minimap overlay?

Graphics and GPU Programming Programming

Started by Psybr February 01, 2002 09:07 PM

1 comment, last by Psybr 22 years, 2 months ago

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February 01, 2002 09:07 PM

whats the best way to do the dots on a minimap? right now, im thinking, creating a surface, and then setting the pixels on the surface, but i dont think thats the best way to do it

Wreakon

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February 02, 2002 01:15 AM

The could be a fast way to do it I think, your other option would be to draw the points using the points in DirectX, mind that you can make them bigger or smaller as covered in the SDK (See Render States) and that helps.

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Wreakon

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February 02, 2002 01:17 AM

If you want to do the points you might wanna look into point sprites for a faster solution. It should still be pretty fast if its static must of the time.

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