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Debugging DirectX with VC++.

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Started by tifkagh November 25, 2001 10:07 AM

3 comments, last by tifkagh 22 years, 7 months ago

tifkagh

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November 25, 2001 10:07 AM

I suppose I''m missing something obvious with this one: Is there any way to debug a game when DirectX is in charge of the whole screen. Also, can anyone out there give any hints on how to get round the fact that Windows always sends a WM_PAINT message which screws up VC++ debugging of all sorts?

CoolTomK

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November 25, 2001 10:26 AM

I think the easiest way of doing this is just to set up directX to display windowed mode while debugging, then when your done debugging set it back to full screen. Also, if you have 2 computers and they are networked, you can do remote debugging in MSVC++.

Anonymous

November 25, 2001 10:39 AM

Mulimonitor debugging if you''ve got two monitors and two video outputs

Shannon Barber

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November 25, 2001 11:14 AM

You can also log stuff to a file

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