Using DirectDraw

[TimoVJL]

So... how complicated would it be to draw a circle in Direct3D?

at this point i borrow a thing like Agatha Christie, why you don't ask from Siekmanski

[adeyblue]

also Direct2D is deprecated and included to Direct3D since version 9

Classic Microsoft, deprecating something years before they've even invented it

[NoCforMe]

I wouldn't be against folks posting examples of those other APIs (Direct2D and Direct3D) here, since they're somewhat related to DirectDraw.

It's all good. (Even if it's "deprecated"!)

[Siekmanski]

Use the provided files msvcrt.lib and msvcrt.inc and it should work.

All libs and include files are in the zip file

[Siekmanski]

Here some examples to use Direct3D9 in 2D mode.

[_japheth]

Another dd example, that needs no external include or lib files and uses GDI to draw to primary surface.

[jj2007]

Here some examples to use Direct3D9 in 2D mode.

To build S_lib_Sprite.asm, replace all sprintf with crt_sprintf. However, it hangs in D3DDrawText                         

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00401275  |.  68 544D4000  push offset szString_buffer              ; /Arg6 = ASCII "FPS: 0.049  Timer: 20.567"
0040127A  |.  68 00FFFFFF  push -100                                ; |Arg5 = -100
0040127F  |.  FF35 B8414000 push dword ptr [??0023]                  ; |Arg4 = 41600000
00401285  |.  FF35 B4414000 push dword ptr [??0022]                  ; |Arg3 = 0
0040128B  |.  FF35 B0414000 push dword ptr [??0021]                  ; |Arg2 = 0
00401291  |.  FF35 04404000 push dword ptr [g_pD3DDevice]            ; |Arg1 = 7E8BE0
00401297  |.  E8 5C0D0000  call D3DDrawText                        ; \S_lib_Sprite.D3DDrawText
More precisely, here:

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CPU Disasm
Address   Hex dump          Command                                  Comments
0040216C  |.  8B55 08       mov edx, [arg1]
0040216F  |.  8B12          mov edx, [edx]
00402171  |.  FF75 F4       push dword ptr [local.3]
00402174  |.  6A 00         push 0
00402176  |.  FF75 F8       push dword ptr [local.2]
00402179  |.  6A 00         push 0
0040217B  |.  6A 00         push 0
0040217D  |.  6A 04         push 4
0040217F  |.  FF75 08       push dword ptr [arg1]
00402182  |.  FF92 48010000 call near [edx+148]                      ; hangs here


Another dd example, that needs no external include or lib files and uses GDI to draw to primary surface.

Builds & runs fine. You may have to add \masm32\bin\jwasm in the make.bat

[daydreamer]

to run old ddraw code,probably some old ddraw game installed before with ddraw makes it works
I have made many ddraw code SSE,even MMX
compared to pixelshaders,SSE have limited to fast sqrt =pixelshader way of drawing circles