Overlay Question.

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Paul "Taiphoz" (Posted 2007) [#1]

Hay. Ok, lets say I have a small application that renders a small rect like 100^100 and prints HELLO in it. With Max as it is now, is there any examples or code or does anyone know of a way to have that capture the window of an Active game using DX and then draw my little box over it. What I am trying to do is create an overlay that lists stuff while I am in game. thanks for any ideas.

Pantheon (Posted 2007) [#2]

All i know is that if fraps can do it then it is possible. Wouldnt you have to get that windows device context from windows and then do something with that...? I dont have a clue.

Paul "Taiphoz" (Posted 2007) [#3]

Yeah i know it can be done just wondering how its done and if its possible with either Max or B3D. No one else ever wanted to do this ?

LAB[au] (Posted 2007) [#4]

You'd better ask a win32 guru as it will be surelly something that deals with win api.