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Best DirectX8 programming tutorials, by Denis "Mr.Snow" Kozhukhov. The given column we devote to programming everything, that is coupled with DirectX8. It's covers all aspects of DirectX games development from DirectInput to Direct3D and will be updated as often as it'll be possible. If you intrested in this updates - buy now! - and you will help us with it. Commonly, we can help everybody if they have any questions, but - only if the have buy it. This education software is categorized under education teaching, training tools.

Pictomod3d

Pictomod3D creates textured 3D mesh models from images of real objects. It takes either a rotated scan of an object or a few images from arbitrary angles, and outputs 3D objects in Wavefront OBJ or DirectX X file format. Pictomod3D is for rapid prototyping of new models and for people who want to create models. Use images of a rotated toy, or views of an object taken from arbitrary angles. Choose your output resolution, up to 128 000 polygons.

Political Invaders

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to plaster as many politicians and their henchmen with pies as you can. The politicians, who don't really like getting blasted in the face with a pie, will drop bombs on you. The bombs will do you great bodily harm, so you would be wise to avoid them. The game plays similarly to "Space Invaders", but with the fun and unique twist. Features 3D rendered graphics, and requires DirectX 9.0 or greater.

!Quick Screenshot Maker

Quick Screenshot Maker is an all-in-one tool for screen capturing, screenshot editing and image organization. It can capture any part of the screen as you want - windows, regions, controls, DirectX game screen. It also supports capturing cursor, long scroll window and timer-activated capture. And it is a powerful screenshot image editor and image organizor.

AudioLab .NET

AudioLab is a set of .NET 2.0 components for fast audio processing. They allow audio capture, processing and playback with zero lines of program code. AudioLab supports both the old fashion Wave Win32 API, Audio ACM, and the latest DirectX Media Objects (DMO) and DirectShow, and even allows if needed any mixture of them. Any combination of technologies is possible. Free for non-commercial use.

Warblade

This game is a PC arcade shoot'em up game with focus on very good playability. An alien race is invading the earth and you must try to save humanity. The game is a remake for the PC of my Amiga game Deluxe Galag(a). The game requires DirectX 8.1 or later.

Marauder 2

This game is a classic arcade space shooter with more than a dozen different enemies, 36 levels, a level editor, 5 powerups, 9 different weapons, and lots more. It uses state of the art directX technologie, first class sprites and music, and is built around a rock-solid game engine. The story is simple: you got a single ship to fight hordes of aliens in six missions to save earth.

3D ChristianFish Screensaver

A cool 3D screensaver featuring a raging river, Christian fish swimming upstream. Incredible graphics, and music. Show off your Christian Fish at work, home or anywhere. Best of all it''s free! Written in DarkBasicPro, Purebasic, and C++, it uses the latest in DirectX technology. Screen Savers freeware listed in desktop screen savers other tools.

River Past Windows Mobile Presenter

Windows Mobile Presenter runs on a standard Windows PC, and show the screen from a connected SmartPhone or Pocket PC device, and allows you to capture the WM screen to a BMP or JPG file. It is ideal for Windows Mobile developers for demo and training purposes, and to take screenshot for documentation, help file, and website. No adware or spyware. DirectX 8 required. PC software compatible with Windows Vista. 30 day MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.

Cliprex DS DVD Player

This graphics utility is a Windows DVD/video player built on the advanced Directx 9.0 technologies for playing DVD and any movie, divx, xvid and any other videofile you have the codec installed for. Support for ratios: 4:3, 16:9 etc. You have the possibility to create huge playlist and take advantage of the nice options the playlist offers. an You also can add videos from all your drives to it, even from network resources.

Audiotools

This audio software is a direct to disk audio recorder used to record from LPs and cassettes whilst breaking into separate files by song either automatically , into fixed-length chunks or under user control. It can also support processing on the audio (such as equalisation) with support for plugins (including DirectX plugins) to add further processes. The software can be used to create CD's or MP3 collections.

AudioLab VCL

Delphi/C++ Builder VCL components library for fast audio processing. Allows audio capture, processing and playback with zero lines of program code. AudioLab supports both the old fashion Wave Win32 API, Audio ACM, and the latest DirectX Media Objects (DMO) and DirectShow, and even allows if needed any mixture of them. Any combination of technologies is possible. Free for non-commercial use.

