Are there any sources out there that have sample code for how to setup a sprite on the screen?
I too have been messing around with sprites today..
I have managed to create a sprite, load the texture too it..and call the draw function on it..but nothing shows on my screen. I assume it has something to do with my Transforms but im still learning and not exactly sure how to get it working.
Heres what i have so far..any advice would be appreciated..
According to the SDK when your giving it the Vector3's during the Draw that is the location of the sprite..im assuming this is based on Screen Pixels? ie 800x600 ..middle of the screen would be 400.0f, 300.0f..if this is the case..why do they use the Z axis in a 2d world?
using System;using System.Drawing;using System.Collections;using System.ComponentModel;using System.Windows.Forms;using System.Data;using Microsoft.DirectX;using Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D;using Direct3D = Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D;namespace Sprites{ /// <summary> /// Summary description for Form1. /// </summary> public class Form1 : Form { Device device = null; Sprite sprite = null; Texture texture = null; Rectangle rect; PresentParameters pparam = new PresentParameters(); public Form1() { this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(800,600); } public void InitializeGraphics() { pparam.Windowed = true; pparam.SwapEffect = SwapEffect.Discard; device = new Device(0,DeviceType.Hardware,this,CreateFlags.SoftwareVertexProcessing,pparam); sprite = new Sprite(device); texture = TextureLoader.FromFile(device,"banana.bmp"); rect = new Rectangle(0,0,256,256); } public void Render() { device.Clear(ClearFlags.Target, System.Drawing.Color.Blue, 1.0f, 0); sprite.Begin(SpriteFlags.Billboard); sprite.Draw(texture,rect,new Vector3(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f),new Vector3(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f),System.Drawing.Color.White); sprite.End(); } protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) { this.Render(); } static void Main() { using(Form1 frm = new Form1()) { frm.InitializeGraphics(); frm.Show(); frm.Render(); Application.Run(frm); } } }}
[edited by - Arsenic0 on June 10, 2004 2:39:59 AM] [edited by - Arsenic0 on June 10, 2004 3:15:07 AM]
first post here.. and i feel kinda sorry that it`s to ask a kinda dumb question but oh well.. thats what forums are for!
i am trying to use directx9 and C# to make a game... i managed to initialize directx and even draw a 3d cube with some tutorials to teach me, but now, since i''m more into 2D stuff than 3D, i''d like to use the ID3DSprite everyone is talking about. Sounds like it is a lot faster than blitting and all.. the proble is i searched everywhere and couldnt find any tutorials examples etc to do it. i found some in c++ and even VB, but i just cant make it work on C# :/ if any of you could give me a small sample project to display D3DSprites i would be most thankful, a simple link to a tutorial or example would do... anything to let me learn, cuz i tried to figure it out for hours and i''m getting pretty frustrated.
thanks a lot 
