Draw Directly On Screen And Get FPS In Games?
May 2, 2009I'm trying to draw directly on my screen using these code and API's[code]...
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VS 2008 Draw Directly On The Screen (not On A Specific Window) Just On The Screen?
Jul 1, 2009I send a message a while ago and no one answerd, how can I draw directly on the screen (not on a specific window) just on the screen, neither if it's on the desktop or anything else.Is there is any option to bring up the switch between applications window (Alt + Tab), I don't want to use sendkeys because the user need to keep the key down and I just want the user to select the application with his mouse.
View 3 RepliesDraw String On 3D Games?
May 2, 2012Like fraps, that Draw"FPS"usuallyyellow,andredWhen filming.[url]...
View 1 RepliesOverlay DirectX Full Screen Games .Net
Feb 21, 2010I have a wonderful program which needs to be overlay-ed over my full screen directX game, the only problem is I can't seem to find any way of doing this with .net coding
things that don't work are, these are not overlays and will not work over a full screen directX game. I posted this so hopefully no one gives me that answer by mistake.
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timer1.interval = 1
if timer1.enabled = true then
me.topmost = true
end if
the only thing I can seem to find is this example and source C# overlay maker however it's pretty old and it's for C# but maybe someone could convert it somehow to .net or something, I really need to find a way to do the overlaying tho been trying for months now...
Sending Report Directly To Printer Instead Of Viewing On Screen?
Feb 25, 2011How can I print report directly to the printer, instead of viewing it on screen (Vb.Net)?
View 4 RepliesVS 2010 Drawing/Overlaying Text Directly To Screen?
May 11, 2011how to Draw text directly to the screen - effectively overlapping anything underneath it - but have it out side a form area! I would really like to have no user interface at all if possible I know what I wanted after recently using FRAPs.
View 8 RepliesWindows - Drawing Digits/graphics Directly To The Screen?
Oct 17, 2011I'm putting together a small program in Visual Basic Express 2010, and part of it is to take a delayed screen shot.
I've got the main code working, I've got Visual Basic delaying taking the screen shot with System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Sleep(5000), but what I'm looking for is a way to draw directly to the screen the number of seconds remaining.
You know how in Windows, in the Display Properties under Settings, when you click on Identify you get a huge number displayed on each monitor?
I'm trying to recreate that, with the number counting down until the screen shot is taken, giving the user plenty of notification to get their required applications in focus for the screen shot.
Is it possible to do this? Or is it something that will take a heck of a lot of coding?
VS 2008 Draw On Screen?
Aug 21, 2010asking something like this i know it get's asked alot but i haven't found any code for this or i didn't look good enough. My internet is super slow so it is hard to browse the net , Anyways i want to draw on the screen just like when you draw on your form with graphics how would i accomplish this ? if anyone could provide some code or a link that shows a little about it that would be great,
View 2 RepliesDraw 2 Lines In The Center Of The Screen?
Aug 24, 2009How would I do this? I want my Program to draw 2 lines in the center of the screen.
View 3 RepliesDraw To 800*800 Pixel Box On Screen Efficiently?
Jul 25, 2009I need to draw 100 lines between 100 semi-random points in a 800x800 pixel square on the screen.
I've been using the built-in drawlines & drawrecangles functions inside of .NET, but my drawing gets erased everytime the form paints.
So, I've been thinking about perhaps drawing to an in-memory bitmap, but I'm not sure if that's a good solution.
Common Code To Draw On Screen And Print WYS I WYG
Apr 12, 2010I've inherited a project in VB6.NET 2008. There is a Panel control where graphs are drawn along with titles, axes, legends etc. What is drawn on the panel is also printed WYSIWYG (on a print command, of course) The problem I have is that the code for printing is entirely separate to the code for drawing. I want to merge the two so that common code is used. I'd like to work in the same units for both, which means setting either the pixels per inch for the Graphics object for the printing (so I can work in pixels) or doing the equivalent of the opposite so I can work in inches (printed inches, not screen inches).
View 2 RepliesVS 2010 Waiting For A Screen Re-draw To Finish Before Continuing?
Oct 16, 2011I'm writing a simple program that takes a screenshot of tab1 of the GUI, then takes a screenshot of tab2, then tab3, etc. I've got the screenshot code down pat, but the problem with my current code is that it's taking the screenshot of each tab before the screen has a chance to fully redraw, so the resulting images are screwed up.Is there a way to get the program to wait for each tab (and all the controls in it) to be fully visible before each screenshot is taken?I'd like to avoid using a timer for this, as the screen redraw speed will vary depending on the user's computer, and the contents of each tab, etc.[code]
View 2 RepliesScreen Blanks After 1 Min Of Processing (of Excel File) / Refresh Or Freeze Screen To Avoid Blank Screen?