BurnInTest Pro

Fast, easy to use utility that simultaneously exercises all the major components of a PC, to test for endurance and reliability. Tests include CPU, RAM, disk, video, CD/DVD, printer, sound, serial ports, parallel ports, USB, tape, Network and video playback. Results can be saved as a GIF, HTML or printed. Also, user configurable errors and logging detail, temperature monitoring interface, timed test runs, cyclic rebooting and EMC testing. BurnInTest Pro is licensed as shareware and filed in system utilities, diagnostics tools section.

Quick Screen Capture

This graphics utility is a screen capture and image editing tool that can capture any part of your screen. It can also edit the captured image, and save the image into BMP/JPG/GIF formats. It supports auto saving, copying image to the clipboard. When you capture a lot it appears very useful. This shareware is listed under graphic apps screen capture category.

Seccia

This software is a free development software with a new powerful object-oriented programming assisted, for Windows. A full Object-Oriented Programming with Inheritance and Polymorphism. Two modes: assisted programming for novices and a multi-tab auto-complete editor with syntax coloring and checking. This development tools software is categorized under development other.

CT Mystified

This is my take on Microsoft's Mystify Your Mind Screen Saver. Geometric patterns move about the screen with options for number of objects and spacing.

AVS Audio Utilities

This multimedia utility includes four wizard-styled applications (Audio Recorder, Audio CD Grabber, Audio Converter and Audio CD Writer) and advanced and powerful, professional, full-featured digital Audio Editor. You can use it to record your own music or voice, edit it, mix with other audio, add different effects, grabb audio CDs, convert audio files from one format to another, burn audio CDs and much more.

Screen Capture Master

This graphics tool 2.9 - is a powerful screen capture application that prints screen and grabs screen shot from Windows desktop. If you want to capture desired desktop screen pictures at will and select capture area in rectangle, window, control, etc., some video games, Screen Capture Master can be your cool and powerful tool.

Miraplacid Enigmaze 3D

This game is a pacman-like arcade game with sharp graphics, full control over viewpoint and funny sound effects. It's a family game - no blood, no pessimistic landscapes and monsters are pretty cute. Each of 25 levels has unique style and charm. Enigmaze 3D will teach you to be patient, fast and smart.

SnagIt

This graphics tool - Capture an exact copy of anything on your screen, apply edits and annotation, and send the screenshot directly to the printer, a file, an e-mail or the Web. Save images as a BMP, GIF, PCX, JPEG, PNG, TGA or TIF. New in v6.2 - Take screenshots from your favorite applications! SnagIt now has a plug-in for Adobe FrameMaker and toolbar add-ins for Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer! SnagIt is licensed as shareware and filed in screen capture section.

River Past Crazi Video for PSP

This graphics tool is a batch video converter specifically designed for PSP. Convert video from 3GPP/3GPP2, ASF, AVI, DAT (VCD), DivX, DV, FLC, animated GIF, Matroska MKV, QuickTime MOV, MP4 (MPEG-4), MPEG-1, OGG Media OGM, RealMedia RM/RAM and WMV to PSP MP4. It automatically set the video resolution, audio sample rate and channel, and video and audio bitrate for you to play on PlayStation Portable.

Battle Squad

This game is based on well known game - Battle City. You control the tank and defend the artifact. Your tank can endure 3 tank shots and 10 infantry shots. You can see the state of your tank on red scale. Tanks have different armour types: Light tanks: 1 shot Middle tanks: 2 shots Heavy tanks: 3 shots Other enemies: 1 shot Sometimes enemy bomber will drop set of bombs. Each map has bricks wall that can be broken.

Dream Match Tennis

This game is the most realistic 3D tennis game. You can play REAL tennis at your home computer. Control the ball and win the match! *Game Features - 2 game modes - 3 court surfaces - 4 characters - Supports keyboard and joypad - Supports PLAYER vs. PLAYER and PLAYER vs. COMPUTER - 7 computer levels

River Past Screen Recorder

Easy-to-use and fast screen recording software. Capture screen from the full screen, window, region, or cursor area to AVI files, with choices of video codec with quality setting, including Cinepak, Indeo 3, 4, 5, MS Video 1, MS RLE, MJPEG, DivX and XviD. Option to capture audio, from any sources, including microphone, line-in, or speakers. This is the fastest screen video recorder. Tested to be up to four times faster than other programs.

