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Implementing multithreaded loading screens

Ok, I have fairly little multi-threading experience, but i have done a similar thing before without issue...but this has me stumped. This is in C++, Directx9 Visual Studio... My game basically runs ...
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rpg 3d open world map & entity loading-streaming

Hello I'm a web developer and recently I started reading about game development. I followed some tutorials regarding c++ and openGL (whatever I could find online because as you know not many up to ...
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Loading files while running game

I am curious as to what technique(s) are used to load files in while a game is running. For example, Minecraft will load chunks as you get within a certain range of them. How is this achieved without ...
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DevIL image library isn't loading my image

This is the first time I've had this problem, my code just won't load the images I need it to. Here is my first function for loading the image into data: void ...
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C++ Model loading API?

I'm looking for the most capable C++ model loading API. So far I've found tons of ply, obj, and other such file format loaders. But the libraries I've found tend to load just one model type, and ...
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How can I write a Save/Load system for my game?

I'm trying to figure out a way to write a save/load system for my game in C++. As of right now, I'm doing it all using binary flags. Anyone got a clue on how to do it another way? I don't mind using ...