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Can not enable IME to capture Chinese characters in SharpDX

Just found that direct integration of IME is blocked in Windows 8, moving on to TSF now. By now, there is lack of Microsoft's Document about TSF, this will be hard. I am using SharpDX and the ...
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How do I learn to develop a Direct2D application in SlimDX using C# [closed]

I'm an intermediate web developer who is experienced with C# and I am looking into becoming a game developer and designer. I have decided that I want to develop a simple 2D RPG. I'm having a hard ...
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One or multiple VertexBuffers

I'm currently working on a personal project where I'm trying to load the levels and all of the geometry from the game "Medal of Honor Allied Assault" into my own C# code-base based on SharpDX. I ...
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Proper use of Dynamic Vertex Buffers for rapid update

I am creating a C#/SharpDx/DirectX10 application to plot line charts in a fast way. I have a prototype which uses Dynamic Vertex Buffers and fills a fixed-size buffer, say 1M vertices, with new data ...
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Depth is disabled - How to turn on?

In XNA 3.1 is there any other way to disable depth in 3D Worlds using DirectX models other than GraphicsDevice.RenderState.DepthBufferEnable = false; ? The reason for my question is I have quite a ...
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SharpDx: using maximized RenderForm

I'm trying to learn DirectX via SharpDX, very new to this. What I want to do is be able to draw 2D shapes for a game I'm trying to make. So I started with the demo "MiniRect" that came with SharpDX. ...
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Game programming and quantity of timers

I've made a simple 2D game engine using C# and DirectX and it's fully functional for the demo I made to test it. I have a Timer object that uses QueryPerformanceCounter and I don't know what's the ...
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Visual Studio 2012 and Game Development

Alright, I think it's a simple question, but I got difficulties to find some answers around. I already read that XNA wouldn't be in Visual Studio 2012. I recently learned to use XNA, but since I ...
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Highlight edge on 3d cube in directx

I want to make a 3d editor in DX9/XNA for a project I'm working on. I'm just thinking through how I would go about certain tasks and I'm stuck on one particular thing, which is crucial to making the ...
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XNA Multisampling only for 3D

I am working on a game which consists of 3D elements and a 2D GUI. I have it working properly, but I want to enable multisampling for only the 3D parts, and not the 2D Textures. Otherwise, the GUI ...
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DirectX Flicker

I'm using DirectX 9 via SlimDX (C#). My screen flickers a lot during rendering. I dug a little deeper and see that the surface is being cleared early. Here's an example: ...
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XNA 4.0 Point Vertex Rendering

I have a buffer of about 134 million particles and a very powerful computer to render them smoothly, but I am getting an error when trying to render them as primitive lines. It says that I cannot ...
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Tutorials for Managed DirectX development? [closed]

Are there any good tutorials, for someone new to DirectX development? I'd like to use the SharpDX library in a project, but am completely new to this sort of graphics programming. I'm looking for a ...
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C#: What graphics library would be best to use? [closed]

I am making my first game with 3D graphics, and I wanted to decide on a graphics library before I do any graphics work. I am using C# VS Express 2010. I have seen suggestions for XNA, Tao, and just ...
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How do I create a CPU read/write buffer in SlimDX (what are the legal combinations of Usage and CPUAccess flags)?

Currently, I create a vertex buffer in SlimDX like so: SlimDX.Direct3D11.BufferDescription Description = new SlimDX.Direct3D11.BufferDescription(); Description.BindFlags = ...
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What is the “DirectX for Managed Code Update”?

I came upon this site while looking for information about working with DX in managed code and saw that MS released something containing a 'DirectX for Managed Code Update'. This sounds promising but ...
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How can I draw multiple lines connected via “nodes” with SlimDX?

I currently read out XML data with the following scheme: Position x,y,z I try to add one new Vertex for each position node and add it to a Vertex array. Then I try to render this list of vertices so ...
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How to do gradient transitions using slimdx?

I am making an image slide show using slimdx and c#. Till now I have done transitions using the matrix transformation but now I am trying to make transitions using some gray scale background image. ...
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Best pathfinding algorithm for a tower-defense game? [duplicate]

What do you suggest would be the best algorithm for a tower-defense game? It's a 2D based tile game, where there is walls and towers blocking the way, between spawnpoints and their destination points. ...
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Does it make sense to include an index for linelists?

Does it make sense to include an index by using DrawIndexedPrimitives, when using linelists performance wise? I could imagine it would be easy for the GPU to generate such indexes anyway.
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Instancing with empty data, or varying vertex counts?

I am new to game development, having only developed a few games before, in 2D space, but with 3D rendering. I have implemented instancing before, but this is only my 2nd time doing it. I have a ...
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Compatibility between DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 shaders

I am a beginner to game development and as I am used to programming in C# I decided to go for XNA. I've been playing around with it for a while and now I am learning the basics of HLSL shaders, I have ...
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DirectX Overlay - C# - Learning Curve

Greetings I've recently created some interest in Overlays for games. Examples can be Steam/Xfire which use these overlays ingame so the user can access their programs while being in a game. I love ...
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Developing 3D card game. Is C# good enough?

I was thinking of developing several rather simple card games in DirectX (3D), but I'm not sure if C# and XNA are powerfull enough for this. Perhaps the most appropriate question is: can you choose ...
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XNA or SlimDX (DirectX 10) for multitouch rhythm game simulator

I'm looking to develop a multitouch rhythm game in C#. It is aimed to be a simulator for an existing arcade game, similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAiNNpA3wwg So far, I've decided on ...
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DirectX Overlay

I have been a code in full convertion mods for the source engine, but now im mostly coding C# applications. That provide utilties for games, during this proccess i have often wanted the ability to do ...
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How to load a mesh from the .X-format in DirectX10 via SlimDX?

As of DirectX10, the usual functions to load a mesh in the .X-format are marked as deprecated and they are DX9 functions anyway. How can I load a mesh from the .X-format into an ID3DX10Mesh object ...