Is there a Blt function in DirectX 8 Graphics?

[apatterno]

One of the most powerful and frequently used functions of DirectDraw 7 (or an earlier version) was

IDirectDrawSurface7::Blt

. Now DirectX 8 has combined the DirectDraw and Direct3D components into one, and it seems as though the 2D graphics capabilities of DirectDraw have been lost.

I have already heard of the

IDirect3DDevice8::CopyRects

function, and I'm really not impressed. That function provides only the most basic abilities of the old

Blt

function. I am specifically looking for the capability to blit with scaling and color keys. Does anyone know where a function like this can be found?

OR, do you think it would be possible to use the old

IDirectDrawSurface7

interface instead of

IDirect3DSurface8

? If so, then how would I obtain a pointer to it?

Help would be helpful. Thanks!

 

[Nights]

Hi,

I'm just a beginner with DirectX, but as far as I know, you still can use your DirectDraw7 interface with DirectX 8. just query it as you did before,
with the IDirectDraw7::CreateSurface function.

hope this helps and I haven't written anything wrong.

Nights.

 

[apatterno]

Yes, you're absolutely right, I guess I should have made myself more clear, in that I wanted to be able to use both 3D and 2D features.

But anyway, I found an answer in a forum on a different website --

[tt]SomeOtherGuy
New Member
USA
56 Posts
Posted - 01/15/2003 : 06:34:48 AM
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Since ms removed ddraw from dx8, you now have to do pretty much everything in 3d. so instead of blt, you draw a textured quad. if you want color keying, you now do that with alpha blending. I would suggest creating a wrapper class for doing 2d ops so you dont have to mess with it more than once. Here are some articles that should be of help...

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1434.asp

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1608.asp

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20010629/geczy_01.htm

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http://www.flipcode.com/tutorials/tut_dx82d.shtml

[/tt]

Happy gaming.