A.M.L. - Source Code : Advanced Media Library

The Elefun Company has released A.M.L. - a Advanced Multimedia Library. This Multimedia Library is intended for games' and multimedia applications' developers. A.M.L. is an effective multimedia library, capable of playing practically all audio formats, midi files and most of known video formats. At the same time multimedia library size is very small - it amounts to 150 KB only.

Emergence BASIC

This software is a full featured compiler and development environment for Windows. Creates small, fast, native executables and DLL''s. The environment is modular with new commands available separately using add-on command libraries. An advanced 2D game and graphics command set, and database command set is included. The robust IDE sports a source level debugger, integrated GUI designer, and resouce editor.

River Past Crazi Video for Apple TV

This graphics tool is a batch video converter specifically designed for Apple TV. Convert video from DVD chapters, 3GPP/3GPP2, ASF, AVI, DAT (VCD), DivX, DV, FLC, animated GIF, Matroska MKV, QuickTime MOV, MP4 (MPEG-4), MPEG-1, OGG Media OGM, RealMedia RM/RAM and WMV to Apple TV H.264. It automatically set the video resolution, audio sample rate and channel, and video and audio bitrate for you fit the HDTV screen.

Diamond Hunter

Collect diamonds and run to exit, collect them all to open the door. On the way you will run intro enemies - running to avoid those enemies. Full 3D. 5 level free. Games shareware listed in games, entertainment puzzle, word games tools.

SunSys Screensaver

SunSys screensaver covers more than fifty selected exciting scenes of our Sun system main objects. The pictures are obtained by free software Celestia 1.4.1. So, you can use, redistribute and/or modify SunSys under GNU General Public License. SunSys Screensaver is licensed as freeware and filed in desktop screen savers other section.

CallbackDisk

With CallbackDisk you can create and manage virtual disk devices within your application and expose these disks to Windows as if they were real disk devices. The disks become visible to all process in the system. CallbackDisk provides a kernel-mode driver, which calls your application when it needs to perform reading or writing to the disk. And your application can store the actual disk data anywhere it needs: in memory, over the net etc. .

Easy Tank COMMBAT

This game is an adaption of the COMBAT cartridge that was part of the original ATARI® VCS. Like the original, it allows 2 player battles with both opponents using the same computer console. In addition 5 levels of AI provide ready opponents. Two player battles using two separate computers linked through a network connection is supported. This guest version of Easy Tank COMMBAT contains the full simulation except networked host.

Hotkeycontrol

This software is the award winning solution to create keyboard shortcuts for routine tasks. These tasks include, but are not limited to opening files, ejecting cdrom drives, restarting the computer, typing frequently used text, controlling active windows, changing volume and recording macros.

ViMark

This graphics tool is free, easy-to-use and uniformed video encoding benchmark to test your system''s performance on video compression. Many system testers already do some kind of video compression benchmark. They use a variety of software for measuring the speed. However, those software are expensive and impossible for normal user to obtain. ViMark makes it easy to test the system, publish the result, compare to others and fine tune the system.

WSnap

Wsnap is a screen capture tool that will help you take snapshots of all elements of the screen, including 3D games and Flash animation. It combines a handful of features, including the abilities to capture the entire screen, windows, controls, cascading and floating menus, and areas of different shapes. All is delivered in a skinable interface. Complete configuration of the settings, as well as automation of after capture actions is available.

Oneiric Screensaver

A simple yet satisfying screen saver which simulates living spheres in various 3D environments. Over time, a viewer may notice that there are many subtle changes between the environments in which these spheres live. Do you want a screen saver which is pleasing, yet not distracting? A simple screen saver, one that doesn't require a supercomputer to run? Then this just might be the thing for you! [Requires DirectX]

WowChart

This office software displays a 3D animated bar chart, in a rendered 3D world. You can even control where the camera flies. WowChart is a Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel addin, accessed via a simple toolbar button. WowCharts are saved inside your document each time you save. When you are running a presentation, show the chart snapshot or show the moving WowChart. WowChart can be used with default settings, but is highly configurable.