hi all, my name''s firoz basha and i''m a newbie to game programming. I started doin this about a week ago, an i can program ok but i don''t know jack about graphics and loading images and stuff. Thing is ,they don''t teach that in any book i''ve read So far all i can do is get a Windows window and then directx it into a full-screen blank screen... What I want to do to start is just make a bitmap dump program, so, I was wondering if anyone could offer me help, point me to a good resource or send me something that could help me on my way. ANY help is reallly appreciated. - firoz

Get a book like Windows Game Programming for Dummies or Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus. Both of these are by the same author (Andre Lamothe) and are very good. I know that Game Programming for Dummies comes with its own game engine for loading/unloading bitmaps and using direct x.

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Having a bitmap appear on screen is a little more complicated than the run of the mill C/C++. First of all, you need to use some sort of special API such as DirectX or OpenGL. If you already know a language such as C/C++, then pick up either of the two books (or if you''re rich, get both. I suggest Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus, though) and from them, you''ll be able to learn Win32, and put everything you learned in C++ to work by doing DirectX stuff. Hope that helped.

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Well, using an API outside of regular windows.h is not actuall necasary (sp?). You could use generic GDI cals. It would be so slow as to hurt - but you could do it. Firoz, there are LOTS of books that will lay out the formats of different graphic schemes. Just check your library. If you want a shortcut though - Tricks has a ready to use library of straight C functions to do all that.

Whats with the lame subject?