttons, listbox, etc..) only when it needs refresh(mouse is over or something change on it). And with this method i have more FPS (like 30 before this method, 57 FPS after). i don''t use any clear surface method. So directx carry on to draw them. Therefore i must control objects which are on the game area. Because of prevent to draw on panels. So i want to control them in the game are. Screen size 800x600. and game area size is 500x400. I don''t use clipper because it''s so slow. I''m trying to use new method. I''m trying to change object''s Rect.

Thanks.
Regards
Kartal

Actually the method Kartal uses is the right one, although he should be drawing panels on both surfaces so that when they''re flipped - there''ll be no strange behavior (assuming he''s using double or triple buffering).
Using Clipper is also a good idea. On my machines, FastBlt seems to work (?) with clipper. To use it, create an instance of it, assign it to the surface and put the necessary rectangles of clipping area - it''ll do the rest.

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