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Converting Pixel Format from Win32 to wxWidgets Hello I'm trying to enable my wxGLCanvas to have alpha channel in it to allow me to create transparent images that I can save on my machine from a frame drawn in my software here is my pixel format from Win32 I use that works perfect for my need... 
Posted January 6, 2011 11:25:52 PM
wxWidgets and Windows API in the same project? [C++, Cross Platform] Hello all I have source at the moment is running pure Windows API. I plan on cross platform my software on my MacBook which has Xcode Installed and yes, I do know there is no option called Convert Visual Studio to Xcode menu button anywhere... 
Posted January 2, 2011 6:01:52 PM
Open File Dialog Hacking Questions [Win32, C++] Hello I have a few questions about the Open file dialog you can make in Win32. My first question is: Is it possible to speed up loading? It seems like it takes 3-4 seconds to appear when I call it. My second question is, is it possible to chance... 
Posted December 23, 2010 5:13:56 PM
See Through Polygons With a Texture? I was wondering if I'm able to use transparent images with a white shape in them to see through other polygons in the screen. Here is an example: Lets say I draw a quad over 3 other quads. Those 3 other quads have textures on them that I wa... 
Posted December 21, 2010 3:20:05 PM
More Ram or Get a Cooling System? Hello all, I just got my paycheck and I think my PC should deserve a little upgrade. I'm trying to figure out which to upgrade or fix up first. Here are my system specs: Windows 7 64 bit Ram 2.0 AMD Athlon II x3 440 Processor Rating 5.5 (If... 
Posted December 12, 2010 2:00:33 PM
Crash Report System? Hello all, I know the try and catch method can be used to catch maybe something like a std exception, but do programmers that make Fire Fox or say Google Chrome use the try and catch as much as possible to create a crash report system? How does a cra... 
Posted November 29, 2010 7:58:21 PM
Ubuntu Server Edition vs Windows XP I've got my first computer I want to use as for server services only and I want to use to too host my files/games/etc. but I also want to sell my hosting services too for fun and to make a few extra bucks. (5 bucks a month kinda thing) So I ge... 
Posted November 27, 2010 12:27:14 AM
Moving a Value To The Tenth Places In a Float? Hello, I know this question might sound a bit silly, but I would like to take a value such as "150" and make it into a value like "0.150" so it's lower then 1.0. What I'm Trying To Do: I'm trying to UV map a quad with a power of two texture to s... 
Posted November 25, 2010 8:56:44 PM
Calling Win32 function like commands in Java using Mac OSX? Hello I'm a Java and Mac OSX newbie and I'v had plenty of experience working with Win32 with C++ on Visual Studio 2008 (Those where such happy times). For right now I'm stuck with my MacBook and I tried working with g++ and tried installing GTK+... 
Posted November 15, 2010 1:52:30 PM
RTT Using a Transparent Background? Hello all I'm having some issues rendering transparent RTT(Render To Texture). I have no problem doing RTT if the frame I'm storing as an image isn't using a transparent background, but when I do the resulting image from the frame I render in Ope... 
Posted November 1, 2010 5:04:37 PM
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wxWidgets and Windows API in the same project? [C++, Cross Platform] Well I thought while I port to wxWidgets I can still work under windows API with out having to duplicate code and still being able to multi task with other things with out having 2 projects open at the sometime, but if it's not possible it's no big d... 
Posted January 4, 2011 5:50:43 PM
See Through Polygons With a Texture? I think it's pretty useful, but what function do I use the drop down for Display? I tried Google, but I can't find anything on those words with Google that show up a function that uses that. 
Posted December 23, 2010 11:12:46 PM
See Through Polygons With a Texture? I see, I'll have to play around with this then and see what I can get. Also is there some sort of OpenGL program I can use to play around with BlendFunc or maybe play with the draw order of polygons? I do remember playing with a OpenGL tool that a... 
Posted December 23, 2010 7:00:01 PM
Ocean Shader yeah I agree, the shader could use some more work. The water does look realistic here and their, but I think the colors should be smoothed out and seem to have less of a noise factor going on. 
Posted December 19, 2010 5:49:08 PM
More Ram or Get a Cooling System? It does restart on it's own at times when I play a game and I'm not sure if a blue screen of death has anything to do with it, but it did happen at times when I play a high end game. I also looked at Speed Fan and see my GPU temp going more t... 
Posted December 12, 2010 3:31:15 PM
Ubuntu Server Edition vs Windows XP Well this would be more like a small website hosting company or a personal hosting. People I know in person kind of setup. Example: family owned businesses, friends who want their own website or private ftp server and with no high restrictions or a s... 
Posted November 27, 2010 1:52:57 PM
Moving a Value To The Tenth Places In a Float? Quote: I'm trying to UV map a quad with a power of two texture to scale down to the image in the texture thats smaller then the texture it's self so I don't have to use the non power of two texture extension in OpenGL. So the value must be lower the... 
Posted November 25, 2010 9:07:43 PM
Water physics in GTA-style game Well when dealing with a large world of water, I would recommend setting up a octree system or BSP tree system with your physics engine depending if your making it from scratch or if your using a premade one. Don't take it as me trying to be... 
Posted November 7, 2010 12:49:33 AM
RTT Using a Transparent Background? This is a test post without code. Wow it works now! :) Here is my code: My Frame Save Code Here is my question: Quote: Hello all I'm having some issues rendering transparent RTT(Render To Texture) background images. I have no problem do... 
Posted November 3, 2010 4:07:46 PM
OpenGL Threads I Start Cause Connection Lockups on GameDev.net Can someone please give me a email or a username to someone who I can contact to look at this please? [Edited by - ajm113 on November 2, 2010 11:22:14 PM] 
Posted November 3, 2010 12:22:26 AM
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