Mmkey, i wanna add a kind off delay until the next thing happens...(eg: drawing 1 quad, then after 0.5s another one appears) I am using VC++ 5.0 I also wonder how one would go about and do a lens/magnifying effect...? Thanks Edited by - tidilipom on 12/9/00 4:38:26 PM

  #include <mapiwin.h>...for (int i=0; i<10; i++){DrawCube(size, x, y);Sleep(DWORD dwMilliseconds);}  

try that the Sleep() function suspends execution for the program for dwMilliseconds but beware--if you have other things to draw they will be suspended too.

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That won''t work if you want a new quad to be added every .5s or whatever.
Do something like this:

  int NumQuads;int NumFrames;//In your main loop:NumFrames++;if(NumFrames % FRAMES_BETWEEN_ADDING_QUADS)    NumQuads++;DrawQuads(NumQuads);  

..Or something like that

why wouldnt it Quantum... your on the right track, but you can still use the sleep function and keep it allot easier ie

  int timetosleep=500; //time is in milliseconds so 500 is .5 sint quads=0;for (quads=0;quads <=200 /*whatever max quads is*/;quads ++){drawquad();sleep(timetosleep);}//rest of program  

Well it depends on what tidilipom is doing. If he wants to do anything else, such as rotate the object while adding stuff, sleep is a BAD (and stupid) idea. It is also bad practice, because it is nearly usless for anything else.

Quantium is on the right track, but it could probably be improved.

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Oh, and Lenses would need both a great deal of software rendering, which means it is SLOW. Even on a good computer, a lens is relitavly slow.

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if you want to do lens effects, a cheap way to do it (but still looks wicked) is to render them first with a program like Universe (www.diadardsoft.com), then make a texture. Universe will generate the lens effect for you. Then just load it into your program. Say your light was at (0, 10, 0), then you would just draw that bitmap overtop of that point

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