Jun 29, 2011BTW this issue occurs in any MS office program when the VB.Net (or even VBA) is processing information.Example: In Excel, a worksheet is displayed on the screen. I start either, a VB.Net or VBA procedure and within 30 seconds the Excel worksheet (previously displayed) blanks out. In both VB.Net and VBA,ScreenUpdating = False. My expectation is that the previously displayed screen would stay static as if I left my desk to get a cup of coffee; came back and the same ole Excel worksheet was still there?Of course, setting VBA Screen Updating = False accomplishes two goals: 1) speeds up processing and 2) saves the user from seeing unnecessary "garbage-processing" steps.Why does VBA or VB.Net ScreenUpdating = False not freeze the screen at the time of its invoking?
View 11 RepliesGet DataGridView To Draw The Way A Professional Control Should Draw?
Apr 26, 2010I need to get the DataGridView to perform the way it should perform. I'm new to the .NET environment, but I learn fairly quickly. However, I find it difficult to decipher themassive black box of the DataGridView control enough to make it do anything other than what it already does--Draw very slowly.
View 3 RepliesDll For Card Games?
Feb 13, 2012I have been looking for like 3 hours trying to find a dll or anything to make a simple cards game, but everything I find is oriented to C.
In this page A FreeCell game using Cards.dll - CodeProject� they talk about just what I want, but I cannot make it work in Visual Studio 2008 using Visual Basic.net, I don�t know if that has anything to do with the Vista OS I am using.
In the page I mention the author says "There are many good articles on the net on how to use the Cards dynamic link library" and I am sure the good articles are there, but my good luck has make me looping around the same nonsense results so I end up with nothing after 3 hours search.
The game I want to make is just something for a project we must do in class, how to start making a cards game fast and simple. If someone knows about a cards dll that works fine with vbnet, that someone would be my new hero.
How To Make Games
Aug 15, 2009i'm just wondering if someone can help me make a game in visual basic 2008? can i get some exact code on how to make it.
View 6 Replies.net Launcher App To Launch Games?
Jan 10, 2010the thing is that i am creating a little launcher shell that will start on a lan-party computer full with games.all the things i am doing with it is for my own use only and will not be used for harmfull stuff. in the other topic i got the intention that they thought i was a cracker of hacker or something.im am just creating a launcher app that launches my games without the use of explorer.exe to be loaded with windows.i have done several things to try to load a game when i press a button but they always crash. when i start the games normally there is no problem.first i thought it needed the use of explorer.exe but when i tested my app with explorer.exe running i got the same result. so i think its my app that is causing the problem.
i have used this:
Process.Start("C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe")
and this:
Dim startInfo As System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
Dim pStart As New System.Diagnostics.Process
startInfo = New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Related Designs\ANNO 1404\Anno4.exe")
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as for the people who replied in the other topic. the register files you have seen in my code was for activating the GameShell.exe to run as shell instead of the explorer.exe for the current user and for all users and to restore it to explorer.exe.
Developed A Multiplayer Games Using VB?
Mar 31, 2010i have a question regarding how to developed a multiplayer games using VB. i am a student and beginner on VB world.i managed to create a simple Sudoku game using VB knowledge from the internet and some books.I am fan of Sudoku games published in newspaper everyday.but now i really interested on how to develop the multi-player version using the same coding. is it possible?
i tried to write a script on developed tic-tac-toe for multi-player based from a book using VB6 for an example but got many errors. how to develop a simple multiplayer for Sudoku? i'm using VB 2008 Express Edition.
HotKeys In Fullscreen Games?
Mar 25, 2010Now my question is, is it possible to use Hotkeys and ScreenCapture in a Fullscreen game?If so, how?What im acutaly trying to do is a program to take a screenshot ingame (for some reason, this game doesnt have an option to take screenshots ingame.. Bad Company 2)
View 7 RepliesKeys For Multiplayer Games
Jul 13, 2009I am trying to make a two player game.Each player is able to move left and right, aim up and down, jump, and shoot.On some occasions when a number of keys are being pressed at once, some other keys wont register.For example, you can hold a key down to keep moving left, keep holding a key down to aim up(changing the angle), keep holding a key down to keep jumping, keep holding a key down to keep shooting. and there are TWO players at the same time:if both players are shooting, only one can aim down(press key to change angle). but it is fine if both trying to aim up ? Can the keyboard not handle too many keys at once?
