//setting up the font
        ////FONT
	D3DXCreateFont(g_pD3DDevice9,     //D3D Device
                     22,               //Font height
                     0,                //Font width
                     FW_NORMAL,        //Font Weight
                     1,                //MipLevels
                     false,            //Italic
                     DEFAULT_CHARSET,  //CharSet
                     OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS, //OutputPrecision
                     ANTIALIASED_QUALITY, //Quality
                     DEFAULT_PITCH|FF_DONTCARE,//PitchAndFamily
                     "Arial",          //pFacename,
                     &g_pFont);         //ppFont

//game loop
void Game_Loop()
{
	////RECOVER FROM ALT TAB
	HRESULT hr;
	hr=g_pD3DDevice9->TestCooperativeLevel();

	if(hr==D3DERR_DEVICELOST) 
	{ //Device is lost and cannot be reset yet
		Sleep(500); //Wait a bit so we don't burn through cycles for no reason
		FreeVolatileResources();
	}
	else if(hr==D3DERR_DEVICENOTRESET)
	{ //Lost but we can reset it now
		hr=g_pD3DDevice9->Reset(&g_d3dpp);
		if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
			InitVolatileResources();
	}	

	////RENDER
	//clear back buffer to white
	g_pD3DDevice9->Clear(0,NULL,D3DCLEAR_TARGET|D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(255,255,0),1.0f,0);

	g_pD3DDevice9->BeginScene();
	
	g_pD3DDevice9->SetFVF(g_dwFVF);

	g_pD3DDevice9->SetStreamSource(0,g_pVertexBuffer,0,sizeof(VERTEX));
	
	//Render from Vertex Buffer
	g_pD3DDevice9->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLELIST,0,g_primitive_count);
	
	g_pD3DDevice9->EndScene();

	//FRAMES PER SECOND
	g_nFrames++;
	DWORD dwFpsTime=GetTickCount();

	//when 1 second has passed display the frames per second
	if (dwFpsTime>(g_dwLastFpsLog+1000)) 
	{
		//store max fps and current fps
		g_nCurrentFrames=g_nFrames;
		if(g_nCurrentFrames>g_nMaxFrames)g_nMaxFrames=g_nCurrentFrames;
		
		//reset frames and record time when we last showed fps
		g_nFrames=0;
		g_dwLastFpsLog=dwFpsTime;
	}

	//store max frames and fps in a string
	g_StrStream<<"Max Frames: "<<g_nMaxFrames<<" Current Frames: "<<g_nCurrentFrames;
	string strFrameRate=g_StrStream.str();
	const char *c_chFrameRate=strFrameRate.c_str();
	g_StrStream.str("");

	//setup up rect for fps
	RECT recFrameRate;
	recFrameRate.left=0;
	recFrameRate.top=0;
	recFrameRate.right=100;
	recFrameRate.bottom=100;
	
	//DRAW FPS
	g_pFont->DrawText(NULL,c_chFrameRate,
-1,&recFrameRate,DT_LEFT|DT_NOCLIP,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,0));//crashes at this point
//crash is an execution crash, so there were no compile errors
	
	//flip back buffer
	g_pD3DDevice9->Present(NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);
	
}
void InitVolatileResources()
{
	//Init internal resources
	g_pFont->OnResetDevice();
}
void FreeVolatileResources()
{
	//Free up some internal resources
	g_pFont->OnLostDevice();
}

//globals.h
#ifndef __GLOBALS_H__
#define __GLOBALS_H__

#include <d3d9.h>
#include <d3dx9.h>

extern ID3DXFont *g_pFont;//font

#endif

//globals.cpp
#include "globals.h"

ID3DXFont *g_pFont=NULL;//font

//Setup FontHRESULT hrCreateFont=D3DXCreateFont(g_pD3DDevice9,     //D3D Device                     22,               //Font height                     0,                //Font width                     FW_NORMAL,        //Font Weight                     1,                //MipLevels                     false,            //Italic                     DEFAULT_CHARSET,  //CharSet                     OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS, //OutputPrecision                     ANTIALIASED_QUALITY, //Quality                     DEFAULT_PITCH|FF_DONTCARE,//PitchAndFamily                     "Arial",          //pFacename,                     &g_pFont);         //ppFont//log errorsg_Log<<endl<<"CreateFont() "<<DXGetErrorString9(hrCreateFont)<<endl<<endl;