View 1 RepliesMod Mover - Detector For Games?
Jul 27, 2010There's a game that I play, that can be modded. I create mods for it. But some people do not know how to apply the mods by themselves, and just explaining to one person takes about an hour alone.So what I'm wanting to do:Create a program that can add - remove - detect what mods are being used.We'll use'C:GameAddon' For an example target.What I'm wanting:Check Boxes that automatically check when the mod is already in the 'C:GameAddon' folder when the program starts up.and UnCheck'd if the addon isn't in there.
View 1 RepliesPut Some Advanced Games On Form?
Aug 16, 2009Put some advanced Games on Form?
View 3 Replies.net - Injecting Into Games (Similar To XFire)?
Apr 19, 2011How does xFire place itself inside of games?
View 1 RepliesC# - Barcode Lookups For Games, Books, CDs?
May 15, 2011I am looking to write my own media library and was wondering are there any free .Net APIs out there to identify a product based on a given barcode? As a secondary point are there .Net APIs to return cover art for books, CD, games etc based on a barcode.
View 3 RepliesCreate Video Games In Program?
Jan 17, 2012How to Create Video Games in VB.Net
I realize that this is a very popular subject, especially amongst budding developers. The drive to create games may be the reason you started working with Visual Basic in the first place. After stepping through a few samples and getting the hang of working with user controls on a form, it may be very tempting to start to throw some PictureBoxes and a Timer on a Form and start to implement some game logic. Seems easy enough, right?
To some extent, this is a true statement.You could start to do this and it would be easy enough at first. But when you begin to try to calculate collision and animate or rotate your sprites, you may start to run into some difficulty. And attempts to circumvent the problems often lead to even worse issues.This can cause an endless spiral of misery which could leave you thinking VB just isnt meant to make games!
The initial problem that most people face is the desire to use a PictureBox (or any other control) as the logical Sprite container for the elements in the game. It makes sense since the control appears to provide a lot of the required functionality already and its easy to extend it with more properties as needed.
The issue though is that Windows Forms Controls are designed to be drawn statically that is, they arent meant to move around in real-time. You can of course move them at run-time, but this is normally an on-demand operation (something which occurs because the user just took an action like clicking a button or menu item). Attempting to move controls in real-time puts a heavy strain on your application and can cause poor performance quickly.[code]....
How To Detect Installed Games On A System
Nov 26, 2009I am writing a application where i need to know which games are installed on a system.I have 3 ways by which i think i can detect the games
1: Scan specific parts of registry and look for key names that match with a List of Publishers. The list is manually maintained.
2: Scan the hard disk for and do same as in step 1
3: run the program in background and check for programs in memory that use a large portion of memory(which games always do) and if they use Direct X ( Which all games do except for some) then its a game.
Now i have been thinking about it and first and second method seems to be in need of a updated database ie list of publishers to make out if a particular program is game.
Loading The Windows Vista Games
Feb 13, 2009how do i get my program to load the windows built in games? I.E at the click of a button Solitaire loads up i have tryed a couple of ways but nothing so far has come even close to working.
View 2 RepliesOpening .SWF Games In VB And Making Commands?
Feb 9, 2010ive wondered if you can open .SWF Games on VB and make it do a command. For Instance: Right Click > Play :
View 5 RepliesRead A Games Log File As It Is Running?
Sep 9, 2011I'm trying to read a log file for a game so I can extract certant info from it and track my stats as the game is running, but I keep getting access denied error for the log file. I would also like to have the log read only after it has been changed but the event handler never fires. I'm assuming it has to do with the access error. Can someone give me an example of how to watch a text file that's in use by another program and read it after it changes. The code I have works if I open the file in notpad, change it then save it but not when the game is running. I did it once before for the same game but lost my code and there are other programs that parse the log file so I know it can be done.
View 1 RepliesSimulating Multiple Games In Background
Sep 6, 2011I'm trying my hand at a little football simulator, along the same lines as Football Manager (except for Australian football but that's not really the point). Right now I have a code that will simulate a match in a background worker thread and then output all of the statistics and such to a text file. It's all good for simulating one game at a time but I want to do multiple games simultaneously!
This is because, like in Football Manager, I want to have multiple leagues setup so there will be lots of games that need simulating and to do them one at a time would be pretty slow. To sim the games I have a "Match Engine" module which has a metric load of variables and different procedures in it for kicking and marking the ball etc. I'm not sure how I could somehow duplicate all of these variables and procedures at runtime and run them simultaneously in different threads.